The fn button – Nikon D3 User Manual

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❚❚The Fn Button

The image area can be selected
by pressing the Fn button and
rotating the main command dial
until the desired crop is displayed
in the viewfinder (pg. 62). This
operation (the default option for
the Fn button and command dials;
pg. 334) can not be performed
while a multiple exposure is being
recorded (pg. 211).

D

Auto DX Crop

The Fn button can not be used to select image area when a DX lens is
attached and [Auto DX crop] is on.

A

The Fn, Depth-of-Field Preview, and AE-L/AF-L Buttons

Changes to image area settings can be made using the Fn button (the
default setting, see Custom Setting f4, [Assign FUNC. button], pg. 331), the
depth-of-field preview button (Custom setting f5, [Assign preview
button]), pg. 337), or the AE-L/AF-L button (Custom Setting f6, [Assign AE-L/
AF-L button], pg. 338). Note that some “button press” options can not be
combined with options using “+dials.”

A

Information Display (pg. 14)

At settings other than [FX format (36 × 24)], the
current image area selection can be viewed by
pressing the

R button to display shooting

information in the monitor.

a is displayed when

[DX format (24 × 16)] is selected and

b when

[5 : 4 (30 × 24)] is selected.

A

Image Size

Image size varies with the option selected for image area.

Main command

dial

Fn button

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