Nikon D2Xs - Manual (Page 189)

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Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu
RAW Compression
Choose whether to compress NEF (RAW) images cre-
ated at image-quality settings of NEF (RAW) + JPEG
fi ne, NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal, NEF (RAW)+ JPEG
basic, and NEF (RAW). See “Taking Photographs:
Image Quality and Size” (
48).
White Balance
Nine options are available for white balance. See
“Taking Photographs: White Balance” (
55).
Long Exp. NR
Photographs taken at shutter speeds of ½ s or
slower can be processed to reduce “noise” in the
form of randomly-spaced, brightly-col ored pix els.
Highlight Long exp. NR in the shooting menu
(
168) and press the multi selector to the right.
Press the multi selector up or down to highlight an
option, then press to the right to make a selection.
Option Description
Off
(default)
On
Noise reduction on; capacity of memory buffer drops.
At shut ter speeds of about ½ s or slow er, images are
processed to reduce noise, more than doubling pro-
cessing time. During pro cess ing,
blinks in
shut ter-speed / aperture dis plays. Next photo can be
taken when
is no longer dis played. Note that if photographs
are played back during processing, the im age dis played in the monitor may
not show the effects of noise reduction.
Noise reduction off; camera functions normally.