Nikon D - Popular Questions, Answers, Tips & Manuals - Page 9

Open the "Shooting Menu" by pressing the Menu button. Press the right Multi-selector and then scroll up or down to "Image Quality". Press the right Multi-selector and you will see the various choices for JPEG and NEF combinations and quality, make your selection by scrolling up or down and pressing "OK". As for converting you NEF photos to JPEG; you can easily do that in one of several ways on your computer. If you are using Lightroom or Photoshop, all you have to do is open your pictures, select "Save As" and use the pull-down menu to select JPEG and save. If you do not have that program, there are several conversion programs available on the Web; manu for free. I use a program called BatchConverter on my Mac. There are similar programs of PCs.

The "CHA" means the camera cannot read the card here are a couple of reasons why this may occur. The most probable is that the card didn't seat properly when you put it in so try reseating it. CHA can also mean that the camera has detected an invalid partition type. Reformatting the card may allow it to be used.

If it is a used board, you will probably be OK. New boards need to be programmed and Nikon does not provide the software

While I can't speak specifically to the D-80, my D-90 users manual say the ERR message indicates a camera malfunction and can be cleared by tripping the shutter. The only way I can do this on my D-90 is to turn the camera off and back on. Sometimes, but not often, I have completely remove the battery and reinstall it. The users manual also says that if the problem persists to contact a Nikon service center. I suggest you contact Nikon support at www.nikon.com before you consider repairs.

Do you see coherent photos in the camera's rear display when the CF card is still in the camera?

Is this preventing you from shooting? Normally the r-number merely indicates how many additional shots you can take in the current burst before the buffer fills. It's strictly informational, and should not disrupt your shooting (until the number drops to zero and the buffer fills, at which time the camera will slow down while it transfers the pictures from the buffer to the memory card).

On the top right side of the D-80 are two buttons marked with a green dot. They are the "AF" button and the "+/-" button. Press these two buttons at the same time and hold them down for several seconds. This will reset all resettable functions to the factory default settings.

You choose the focus area with the cursor button. It can be locked with the switch below it !!! Several settings can be monitored in the top display, 5 points for the scenery programs, chosen area for the M A S P programs. This is also a nice way to monitor what all the scenery programs do with the settings. Good luck (check the lock switch)

You must check the shutter speed before actually pressing shutter button completely if it is fast or slow.

You might try shooting with the camera set on manual IF you can read the aperture and shutter speed settings. But, the fact is...if you can't access your menu the camera is one-step from being totally useless. You need to contact Nikon support to see if it might be possible to fix the problem by downloading the current firmware version. Unfortunately, I think his situation will require sending the camera to an authorized Nikon service center for a repair but contact Nikon support first at www.Nion.com.

If you see r28 in the top lcd screen, it is not an error, it indicates the remaining shots in your buffer.

When the information is on the screen press the Multi Selector on top or bottom, several times, till you got what you want. The other information can be helpful while shooting.

* are you shooting using low shutter speed ?

With a small screw driver, GENTLY push the battery side to side and back and forth. If there is room try to pinch with two small screwdrivers and pull. Sounds like it might be corroded in place.

http://cdn-10.nikon-cdn.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D3200_EN.pdf If you do not have your manual, you can download it from this link. Look on pages 128 and 132.

To make sure the card is formatted correct, do a format in the camera. I'm not sure if the newest UDMA CF cards are compatible with your camera. But I think you still have an old card, you can format. Please also check all contacts in the camera are still straight. Us a bright light and a magnifying glass. Also take time to check your battery is still good. I'm sure you have more than one. Also check the battery contacts, if they ate clean and shiny. Only to be cleaned with a dry cloth or cordon swabs. When you removed the battery, you already did a reset. Till now I can't think of more to help you. Success I love my Nikon

There is a large spring on the side of the mirror box that latches to part of the aperture unit. Impact caused the small post it hooks on to break off, allowing the spring to push in the side of the shutter case, which causes the shutter blades to stick part way. This requires a replacement of the aperture unit, and as Nikon stopped selling parts several years ago, requires you to send it to them for repair.