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d
❚❚Choose Image Area
Choose the image area used when Off is selected for Auto DX
crop (pg. 61).
A The DX Format Crop
If Auto (the default setting) or On is selected for Custom Setting a6 (AF
point illumination), the DX format crop is shown by a frame in the
viewfinder when DX format is active. If Off is selected, the area outside
the DX format crop is indicated by a transparent mask.
Option Description
c
FX format
(36x24)
Images are recorded in FX
format using the full area of the
image sensor (36.0 × 23.9 mm),
producing a picture angle
equivalent to a Nikkor lens on a
35 mm format camera.
The
edges of pictures taken with DX
format lenses will be blacked
out.
a
DX format
(24x16)
An area at the center of the
image sensor 23.5 × 15.6 mm
(shown by the DX format crop
in the viewfinder) is used to
record pictures in DX format.
To calculate the approximate
focal length of the lens in
35 mm format, multiply by 1.5.
DX format
crop
DX format crop