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Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide
MENUS: PLAYBACK MENU ("[ > ]" icon)
Press MENU and then select the "[ > ] " (play) icon to get into the play menu.
Delete: This is helpful if you want to delete all images while saving those for which you pressed the
"? / Key" button to lock. I don't use this. I do all my editing and selection in my computer and I do my
in-camera deletions one-by-one with the trash can key, so I don't use this.
Playback Folder: The camera can record and play back from different folders. I leave this set to
ALL. CURRENT ignores photos in different folders. You'd only have different folders on your card if
you shot them in a different camera without reformatting ( a bad idea) or played with your camera
deliberately to create new folders. This is difficult with the D70 and I cover it later.
Rotate Tall: I set this to NO. If you set this to ON and if you have vertical images and set autorotate
to ON, vertical shots will rotate themselves on playback. I prefer to rotate the camera physically on
playback. When the camera does this electronically the resulting image is very tiny, since the screen is
much less tall than it is wide.
Slide Show: Lets you amaze your friends with an exciting slide show on the tiny screen. I don't
bother with this.
Hide Image: This lets you mark images not to play back on the camera, even though they remain on
the card. Use this if you get an embarrassing shot of a friend and want to make them believe you
deleted it! Move the cursor left and right to select images, tap it up or down to mark as Hide or
Unhide, and press enter to save. Now the camera won't play these images, even though it still tallies
them in it's counter on the top right that reads "34/284." You can detect a hidden image because this
counter will skip.
Print Set: I ignore this. You can mark which images to print, how many of each and if you want data
and dates imprinted. I do all this in my computer.
MENUS: SHOOTING MENU (camera icon)
Press MENU and then select the camera (shooting) icon to get to the shooting menu.
OPTIMIZE IMAGE: This is where you can program the look of an image. You can mimic the effects
for which we used to have to select different kinds of film. There are choices of several canned
presets, as well as CUSTOM, which lets you set your own.
Remember to select DONE or OK when playing with the Optimize Image settings, otherwise it won't
remember!
You can swap between your custom setting below and a canned preset, like PORTRAIT, by spinning
the top left mode knob. Custom settings apply in the P, S, A and M modes, but not in the SPORTS,
PORTRAIT, etc. modes. The dummy modes like PORTRAIT override most of your manual settings, and
the camera reverts to your special settings when you return from one of the dummy modes. There's
nothing wrong with the dummy modes; use them if they save you time. I use the PORTRAIT mode for
people since I usually have my camera's colors cranked up. The mode knob makes it easy to swap.
Canned Settings: I don't use Nikon's canned Optimize Image presets of Normal, Vivid, Sharper,
Softer, Direct Print, Portrait or Landscape. Feel free to play with them yourself. This is a beauty of the
D70: you can use whatever works for you.
© Ken Rockwell 9 of 9