Nikon® D5000 Digital Field Guide

Chapter 8. Viewing and In-camera Editing

In This Chapter

• Viewing your images

• Downloading images

• The Retouch menu

• Retouch menu options

With the D5000's 2.7-inch VGA LCD monitor, you can view your images and even use the in-camera editing features, which allow you to save some time in post processing and give you the option to fine-tune your images for printing without ever having to download your images to a computer.

Nikon has upgraded the Retouch menu with some exciting new options that weren't available on previous cameras, such as the Perspective control feature. With all of these post-processing tools built right into the camera, it's entirely possible to do all of your image adjustments (including RAW image processing) from start to finish, connect the camera to a PictBridge-enabled printer, and print. This encompasses your entire workflow without touching a computer at all!

Viewing Your Images

The Nikon D5000 offers three different ways to view your images while the memory card is still inserted in the camera. You can view the images directly on the LCD monitor on the camera, you can hook your camera up to a standard TV using the Nikon EG-D2 audio/video cable that's included in the box, or you can connect the camera to an HDTV or HD monitor using a separate cable that you can buy from your local electronics store.

When viewing through an external device such as an HDTV, the view is the same as what would normally be displayed on the LCD monitor. The camera's buttons and dials function ...