Nikon D600 For Dummies

Customizing Basic Playback Options

Switching your camera to playback mode is as easy as pressing the Playback button. Then press the Multi Selector right or left to scroll through your pictures.

Later sections show you how to choose what type of data appears with your pictures and movies, how to display thumbnails of multiple image files at a time, and how to magnify a photo for a close-up look. But first, the next few sections explain options that affect overall playback performance, including how long your pictures appear onscreen and how they're oriented on the monitor.

Adjusting playback timing

You can adjust the length of time that the camera displays photos as follows:

• Adjust the timing of automatic playback shutoff. After you press the Playback button, the monitor turns off automatically if 10 seconds elapse without any further button presses. You can adjust this shutoff timing through the Monitor Off Delay option, found in the Timers/AE Lock section of the Custom Setting menu and shown on the left in Figure 5-1. Choose Playback, as shown on the right, to access the timing options, which range from 4 seconds to 10 minutes. This setting affects still photos only; movies play in their entirety unless you pause or stop playback. Remember that the monitor is a big battery drain, so keep the display time as short as you find practical.

  Figure 5-1: You can control how long pictures ...