Nikon D70s Help Guide

Nikon D70s Help Guide Quick Ceph Systems, Inc.® The camera settings shown below offer a starting point for taking pictures with the Nikon D70s digital camera.

Nikon includes a help manual with each camera. We encourage you to familiarize yourself

with the settings and usage of this camera.

Recommended Camera Accessories A Nikon D70s Camera Body Nikkor 60mm Micro Lens Nikon SB-29s Ring Flash 128MB Compact Flash card (multiple camera cards optional)

NOTE: We recommend that you use the 60mm lens as opposed to a more traditional 105mm lens because the camera has a built-in mag- nification of 1.5x. A 60mm lens is equivalent to a 90mm lens on a 35mm camera. The normal 105mm lens that is recommended for use with 35mm film cameras is too long. The user would have to take the photos from more than 7 feet away, and with the flash this far from the patient's face, the images may be darker.

We recommend purchasing two Compact Flash cards and using a Card Reader to import images to the Quick Ceph program. Although the camera can be connected directly to the computer using a USB cable, the transfer process would use the camera batteries unnecessarily and would make the camera unavailable to take additional photos. Two cards allow the user to transfer images with one card while tak- ing additional photographs with the other.

Camera Setup B Before taking photographs, the image size on the camera needs to be changed to the Medium setting. This yields images with a resolution of 2240 x 1488 pixels, which is sufficient for Quick Ceph 2000. To do this, click on the Menu button on the back of the camera. The menu will appear on the back LCD screen. Select the “Shooting Menu” using the Multi-Selector button, located on the back of the camera. Push the right arrow to view the options, then select “Image Size”. Multi-Selector Button Image Size Menu You can change the setting from the Large to Medium setting in this window.

Next, set the camera to the “Aperture Priority” mode by rotating the Function Dial to the “A” mode.

The SB-29s ring flash should be mounted to the hot shoe on the top of the cam-

Function Dial (A)

era, and the ring should be mounted on the lens. Depending on the lens size, you

Lens Adapter

may need to use a lens adapter to connect the flash to the lens. The ring flash bag included with the SB-29s ring flash contains three different sized lens adapters to allow you to mount the flash unit.

Tips for Taking Extraoral Images C

Metering Selector button

When taking the extraoral images with the 60 mm lens, the camera should be held

and Command Dial

approximately 5 feet from the patient’s face. Set the aperture to “F11” by rotating the Sub-Command Dial clockwise. If the F value does not appear, hold down the shutter button half-way to display the F value. You can then change the F-stop value.

SB-29s Flash Intensity on Flash Mode Selector

Sub-Command Dial Hold down the Metering Selector button on the back of the camera and rotate the

Command Dial to select the “Matrix Metering” option, shown in the top LCD.

The flash intensity of the SB-29s ring flash should be set to the highest manual setting for the extraoral images. On the back of the Controller unit mounted on

Ideal settings for the extraoral

the hot shoe, slide the Flash Mode Selector to the “M” mode, as shown on the

photographs, displayed on

image to the right.

top LCD screen.

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