Comments on: Nikon D70 custom settings

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:56:37 +0000

OK- discovered that my pencil menu settings for CSM was on Simple – so I had only options 1-9 available to me on the CSM menu. Changed that and found Custom Setting 15…So now my question is can I use this feature to take “Trap” photos, without holding down the shutter release button? Thanks!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:08 +0000

I would like to be able to use the Trap Focus feature on my D70 and understand that I need to set Custom Setting #15 – but I can’t even figure out how to get to the custom settings menu ! Can you please provide an idiots guide to do this? Thanks

Here are the specific instructions I found:-
Camera should be in autofocus single-area
“Pencil” menu items should be set so that 03 AF-AREA is “Single” and 15 AE-L/AF-L is “AF”

By: Silv

Silv — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:07:41 +0000

There really is no good way (except full manual) to lock exposure and still have a seperate AF-lock option with the D70(s), is there? I’m using AF-C and want to lock focus sometimes for several shots in a row.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:00:10 +0000

Bill,
CHA means the card can’t be used. The card may have gone bad or the camera is having trouble reading the card. Cards can go bad, although it would usually take hundreds of thousands of writes under normal use. Try reformatting the cards, getting a fresh card, and maybe blowing the CF slot in the camera (to see if there are any dust particles in there). Also, since you are seeing this problem on all your friend’s cards, the camera may be having problems and may need repair.

By: William Absher

William Absher — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:38:44 +0000

My camera has stopped performing properly, I am receiving a couple of different error codes on my Digital Nikon D70 SLR… I’ve been seeing ” -E- ” and don’t exactly know what it means, actually, I don’t ambiguously know what the code means…
Theirs also a code that flashes “CHA” or “CHR”, I’m not sure if it’s an “A” or a “R”…. I thought it was an error with my Compact Memory Card so I switched it out with a couple others I had around but the code stayed. Assuming ALL of my cards were bad I borrowed a friends knowing it was good yet the code CHA/R stayed and when I took the card out it flashed??? What does all this mean? Can you please offer some assistance, you seem to be the only one who provides clear concise understandable information. Your web page is much better than NIKON’s page. Your response to my question/s is much needed and will be very much appreciated…
Thank you immensely…

Bill Absher 7572706749

By: Pamela

Pamela — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:11:22 +0000

Thanks, very helpful.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:33:04 +0000

Hi there Edward … I don’t have a similar page up for the D60. Since I don’t have one on hand, I can’t do a quick check, but how dissimilar is it from the other Nikons? Would it be able to interpolate the settings for the D60 from these?

Neil vN

By: Edward Drost

Edward Drost — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:50:40 +0000

Dear Planet Neil: Do you have the custom settings for the Nikon D-60 camera? Thank you very much.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:56:31 +0000

JR .. that might well be, since each camera will have slightly different methods of processing the images in-camera.

In the end, this isn’t of much concern to me, since I shoot in RAW, and control those specific image settings as part of my normal RAW workflow.

Neil vN

By: JR

JR — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:00:22 +0000

I found that my D70S the colour contrast is much better than my D200. I would like to know and get your view and tips. T.Q.