Menus

The D70 has a similar menu layout to the D100, split into four sections each one accessed by a 'tab' which run down the left side of the menu system. The font used for the menus is smoother and slightly larger than the D100 although the D70 still maintains six lines down the page.

Playback Menu

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Delete	• Selected  • All	- Enters thumbnail select mode [clip]
Playback Folder	• Current  • All	- Current record folder - All folders on card
Rotate tall	• Yes  • No	- Display portrait images vertically
Slide show	• Start  • Frame Interval	- Select frame interval
Hide Image	• Thumbnail select mode [clip]
Print Set	• Select / set  • Deselect tall?	- Enters thumbnail select mode [clip]

Shooting Menu

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Optimize image	• Normal  • Vivid  • Sharper  • Softer  • Direct Print  • Portrait  • Landscape  • Custom     - Sharpening     - Tone comp.     - Color mode     - Saturation     - Hue	Selects the 'image development' setting. There are seven presets as well as a custom set which can be configured to your own personal output. [clip] - [clip] * Note Adobe RGB Bug - Auto, 0, +2, -1, +1, +2, None - Auto, 0, -2, -1, +1, +2, Custom - Ia (sRGB), II (Adobe RGB), IIIa - 0 (Normal), - (Moderate), + (Enh.) - -9° to +9°
Long exp. NR	• Off  • On
Image Quality	• NEF (Raw)  • JPEG Fine  • JPEG Normal  • JPEG Basic  • RAW+B (NEF+JPEG Basic)	- Menu to select quality [clip]
Image Size	• L (3008 x 2000)  • M (2240 x 1488)  • S (1504 x 1000)
White Balance	• Auto  • Incandescent  • Fluorescent  • Direct Sunlight  • Flash  • Cloudy  • Shade  • Preset	- Menu to fine tune WB [clip] -     "                  " -     "                  " -     "                  " -     "                  " -     "                  " -     "                  " - Menu to select exp. mode [clip]
ISO	• ISO 200  • ISO 250  • ISO 320  • ISO 400  • ISO 500  • ISO 640  • ISO 800  • ISO 1000  • ISO 1250  • ISO 1600

Custom Function Menu

By default the D70 displays a 'simple set' of custom functions, just the first 9 custom functions. The setup menu allows you to enable all 25 custom functions. Also new to the D70 is the help function, press and hold the '?' (protect) button with a custom function displayed to show a page of help (click here for an example).

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
R Menu reset *	• No  • Reset
01 Beep *	• On  • Off
02 Autofocus *	• AF-S  • AF-C	- Single servo auto focus - Continuous auto focus
03 AF-area mode *	• Single area  • Dynamic area  • Closest subject	- Use selected AF point - Use all and track movement - Use all and select closest
04 AF assist *	• On  • Off
05 ISO auto *	• Off  • On	Allow camera to adjust ISO sensitivity to maintain aperture and shutter spd.
06 No CF Card? *	• Release locked  • Enable release	- No shutter release without CF card
07 Image review *	• On  • Off
08 Grid display *	• Off  • On	Enables 4x4 grid on viewfinder focus screen
09 EV Step *	• 1/3 step  • 1/2 step	EV steps used for shutter / aperture and exp. compen. selection
10 Exp Comp.	• Off: [+/-] & Command dial  • On : Command dial only
11 Center wtd	• 6 mm  • 8 mm  • 10 mm  • 12 mm	Diameter of circle used as 'center' in center weighted metering
12 Bracket Set	• AE & Flash  • AE Only  • Flash Only  • WB Bracketing
13 Bracketing Order	• Meter > Under > Over  • Under > Meter > Over
14 Command dial	• No  • Yes	Reverse function of main and sub command dials
15 Assign AE-L/AF-L butt.	• AE/AF Lock  • AE Lock only  • AF Lock only  • AE Lock hold  • AF-ON	Control the function of the AE-L/AF-L button
16 AE Lock Button	• AE-L/AF-L Button  • + Release button	Require release button to be pressed as well as the AE-L/AF-L button held
17 Focus Area	• No Wrap  • Wrap	When selecting AF points past the left or right extreme, wrap around
18 AF Area Illumination	• Auto  • Off  • On
19 Flash Mode	• TTL  • Manual  • Commander mode
20 Flash sign	• On  • Off	When set to On the camera will indicate when flash use is suggested
21 Shutter speed	• 1/60 sec  • 1/30 sec  • 1/15 sec  • 1/8 sec  • 1/4 sec  • 1/2 sec  • 1 sec  • 2 sec  • 4 sec  • 8 sec  • 15 sec  • 30 sec	Slowest shutter speed which will be used with the flash in P and A exposure modes
22 Monitor off	• 10 sec  • 20 sec  • 1 min  • 5 min  • 10 min
23 Meter-off	• 4 sec  • 6 sec  • 8 sec  • 16 sec  • 30 min	The amount of time the exposure meter keeps (and displays) the exposure after a shutter release half-press. Also controls illumination lamp.
24 Self-timer	• 2 sec  • 5 sec  • 10 sec  • 20 sec
25 Remote	• 1 min  • 5 min  • 10 min  • 15 min	The amount of time the exposure meter stays active with the remote control

Setup Menu

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Folders	• Select folder  • New  • Rename  • Delete
File No. Seq.	• Off  • On  • Reset
Format	• No  • Yes
CSM menu	• Simple  • Detailed
Date	Set date & time
LCD brightness	• -2 to +2
Mirror lock-up	• Yes  • No	For cleaning, doesn't require AC adapter, power off to reset
Video mode	• NTSC  • PAL
Language	• Chinese  • German  • English  • Spanish  • French  • Korean  • Italian  • Japanese  • Dutch  • Swedish
Image Comment	• Done  • Input Comment  • Attach Comment	Text which is embedded in the header of each image shot [clip]
USB	• Mass storage  • PTP
Dust ref photo	• Yes  • No
Firmware Ver.	Displays loaded firmware version
Image rotation	• Automatic  • Off