Nikon 8400 User Manual
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T
echnical Notes
Frame coverage
Approximately 97% horizontal and 97% vertical (shooting)
Monitor
1.8˝, 134,000-dot, High Transmissive Advanced TFT LCD monitor
with brightness and hue adjustment
Exposure
Metering
Four mode through-the-lens (TTL) metering:
Range
Exposure control
Programmed auto exposure with fl exible program, shutter-prior-
ity auto, aperture-priority auto, manual, exposure compensation
(–2.0 – +2.0 EV in
1 3
EV steps), autoexposure bracketing, AE-BSS
• 256-segment matrix
• Spot
• Center-weighted
• Spot AF area
W: 0 – +18.5 EV
T: +1.5 – +18.5 EV
Sensitivity
Approximately equivalent to ISO 50, 100, 200, 400; Auto
Aperture
Range
Ten settings in steps of
1 3
EV (to minimum of f/7.9)
Seven-blade iris diaphragm.
Storage
Media
Type I and II CompactFlash
™
(CF) and Microdrive cards
File formats
Uncompressed: RAW (NEF), TIFF-RGB
Compressed: JPEG-baseline-compliant (1 : 2, 1 : 4, 1 : 8, 1 : 16)
Movies: QuickTime
Sound fi les: WAV
File system
Compliant with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)
*
, Exif
2.2
†
, and Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)
Self-timer
10 s or 3 s; can be used with supplied ML-L3 remote control
Built-in Speedlight
Range (Auto ISO)
W: 0.5 – 6.0 m/1´ 8˝– 19´8˝
T: 0.5 – 3.0 m/1´ 8˝– 9´10˝
Sync method
Standard i-TTL fl ash
Accessory shoe
Sync contact
X-contact only
Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock
Interface
USB 2.0 high speed
Video output
Can be selected from NTSC and PAL
Shutter
Speed
Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter
2 –
1 3,000
s (auto and exposure mode P), 8 –
1 3,000
s (exposure modes S
and A), BULB / TIME (max. 10 min.) and 8 –
1 3,000
s (exposure mode M),
1 30
–
1 8,000
s (Ultra HS). Maximum at some apertures is
1 1,500
s.
* A standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different makes.
† Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras. Version 2.2 allows information stored with
pictures to be used for optimal color reproduction when images are output on Exif-compliant printers.
Supported
languages
Chinese (Simplifi ed and Traditional), Dutch, English, French, Ger-
man, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish