Nikon D2Xs - Manual (Page 232)

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Menu Guide—The Setup Menu
Auto Image Rotation
The D2Xs is equipped with a built-in sensor that detects camera orientation.
Information from this sensor can be embedded in photographs as they are
taken, allowing portrait (tall) orientation photos to be rotated automatically
during playback or when the pictures are displayed in Capture NX (available
separately) or PictureProject.
Highlight Auto image rotation in the setup
menu (
213) and press the multi selector to
the right. Press the multi selector up or down
to highlight an option, then press to the right to
make a selection.
Option Description
On
(default)
Camera records whether shots are in landscape (wide) orientation, portrait
(tall) orientation with the camera rotated 90 ° clockwise, or portrait orienta-
tion with the camera rotated 90 ° counter-clockwise.
* If On is selected for
Rotate tall during playback ( 167), portrait orientation photos will be
displayed in portrait orientation in camera monitor.
Landscape (wide)
orientation
Camera rotated 90 °
counter-clockwise
Camera rotated 90 °
clockwise
Off
Camera orientation not recorded. PictureProject and Capture NX display
all photographs in landscape (wide) orientation. Choose this option when
taking pictures with lens pointing up or down.
* In C
H
(continuous high speed) and C
L
(continuous low speed) modes ( 43), orienta-
tion recorded for fi rst shot applies to all images in same burst, even if camera orienta-
tion is changed during shooting.