Nikon D100 Product Manual - Page 153

Menu Guide-The Shooting Menu Shooting Options Adjusting Contrast: Tone Compensation As photographs are saved to the memory card, they are processed to adjust the distribution of tones in the image, enhancing contrast. The options in the Tone Comp. menu give you control over the type of processing performed. SHOOTING MENU Tone Comp. Auto OK Normal Less contrast More contrast Custom Option Description Auto (default) Camera automatically optimizes contrast by selecting the appropriate curve. Curve selected varies from image to image. For best results, use a type G or D lens. Normal Camera uses same standard curve for all images. This option is suited to most types of scene, whether dark or bright. Less Contrast This curve produces "softer" images. If you are shooting a portrait in direct sunlight, this option can be used to prevent bright areas of the image from being "washed out" by glare. More Contrast Choose this curve to preserve detail when taking shots of misty landscapes and other low-contrast subjects. Custom If you have Nikon Capture 3* ( 170), you can define your own tone curve and download it to the camera. Custom is used to select this user-defined curve. If no curve has been downloaded to the camera, this option is equivalent to Normal. * This feature is not available when the D100 is used with the Macintosh version of Nikon Capture 3. Auto Even when shooting the same type scene, the curve chosen by the camera in A (Auto) mode may vary with the position of your subject or the amount of the frame it occupies. To shoot several shots with the same tone compensation, choose one of the other tone curves. 141