Nikon D5500 Quick Setup Manual

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David Busch’s Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D55004Because the screen uses static electricity, it may not respond when touched withgloved hands, fingernails, or when covered with a protective film. I have a“skin” over my D5500’s monitor and it works just fine; your experience mayvary, depending on the covering you use. Don’t use a stylus, pen, or sharpobject instead of a finger; if your fingers are too large, stick to the physicalcontrols such as the buttons or dials. As you’ll learn in Chapter 4, you canenable or disable the touch controls or enable them only during playback, usingan option in the Setup menu.Setting the ClockThe in-camera clock might have been set for you by someone checking outyour camera prior to delivery. Press the MENU button to the left of the view-finder, and then use the multi selector to scroll down to the Setup menu (it’smarked with a wrench icon), press the multi selector button to the right, andthen press the down button to scroll down to Time Zone and Date, and pressthe right button again. The options for setting the 24-hour clock will appearon the screen that appears next. They include Time Zone, actual Date andTime, Date Format, and Daylight Saving Time (on/off).Mounting the LensIf your D5500 has no lens attached, you’ll need to mount one beforeshooting:1. Select the lens and loosen (but do not remove) the rear lens cap.2. Remove the body cap on the camera by rotating the cap away from theshutter release button.3. Once the body cap has been removed, remove the rear lens cap from thelens, set it aside, and then mount the lens on the camera by matching thealignment indicator on the lens barrel with the white bump on the cam-era’s lens mount (see Figure 1.3). Rotate the lens toward the shutter releaseuntil it seats securely.4. Set the focus mode switch on the lens to AF or M/A (Autofocus withmanual adjustment possible). If the lens hood is bayoneted on the lens inthe reversed position, twist it off and remount with the “petals” (if pres-ent) facing outward. A lens hood protects the front of the lens from acci-dental bumps, and reduces flare caused by extraneous light arriving at thefront of the lens from outside the picture area.