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Published:
May 1, 2017

Nikon D5600 For Dummies

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An easy-to-follow Nikon D5600 photography class—in a book!

Your Nikon D5600 is a powerful tool equipped to take top-notch photos. But unless you know how to use it to its full potential, your professional-grade camera will produce underwhelming amateur-grade photos. And that's where Nikon D5600 For Dummies comes in! Packed with all the expert tips and tricks you need to get your Nikon to live up to its name, this guide shows you how to use it to get truly striking shots—in a flash.

Written by an expert on all things Nikon—and brimming with inspiring full-color photos—the step-by-step instruction offered inside arms shutterbugs of all skill levels with the know-how

to turn any scene into a beautiful work of art. Whether you're looking to capture a cozy low-light shot or forever memorialize an awesome action scene, Nikon D5600 For Dummies will take your photography skills to picturesque new heights.

  • Discover all your camera's features and capabilities
  • Get better photos in auto or manual mode
  • Adjust focus on the fly
  • Start speaking photography lingo like a pro

Even Leonardo da Vinci had to learn to work with paints and brushes before he could create the Mona Lisa. Before you let your frustration get the best of you, take heed in the friendly guidance in Nikon D5600 For Dummies.

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About The Author

Julie Adair King has been teaching people about digital cameras and photography for more than 20 years. Along with several editions of Digital Photography For Dummies, she has written a variety of For Dummies guides covering Nikon digital SLR camera models. She also teaches master classes in photography and digital photo editing.

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With the D5600 camera, Nikon proves once again that you don’t have to give an arm and a leg — or strain your back and neck — to enjoy advanced dSLR photography.Although the Nikon D5600 price is reasonable, it doesn’t skimp on power or performance, offering a great set of features to help you take your photography to the next level.

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The Information display on the Nikon D5600 isn't just for checking current picture-taking settings; it also gives you quick access to some of the most critical of those settings. Specifically, you can adjust the options that appear on the two rows of data near the bottom of the screen — known as the control strip.
You may be wondering about the purpose of the little Fn symbol that appears by default at the top of the Information display on the Nikon D5600, labeled in the following figure. Tapping the symbol does nothing, so what gives? The Touch Function symbol (left) indicates that you assigned a role to the Touch Function feature (right).
By default, the Information display that appears when you shoot in the P, S, A, and M exposure modes on your Nikon D5600 appears as shown on the left. The three large circular graphics represent, from left to right, the shutter speed, f-stop, and ISO settings.As you adjust the f-stop setting, the center of its circle grows or shrinks to represent the opening and closing of the aperture.
If you notice spots appearing in the same place on every photo, they're likely caused by dust that made its way onto the Nikon D5600 camera's image sensor. The best remedy is to take your camera to a qualified technician for sensor cleaning, but until you have time to do that, the Image Dust Off Ref Photo option on the Setup menu may be worth trying.
If you've used a smartphone, tablet, or other touchscreen device, working with the camera's touchscreen will feel familiar. Just as with those devices, you communicate with the camera via these gestures, which are specific ways to touch the screen: Tap: Tap a finger lightly on the screen. Drag (or swipe): Drag your finger up, down, right, or left across the screen.
The front-left side of the Nikon D5600 camera has several controls that you can use. Note that the hidden connections like the microphone jacks are on the other side. The following image shows the front-left side that sports some cool features: Press the Flash button to use the built-in flash in P, S, A, or M mode.
Found on the Setup menu of the Nikon D5600, the Auto Info Display option offers another way to customize the Information display. When this option is On, as it is by default, the Information display appears whenever you press the shutter button halfway and release it. If you disable the Image Review feature (via the Playback menu), the display also appears after you take a picture.
In addition to its image-correction tools, the Retouch menu on the Nikon D5600 camera also offers the following special effects tools for you to make adjustments to your existing digital images: Fisheye: Apply this tool to distort the image so that it appears to have been taken with a fisheye lens. The look is similar to what you see when you look through a security peephole in a door.
The Copyright Information option on the Nikon D5600 camera enables you to tag files with your name and other copyright data. To add a copyright notice, choose Copyright Information from the Setup menu, as shown on the left. You then see the screen shown on the right in the figure. (If you have not yet entered copyright data, the Artist and Copyright lines will appear empty.
Select Image Comment from the Nikon D5600's Setup menu, as shown on the left. Then select Input Comment, as shown on the right, to display the keyboard screen shown on the left in the second image. You can tag pictures with hidden text comments through this feature. After entering comment text (left), select the Attach Comment box (right) and then press OK or tap Done.
When the camera is in shooting mode, its standby timer feature saves battery power by shutting off the Information display and viewfinder after a period of inactivity. Similarly, the camera limits the Image Review period (the length of time your picture appears immediately after you press the shutter button), the length of time the Live View display remains active, how long a picture appears in playback mode, and how long menus remain onscreen.
Every photographer produces a clunker now and then. When it happens to you, don't be too quick to press the Delete button, because many common problems are surprisingly easy to fix. In fact, you often can repair your photos right in the camera, thanks to tools found on your Nikon D5600's Retouch menu. You also can create special effects with some of the menu items.
Keeping track of how to access all the Nikon D5600's options can be a challenge, especially when it comes to those that you adjust through menus. To make things a little easier, you can build a custom menu that holds up to 20 of the options you use most frequently. Here's how: Display the My Menu menu, shown on the left.
By default, your camera stores all images in one folder, which it names 100D5600. Folders have a storage limit of 999 images; when you exceed that number or the last photo you stored in that folder has the file number 9999, the camera creates a new folder, assigning a name that indicates the folder number — 101D5600, 102D5600, and so on.
Cropping means to trim away some of the perimeter of a photo. When you take images on your Nikon D5600, you might crop a photo for compositional reasons, removing excess background so the subject fills more of the frame. Or you may need to crop a photo to create an image that has proportions other than the 3:2 aspect ratio of original images captured by the D5600.
Normally, image filenames on the Nikon D5600 camera begin either with the characters DSC_, for photos captured in the sRGB color space, or _DSC, for images that use the Adobe RGB color space. But you can change to any three-letter prefix you prefer. So, for example, you could replace DSC with TIM before you take pictures of your brother Tim's family.
You can modify a few of the Nikon D5600 camera buttons to perform functions different from their default purposes. After you master your camera, you may want to take advantage of these options. You can customize the following buttons through options on the Custom Setting menu: Function (Fn) button: Establish this button's behavior via the Assign Fn Button option, found on the Controls submenu of the Custom Setting menu and shown here.
Try these Retouch filters on your Nikon D5600 camera to level a tilting horizon line or remove distortion that can occur with some lenses and subjects.Use the Straighten tool to level a tilting horizon line.Even with the viewfinder grid displayed as a guide, you might have trouble keeping the horizon level in the frame.
The following Retouch tools on your Nikon D5600 camera tweak exposure and color: D-Lighting, Quick Retouch, Filter Effects, and Monochrome. Although these tools might not make you choose one camera over another, if you already have a Nikon D5600, they are available, so you might as well learn how to use them! D-Lighting: Active D-Lighting brightens too-dark shadows in a way that leaves highlight details intact.
Should you want to return your Nikon D5600 camera to its original, out-of-the-box state, the camera manual contains a complete list of most of the default settings. Look on the pages that introduce each of the menus.You can also partially restore default settings by taking these steps: Reset all Shooting Menu options: Open the Shooting menu and select Reset Shooting Menu.
With the D5600 camera, Nikon proves once again that you don’t have to give an arm and a leg — or strain your back and neck — to enjoy advanced dSLR photography.Although the Nikon D5600 price is reasonable, it doesn’t skimp on power or performance, offering a great set of features to help you take your photography to the next level.
After unpacking your Nikon D5600 camera, you have to assemble a few parts. In addition to the camera body and the supplied battery (be sure to charge it before the first use), you need a lens and a memory card. Here's what you need to know up front: Lens: You can mount a wide range of lenses on your D5600, but some aren't compatible with all camera features.
When you set the Mode dial on your Nikon D560 to Effects, as shown here, you can apply special effects on the fly. That is, the effect is added as the camera writes the picture to the memory card. Effects mode lets you apply special effects to movies and still photos.For still photos, you might prefer to capture your originals sans effect and then work from the Retouch menu to alter them.
Open the covers on the left and right sides of the Nikon D5600 camera, and you will see several hidden connections ports. The following connection ports are labeled in this image: Open the covers on the sides of the camera to reveal these connections. Accessory terminal: This terminal accepts the following accessories: Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter-release cable; WR-1 and WR-R10 wireless remote controllers; and GP-1/GP-1A GPS units.
The following options live on the Setup menu of your Nikon D5600 camera, which is the one marked with the wrench icon. The menu, which appears here, is a three-page affair (only Page 1 is visible in the figure). Drag up and down the touchscreen or use the Multi Selector to scroll through the menu and access these settings: Beep Options: By default, your camera beeps after certain operations, such as after it sets focus when you shoot in autofocus mode.
On the back of the Nikon D5600 camera, shown in the following figure, you can find quite a few features, including: Menu button, viewfinder adjustment dial, and the Playback button to just mention a few. Here's a more complete list: For quick access to primary picture settings, press the i button. Menu button: Press this button to access menus of camera options.
Scattered across your camera's exterior are numerous features that you use to change picture-taking settings, review your photos, and perform various other operations. Your virtual tour begins with the bird's-eye view shown here. There are a number of features of note here: Rotate the Live View switch to shift from viewfinder to Live View photography.
Through the Slide Show feature, found on the Playback menu and shown here, you can set the Nikon D5600 camera to automatically display photos and movies one by one. You can view the show on the camera monitor or, by connecting your camera to a TV, enjoy it on an HDTV screen. Choose Slide Show to set up automatic playback of pictures and movies.
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