Nikon D780 Photos Blinking: Would anyone be able to tell me where in the menus in the D780 where you would turn off the blinking pictures. I think it's a good thing but most all photos...

1HuntnMan Loc: Bluff City, TN, USA

Would anyone be able to tell me where in the menus in the D780 where you would turn off the blinking pictures. I think it's a good thing but most all photos I take when I first view a photo taken in the view finder, parts of the photo are blinking. I want to turn this OFF!

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

1HuntnMan wrote:

Would anyone be able to tell me where in the menus in the D780 where you would turn off the blinking pictures. I think it's a good thing but most all photos I take when I first view a photo taken in the view finder, parts of the photo are blinking. I want to turn this OFF!

Are certain parts of the pictures blinking or the entire picture? If so, these are blinking highlights. These blinking highlights are showing you where you have over exposed, or blown out your image. You want to adjust your exposure to avoid blowing out your highlights. You can also use your histogram to see your exposure. You can toggle this function on and off by viewing your display setting.

I always leave this on, as I do not want to blow out my highlights. It’s better to expose correctly than to over expose.

Are your shooting in P, S or A mode? If so, use your exposure compensation to adjust your exposure. If you are shooting in M mode, adjust your shutter speed, aperture or ISO to dial down your exposure.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

Check this out from fellow UHH’er, Steve Perry…
https://youtu.be/HQjDDM4WSIo?si=jDdPH4OQMuSNMd76

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

Gitchigumi wrote:

Check this out from fellow UHH’er, Steve Perry…
https://youtu.be/HQjDDM4WSIo?si=jDdPH4OQMuSNMd76

This is some very good advice. . .

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

1HuntnMan wrote:

Would anyone be able to tell me where in the menus in the D780 where you would turn off the blinking pictures. I think it's a good thing but most all photos I take when I first view a photo taken in the view finder, parts of the photo are blinking. I want to turn this OFF!

Those highlight warnings are a benefit of digital photography. You'd be better served understanding why you're over-exposing your images and using these warnings to correct issues in your photography, rather than ignoring / disabling the warnings.

You'd be better served, too, downloading and reading the relevant sections of the D780 Reference Manual, specifically the PlayBack section that starts on page 353. Controlling information during playback of photos starts around 366.

rjriggins11 Loc: Colorado Springs, CO

I believe you can turn this off by toggling up or down with the 4way controller on the back.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

1HuntnMan wrote:

Would anyone be able to tell me where in the menus in the D780 where you would turn off the blinking pictures. I think it's a good thing but most all photos I take when I first view a photo taken in the view finder, parts of the photo are blinking. I want to turn this OFF!

You can scroll through a number of Playback screens using the four-way controller. Whichever one you have showing when you leave an image is the same one you will see when you review the next image. You can select which screens are visible in your scroll list via a menu choice. Check your manual to see where and how for your camera.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

1HuntnMan wrote:

Would anyone be able to tell me where in the menus in the D780 where you would turn off the blinking pictures. I think it's a good thing but most all photos I take when I first view a photo taken in the view finder, parts of the photo are blinking. I want to turn this OFF!

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The blinkies are there to help you. The blinking areas in the shot are areas being blown out with the exposure settings you are using. You should adjust your exposure down enough to stop the blinking. It is especially important if you are shooting JPG only since you won't have the data available to recover some or all of the blinking areas that you possibly could if shooting RAW. It would be far better to use the warnings and correct the exposure. In the shots, if it is only specular highlights or light sources that are blinking, they are fine.

If you really want them off though, go into you menu and it should be under playback then display or display options where you uncheck the blinkies check box.

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

I always keep my blinkies on. I sometimes think my photo is perfectly exposed, but I've lost my highlights. I usually intentionally underexpose my photos to save the highlights and will later exposure blend in Photoshop Elements.

frejus

rjriggins11 wrote:

I believe you can turn this off by toggling up or down with the 4way controller on the back.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Fast forward to 1:26

https://www.nikon-tutorials.com/2020/02/nikon-d780-tutorial-training-video-overview-how-to-use-nikon-d780/

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

frejus wrote:

Have you seen ETTR? It’s better to darken, than lighten. When you lighten, you bring out the noise. Of course, you do not want to blow out when exposing to the right, but it’s better to use EC to shift your exposure to the right. Watch your histogram as you meter.

https://photographylife.com/exposing-to-the-right-explained/amp