Nikon D1X SLR Review

Pressing the MONitor button brings up the last image captured in full screen view. This is also what you would see after shooting a picture if the Preview option is enabled.

When reviewing images you can press the Left or Right portion of the 4-way controller to bring up the extended information overlays. You can cycle through them by repeatedly pushing the controller switch. The first overlay includes the information shown above which is the folder name, filename, date and time as well as the capture mode.

The next overlay includes the camera name, firmware version, metering mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure mode and exposure compensation value.

The next overlay includes ISO speed, white balance setting and white balance fine adjustment, image tone and sharpness, lens focal length and the color mode.

The last overlay can be just the histogram or the histogram plus highlight areas will blink.

Pressing the Index button will display small thumbnail images so you can quickly search through the captured images. This is the four per page display.

You can also display thumbnail images in the nine per page mode.

Pressing the FUNC button enables the zoomed playback mode. The image is magnified and you can scroll to any portion of the picture to check for critical focus, color or composition by using the 4-way controller.

The Playback Menu

Delete - Selected, All, Print Set

Slideshow - Start auto playback, set Frame Interval time

Protect - Protect image(s) from deletion

Hide Image - Images may be hidden from Playback mode

Print Set - Embed DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) information.

Folder Designate - Create or select folders for images

Display Mode - Normal, Histogram, Highlights or Both