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<p>Just returned from a 10 day vacation.</p>

<p>Update from Nikon USA support:<br> Sorry, but there is no brightness control for the D1,<br> NIKON USA SUPPORT.<br> In reading further I found on page 79 of the original D1 manual a sidebar called "TIPS" almost by accident as the procedure is not described in the operations manual under MONITOR.<br> When in the "play" mode you can rotate the "sub-control wheel" to increase or decrease the BRIGHTNESS, obviously the tech does not know the operations manual and is issuing bogus opinions. A restaurant is no better than the COOK, in this case Nikon needs to refresh the education of their employees.<br> Incidentally, the control works fine now.</p>

<p>True Jim but Nikons published specs state that the LCD monitor had a brightening feature and I can't get Nikon support to answer.</p>

<p>Is there a method of increasing the LCD illumination on a Nikon D1 camera</p>

<p>There is a small plastic probe on the end of the Nikon NH 4 battery pack that evidently connects an internal switch on the camera, does anyone know what this switch controls in the camera?</p>

<p>Another manufacture rip-off. Up to and including Capture 4, Camera control came with Capture.</p>

<p>Please be aware, ALL batteries are "third party" batteries because NIKON does not make batteries but buy them from a battery manufacture manufactured to Nikon's specs. Consequently if you find out WHO produces Nikon's batteries for them you can bypass the "middle man". The ONLY difference is the fact that Nikon warrants them.</p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td> </td> <td colspan="3"> <h4>It appears as though Nikon is giving out confusing data or I can't read properly, this excerpt is from Thom and disputes the directive from Nikon and if very clear.</h4> <p>Sensor cleaning is not much different with the D200 than previous DSLRs, though there's plenty of "landing space" for swabs on one side of the imaging area. Nikon disclaims all but blower bulb cleaning. You can get to the sensor area by using a menu-based mirror lockup function IF YOU HAVE A FULL BATTERY, but be careful about that--the camera comes with a failsafe: if the battery goes below a certain level you'll get an audible warning and the shutter will close shortly thereafter. There's been at least one report of someone not getting that warning. <em>Always</em> use a freshly charged battery, and don't dally in your cleaning. </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<p>According to Nikon the D200 had the cleaning feature but you had to have the A/C adapter to even turn it on?</p>

<p>From what I can research the D2Xs and D2Hs both were the first to offer a firmware 2.0 update that allows the use of a battery ONLY vs, the A/C adapter.</p>

<p>What was the first D-series Nikon cameras to allow sensor cleaning with just a fully charged battery instead of having to use the A/C adapter?</p>