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Language selection for Nikon cameras?

Postby markjd on Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:18 am

I've read a manual for Nikon cameras in Europe that have an option to select a European language. For Nikon cameras sourced from Japan, is there a similar language option that includes English?


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Postby moggy on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:32 am

As far as I'm aware all Nikon digital cameras have multi language capabilities. It's normally an option under one of the menus. :wink:


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Postby Glen on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:35 am

Mark, my Nikon isn't a japanese model or sourced from there but was bought in Aus and has european languages installed.
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:52 am

From all the Nikon cameras I played around in Japanese shops (in Japan), they all read Japanese to start with, but you can change back into English via the menu. But I'm not sure if the manual will come in Jap only or Jap/Eng in 2 booklets.

Either way, you can download full .pdf manuals from Nikon USA website. So that is not much of a problem.
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Postby markjd on Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:28 pm

Thanks, guys. I was reading the US Nikon manual where it says the first thing you see when you start the camera is the language selection. Hopefully the Japan sourced Nikon will have that option first up :) Otherwise I'll have some fun going through the menus in Japanese lol


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Postby ATJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:54 pm

If it does come with Japanese menus, you may be able to do a firmware upgrade to convert to Latin languages.
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Postby gstark on Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:02 pm

Mine only came with two choices: Strine, or Blue.
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Postby markjd on Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:51 pm

gstark wrote:Mine only came with two choices: Strine, or Blue.



I had to look it up on google, but now I know what you mean :)

Not sure I could take a camera talking to me with a Pauline Hanson accent :P


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Postby gstark on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:12 pm

markjd wrote:
gstark wrote:Mine only came with two choices: Strine, or Blue.



I had to look it up on google, but now I know what you mean :)

Not sure I could take a camera talking to me with a Pauline Hanson accent :P


No ... Pauline doesn't speak either of those; she speatheth OzBilly.
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