Digital Resources
D2X Camera Settings as suggested by Michael Schwarz
These are my personal opinions and preferences only. They are not authorized by Nikon
in any way. Your experiences and opinions may differ.
NOTE: These setting are a result of limited testing and are subject to change.

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Playback Menu

Custom Settings Continued

Playback Folder

all

b1 ISO auto

off

Display Mode

check all but focus area

b2 ISO step value

1/3rd step

Image Review

off

b3 ev step

1/3rd step

After Delete

show next

b4 exp comp ev

1/3rd step

Rotate Tall

off

b5 exp comp off

off

b6 center weight

8

Shooting Menu

b7 fine tune exp.

no

Shooting Menu Bank

A ( or whatever active menu you setup}

c1 AE Lock

off

Reset Shooting Menu

no

c2 AE-L/AF-L

ae/af lock

Active Folder

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c3 auto meter off

16s

File Naming

MAS

c4 self timer

10s

Image Quality

Fine

c5 monitor off

20s

Image Size

L (medium for clients that don't want the large files

d1 cl shooting speed

3fps

Hi-speed crop

off for most situations, on for sports

d2 maximum shots

35

JPEG commpression

optimal quality

d3 exp delay mode

off

Raw compression

on

d4 file no sequence

on

White Balance

cloudy when outside, flash with flash, pre-set when indoors with artificial or unusual lighting

d5 contrl panel/finder

rear cntrl panel:iso. viewfinder display: exposures remaining

Long Exp NR

off (on when exposure is longer than 1 sec)

d6 illumination

off

High ISO NR

off ( on when ISO 800 or higher)

e1 flash sync speed

1/250

ISO

100 outside and in studio, 320 with flash, 400-800 sports

e2 flash shutter speed

1/30

Image Sharpening

normal

e3 aa flash mode

on

Tone Compensation

normal, low for portraits

e4 modeling flash

off

Color Space

AdobeRGB

e5 auto bkt set

AE & Flash

Color Mode

mode 1 portraits, mode 2 everything else

e6 manual mode bkt

flash/speed

Hue Adjustment

0

e7 auto bkt order

n-mtr-under-over

Image Overlay

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e8 auto bracket select

manual value select

Multiple Exposure

off

f1 center button

shooting mode:center af / playback mode: histogram

Intvl Timer

off

f2 multi selector

do nothing

Non-cpu lens data

na

f3 photo info playback

off

f4 func button

Hi-speed crop

Custom Settings

f5 command dials

all default

Bank Select

A

f6 buttons and dials

default

Menu Reset

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f7 no cf card

on

a1 AF-C priority

FPS + AF, FPS for sports

a2 AF-S priority

Focus

a3 Group Dynamic AF

Pattern 1 center area

Setup Menu

a4 Lock on

off

Format

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a5 AF Activation

off

LCD Brightness

0

a6 Focus area illum

on

Video Mode

ntsc

a7 Focus area

on wrap

World Time

a8 Vertical Af-on

AF-ON + Focus area

Language

En

Image Comment

on- Michael A. Schwarz

Auto Image Rotation

on

voice memo

manual only

voice memo overwrite

off

voice memo button

press and hold

audio output

3

usb

p

battery info

--

firmware

a1 b1

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www.michaelschwarz.com