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D300 Camera Settings used 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 always subject to change.

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PLAYBACK MENU Playback Folder- all Display Mode- check highlight only Image Review- off After Delete- show next Rotate Tall- off --------------------- SHOOTING MENU File Naming- something that identifies you or the camera. Image Quality- Your choice JPG Fine or Raw preferred. Image Size- Large JPEG Compression- Optimal NEF Recording- 14-bit, lossless compressed. White Balance- appropriate for your shooting situation. Set Picture Control- Standard, with Saturation dialed down one increment for people, vivid for nature. Color Space- AdobeRGB. sRGB if large amounts of prints from commercial lab are to be made. Active D-Lighting- Off unless needed. Long Exp NR- Off unless needed for contrasty situations. High ISO NR- Normal ISO Sensitivity- As low as practical. Excellent quality achievable up to 1600. Usable up to 3200. Live view - hand held mode Multiple exposure- off Interval timer shooting- off ---------------------- SETUP MENU LCD Brightness-0 Clean image sensor- clean now Video Mode- NTSC HDMI-auto Image Comment-on add your name here Auto Image Rotation-on USB-MTP/PTP Firmware Version- check nikonusa.com for current firmware. Image Authentication-off Copyright Information- Input your name and copyright date here. ------------------ RETOUCH MENU- use to your heart's content. ------------------- MY MENU- set up the menu items you use the most. These are the items in my, my menu. Battery Info Set Picture Control Active D-Lighting Flash control for built-in flash Clean Image Sensor Assign Func Button Shooting Info Display

CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU AF-C Priority- Release AF-S Priority- Focus Dynamic AF Area-51 Focus Tracking with lock-on-normal AF Activation-off (AF-on only) AF point illumination-on Focus point wrap around-off AF point selection-AF51 Built-in AF-assist illuminator AF-ON for MB-D10- AF-on ISO step value- 1/3 EV steps- 1/3 EV comp/fine tune- 1/3 Easy expsoure com.- off Center-weighted area- 10 Fine tune optimal exposure-no Shutter release AE-L-off Auto meter off- 8secs Self-timer delay- 10secs Monitor off delay- 20 secs Beep -OFF! Viewfinder grid display- on viewfinder warning display- on CL Mode speed- 3fps Max continuous release- 100 File Number Sequence- ON! Shooting info display- Auto LCD illumination-off MB-D10 battery-LR6 Battery Order- MB-D10 Flash sync speed -1/320 auto fp Flash shutter speed- 1/30 Flash control for built-in flash- TTL, commander if triggering a remote flash Modeling Flash- off Auto Bracketing Set- AE Auto Bracketing Mode M- flash/speed Bracketing order- under>mtr>over Multi selector center button- shooting mode:select center focus point. Playback mode- zoom on/off high magnification. Multi selector-off do nothing Photo info/playback- off, info up/down, playback left/right Assign Function Button- Func button press-spot metering. Func button+dials-auto bracketing. Assign Preview Button- Preview button press-spot metering. Preview+command-auto bracketing. Assign AE-L/AF-L- AE-L/AF-L button-AE/AF lock. AE-L/AF-L+command dials- none. Customize Command dials- Reverse- off Change main/sub- off Aperture setting- on sub command Menus playback- on Release button to use dial- off No Memory Card-lock Reverse Indicators- minus on left, plus on right.