V1.02
Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
Page 211
Set Up Recommendations Summary
Here is the full list of important things that I think you should
generally set up once prior to using your camera. Note that
some of these things are dealt with in other places in this
eBook.
Date and time
set to the current date, time, and time zone
Language
set to your preferred language
Image Comment
set to
Copyright YEAR Your Name
LCD Brightness
set to
-1
or setting that shows all 10 patches
Active folder
set to
100
File naming
set to your preference or left at
DSC
File No. Sequence
(Custom Setting #D6) set to
On
Video mode
set to your standard (usually
NTSC
)
Auto image rotation
set to
ON
USB
set to
MTP/PTP
Note that
none
of these things show up on the Top LCD or
while you’re shooting—everything we’ve set so far really only
impacts data recorded with the image (date, time, comment,
file number, image rotation, active folder, file naming), how
the menus appear (language and brightness), or how the
camera connects to other devices (video and USB).
Everything else you set via the menus is either a personal
preference (as in the CUSTOM SETTING menu options) or
something specific to a particular shooting situation
(SHOOTING and CUSTOM SETTING menu options mostly).
I’ll deal with these items in the section “Shooting Pictures
with the D300” that begins on page <224>
Viewfinder Adjustment
The D300 allows you to manually adjust the viewfinder to
help accommodate small differences in vision.
