Nikon D300 Advanced menu walk through 1 of 6, tips, tricks

Sorry, except for the 10 minute clips this segment is uncut. It's about an hour total.

I walk through the most frequently used features of the D300, and some less frequently used.

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Playback Menu
Display Mode Highlights Focus Points RGB Histogram Data
Image Review: Default off, I set to On
Rotate Tall: Default on
Shooting Menu
Shooting Menu Bank
Raw types: 12bit vs 14bit / compressed vs uncompressed
Set Picture Control: Vivid vs normal etc
Active D-Lighting
Long Exposure Noise Reduction
High ISO Noise Reduction
ISO Sensitivity Settings
Live Review: Tripod vs Handeld / Single vs Continious
Multiple Exposure: Merge up to 10 photographs
Interval Timer: Note that I mean 1.5 hours of finished film at 30 Frames per second is the shutter life.
Custom Settings Menu
Custom Settings Bank
Autofocus Sub Menu AF-C Priority Selection AF-S Priority Selection Dynamic Autofocus Area: 9 point vs 21 vs 51 vs 3d-tracking

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Nikon
• D300
• Review
• Tips
• Tricks
• Camera
• SB800
• SB600
• Flash

[sarojhbl]

Help pls..i cannot click on Timer Interval shooting as its not active-not highlighted...Whats wrong with my camera..pls help me

[bastian74]

@sarojhbl Ensure you are in single-shot shooting mode. I can't recall what else causes that, and I don't have my camera handy. There are some camera functions that disable other functions. There is nothing wrong with your camera. Try changing continuous focus / shooting to single, etc.

[scarmack121]

thats one thing i hate about NIKON, is when you let your screen go for like 5 seconds because your looking at something then it shuts off! and then you have to go back into it..ahahhah...so annoying..why cant they make options to make it longer! lmao

im picking one of these up real soon! cant wait

[bastian74]

Actually the LCD-sleep timer is configurable in most nikons, even the point and shoots. I just didn't bother to change mine.

[SchweizerStolz]

Did you mention this method in any of your subsequent videos ?

[bastian74]

No I didn't, I thought it was obvious enough. It's under Custom Settings -> Timers -> Menu Off Delay; item C4.

[110B557]

Help? What is Auto Gain in the Multiple Exposure under shooting menu?

[taoteyuan]

Thank you!

[Redeyez77]

very good info mate! well appreciated as I just bought this camera yesterday!!

love it love it love it

[sacredgeometry]

oh and btw there is a custom menu where you can add shortcuts to any setting you want

[sacredgeometry]

the thing is alot of this stuff isnt availible on canons of the same range, and alot of the stuff in the canon menus have buttons or button combination on the d300 body.

Play with both for over a month and im sure you will understand I have fortunatly i know alot of photographers...most shoot canon :S it sucks i cant share their glass...haha unless i steal their cameras

[atarist123]

You're wrong jani. He's not talking about RECORDING at 30fps, he's saying PLAYBACK at 30 fps. If you record at 1 fps for 1 minute, you will have 60 frames. This is 2 seconds of playback at 30fps. But you've still taken life off your shutter.