Nikon D5100 Experience Manual page 12

Nikon D5100 Experience
Figure 6 – Shooting Menu
Shooting Menu
Reset Shooting Menu
This restores all these menu options to their default settings. Do not select this after you have
just set up all these options as desired!
Storage Folder
You can use this to specify a new folder name where images are stored, or select an existing
folder to continue to store images. However, it is easiest to leave this alone and let the camera
automatically create and name these folders.
Image Quality
You are putting a lot of effort into taking your images. You should make sure the files are of the
best possible quality. I will discuss this in more detail, including JPEG vs. NEF (RAW) file
formats, in the guide below. Set to either the NEF(RAW) setting if you shoot RAW, or the
highest quality and JPEG setting (JPEG Fine) if you shoot JPEG, or both combined if you need
both types of files. Note that JPEG Normal is the default setting and should be changed to JPEG
Fine. (NEF is the file extension used by Nikon for images in the RAW file format. I will
typically use just the term "RAW" when discussing the "NEF (RAW)" format.) The Image
Quality setting can also be changed using the i Button and Information Display.
Image Size
Again, you are putting a lot of effort into taking your images, so set this to Large or L. This
setting can also be changed using the i Button and Information Display.
White Balance
Although White Balance (WB) can be selected using the i Button and Information Display,
advanced users can do a little more WB fine tuning through this menu. And you will need to
access this menu to set a specific fluorescent WB if you are going to be using that WB setting, so
you may wish to put this in My Menu (learn more about My Menu below). More about White
Balance, fine-tuning, and setting a custom Preset WB will be covered below.
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