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Shoot Now Camera Configuration

This chapter is devoted to the first-time use of the camera.

There are certain settings that must be set up immediately and

others that should be configured as soon as possible. I'm not

going to go into detail on all possible settings in this chapter.

That is reserved for the individual chapters covering the

various menus and functions.

Instead, in list form, I'll refer you chapter sections showing

the screens and menus used to set each function that should

be configured before using the camera for the first time. Later

chapters will cover virtually all camera settings.

Accessing the Camera Menus

To access the various configurable menus in the D300(S),

you'll use the

found on the back of the camera

at the top left of the Monitor. Please remember the location of

this button since it will be used constantly in this book. I'll

not mention that you need to press the

into the camera menus again. Otherwise, I would be repeating

something over and over, unnecessarily.

There are six primary menu systems found in the camera, and

this book has a chapter devoted to each one. Let's take a brief

look at the opening screens of the six menus, shown in

You get to these six menus by pressing the

scrolling up or down with the

Selector. A selector bar

with tiny icons appears on the left side of the

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