Customize Command Dials - Nikon D300 User Manual

My Recommendation:
functions here that I'm loathe to recommend anything. People
shoot in so many different ways, and there are so many
choices in this list that it's hard to pin it down to just a few.
However, I will tell you what I set mine on, and you can then
experiment and see if that suits your style too. If not, you've
got a lot of choices!
My favorites:
▪ Assign Fn (FUNC.) button press
normal meter is Matrix).
▪ Assign Fn (FUNC.) button + dials
▪ Assign preview button press
preview).
▪ Assign preview button + command dials
use this).
▪ Assign AE-L/AF-L button press
▪ Assign AE-L/AF-L button + command dials
non-CPU lens number.
I hope you'll experiment with each of these settings and see if
you like others better. Nikon has given us amazing
configurability for our assignable buttons, so why not test
each one?

Customize Command Dials

Custom setting f8 (D300S) and f7 (D300)
(User's Manual – D300S page 297; D300 page 308)
There are so many available
– Spot metering (My
– Auto bracketing.
– Preview (depth of field
– AE lock only.
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– None (I don't
– Choose