Nikon D300 User Manual page 59

GPS data screen shows Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and
Time (UTC).
That's a lot of screens to scroll through, but they provide a
great deal of information on the image. Look how far we've
come from the days of writing date information on the lower
right of the image (permanently marking it), or between the
frames on the pro-level cameras.
Including the two standard display screens, there are eight
screens just brimming with data on the D300S and seven on
the D300—plus the GPS screen. Or you
can get by with the main image display and one summary
display (see Figure 2-14). The summary display is a
condensation of the most important shooting information. It
even includes a small luminance histogram.
My Recommendation: Some people like minimal data to
scroll through and others like a lot. I generally leave my
camera set to use only the Highlights (Figure 2-11) and RGB
histogram (Figure 2-12) screens. Those two screens, along
with the main and summary screens (Figure 2-14), give me all
the information I normally need. If you're a data-oriented
person, Nikon is happy to oblige you. Turn all these data
screens on and examine how each shot's settings were
configured. This sure beats the old days of writing data
directly on the film image or between the frames, doesn't it?
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