Nikon D300 User Manual page 90

The Shooting Menu
the camera. Spend time carefully learning about each of these
selections because you'll use them often. They affect how
your camera takes pictures in all sorts of ways.
Here's a list and overview of the items found on the D300(S)
Shooting Menu—22 items on the D300S, and 19 on the
D300. Each of these items can be configured in different
ways by using the four available
D300(S). The camera is a chameleon!
▪ Shooting menu bank – Allows configuration of the
camera in four separate ways so that it can act like four
different cameras as you change banks.
▪ Reset shooting menu – Restores the factory default
settings for the currently selected
▪ Active folder – Selects which folder subsequent images
will be stored in on the camera's memory card(s).
▪ File naming – Lets you change three characters of the
image's file name so that it is personalized to you.
▪ Primary slot selection (D300S only) – You can select
either the SD or CF memory card slot to be the primary
slot that receives images.
▪ Secondary slot selection (D300S only) – Allows you to
select either the SD or CF memory card slot to be the
secondary slot that receives image overflow or copies.
▪ Image quality – Select from the eight image quality
types, such as
settings are the most-used functions in
Shooting menu banks
JPEG fine or NEF
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Shooting menu
(RAW).
in the
bank.