Restoring Default Settings - Nikon D5100 User Manual

Restoring Default Settings

The camera settings listed below and on page 59 can be
restored to default values by holding the G and P
buttons down together for more than two seconds
(these buttons are marked by a green dot). The
information display turns off briefly while settings are
reset.
❚❚ Settings Accessible from the Information Display
Option
Image quality
Image size
1
White balance
z
P, S, A, M
ISO sensitivity
P, S, A, M
k, l, p, m, n, o, r, s, t,
u, v, w, x, y, z, 0, g, (,
3, 1, 2, 3
Release mode
m, w
Other shooting modes
Focus mode
Viewfinder
Shooting modes other
than %
Live view/movie
AF-area mode
Viewfinder
n, x, 0, 1, 2, 3
m, w
i, j, k, l, p, o, r, s,
t, u, v, y, z, g, 3, P, S, A,
M
Live view/movie
k, l, p, o, s, t, u, v, x,
y, z
m, r, w, %, g, 3, 1, 2,
3, P, S, A, M
n, 0
1 Fine-tuning reset to 0.
2 Current Picture Control only.
58
0
Default
JPEG normal 47 Metering
Large 49 P, S, A, M
Active D-Lighting
Auto 81 P, S, A, M
Auto bracketing
100 P, S, A, M
Picture Control settings
54
Auto
P, S, A, M
Exposure compensation
%, P, S, A, M
Continuous
Flash compensation
35
Single frame
P, S, A, M
Flash mode
i, k, p, n, w, g
o
AF-A 39
s
AF-S 100
P, S, A, M
Single-point AF
Dynamic-area AF
42
Auto-area AF
Face-priority AF
101
Wide-area AF
Normal-area AF
G button P button
Option Default
Matrix metering 68
Auto
Off
Unmodified
Off
Off
Auto
Auto slow sync
Auto+red-eye
reduction
Fill flash
0
74
88
2
91
70
72
51