Assign Fn Button; Assign Preview Button; Assign Ae-L/Af-L Button - Nikon D300 User Manual

Assign Fn (FUNC.) Button – Custom
Setting f5 (D300S) and f4 (D300)
(User's Manual – D300S page 292; D300 page 303)
Assign Preview Button – Custom
Setting f6 (D300S) and f5 (D300)
(User's Manual – D300S page 296; D300 page 306)
Assign AE-L/AF- L Button – Custom
Setting f7 (D300S) and f6 (D300)
(User's Manual – D300S page 296; D300 page 307)
Assign Fn (FUNC.) button, Assign preview button, and

Assign AE-L/AF-L button

are all discussed in this one
section. All three work exactly the same way, so instead of
repeating the same instructions three times, I chose to explain
them once.
When I speak of the Selected button, I am talking about the
camera button you want to configure—Fn (FUNC), Preview,
or AE-L/AF-L. When you see the words Selected button in
bold italics please mentally replace this with your favorite
button. You can assign various camera functions to any of the
three buttons mentioned.
After we consider each of the screens used to assign the
various functions, we'll look at each function in detail in the
section Assignable Function List. There are a lot of different
functions from which to select. The screens, steps, and
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