The Setup Menu - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

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first time users off, as the menus can be relatively deep (have

lots of sub-items) at some points in the system.

The SETUP Menu

The SETUP menu is where you go to change things that you

rarely change on your camera, but need customization, such

as the language the camera uses to display information.

To get to the SETUP menu, press the

button, then use

and " keys on the Direction pad to navigate to the

SETUP Tab (the wrench icon in the middle left of the

display—you may have to use the < key to get over to the Tab

area first!). Press the > key on the Direction pad to get to the

individual options within the SETUP menu.

You'll see a short list of options

Nikon is up to their old tricks: they've changed the name of some items on the

D300's menus from those on previous cameras. This really is silly and is very

frustrating to users of multiple Nikon bodies. For example, on the D200 we have

Mirror lockup and on the D300 we have Lock mirror up for cleaning. While it

should be relatively obvious that it's the same function, Nikon's engineers need to

learn that even these small changes can impair cognitive functioning and slow us

down while our brains try to make sense of an unexpected difference. It also shows

that they're not getting the names right (clearly understandable) for new functions

when they're first introduced.

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