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Camera set-up for Nikon D810 and D850

I recently watched a few videos and read a few articles on Steve Perry’s website, and they inspired me to share my camera settings with you. Thanks, Steve!

Buying a new camera inevitably leads to a few hours of playing around with it (and even reading the manual!), so I thought it might be useful for you to know all my settings.

I have two camera bodies, a Nikon D810 and a Nikon D850, but I’ll focus on the D850 as that one has the newer, more advanced settings. However, here are the settings files for the D810 and D850 so that you can upload them to your own camera(s) if you wish.

Note that this is only a starting point, though, as some of the information such as copyright will obviously need changing.

Custom changes

The full list of settings is shown at the end of this article, but it’s a very long list (!), so I’ll pick out a few highlights. All the ones beginning with a letter and a number are in the Custom Setting Menu.

By the way, it’s handy to know that any settings you’ve changed in the Custom Setting Menu will show up with an asterisk over the letter in the relevant sub-menu. For example, I’ve changed one of the settings in the a3 Focus tracking with lock-on sub-menu, so the ‘a’ appears with an asterisk above it.

Back button focus

Back button focus is pretty much essential for wildlife photography. It allows you to track subjects in motion by keeping your thumb pressed on the AF-ON button, and it also allows you to lock the focus and exposure when you take your thumb away. This means you can happily recompose your shot any number of times until either the animal moves or the lighting conditions change.

  • a8 AF activation OFF

    • AF-ON only

      • Out-of-focus release
        Enable

Viewfinder virtual horizon

I’m a great believer in getting as much right in camera as possible, and setting up your Fn1 function button to show the virtual horizon in the viewfinder is a very neat trick that avoids hours spent in post-processing checking all your horizons are straight.

  • f1 Custom control assignment

    • Fn1

      • Viewfinder virtual horizon

You can do the same with your MB-D18 battery grip if you have one.

  • f10 Assign MB-D18 buttons

    • Fn button [graphic]

      • Viewfinder virtual horizon

Zoom to 100% in playback by pressing the multi selector button

The best way to check the sharpness of your images is at 100%, and you can easily toggle between full frame and 1:1 by customising the multi selector button.

  • f2 Multi selector center button

    • Playback mode

      • Zoom on/off

        • 1:1 (100%)

Zoom to 100% in live view by pressing the multi selector button

The best way to check the sharpness of your images in live view is at 100%, and you can easily toggle between full frame and 1:1 by customising the multi selector button, just as you did for playback mode.

  • f2 Multi selector center button

    • Live view

      • Zoom on/off

        • 1:1 (100%)

Review images using main command dial and set sub-command dial to advance by 10

Canon users can easily scroll through their images because they have a circular command dial on the bank of the camera. Using the multi selector button is a lot slower, but you can set things up so that you can use the main command dial to whizz through your images one-by-one and the sub-command dial to advance by 10 (or 50) frames each time.

  • f4 Customize command dials

    • Menus and playback ON

      • On

      • Sub-dial frame advance 10

        • 10 10 frames

Format memory cards without using menus

Having to scroll through the menu system just to format your memory card(s) is a bit of a pain. Here’s a simple trick to do it by pressing the delete and ISO buttons instead.

  • Press and hold delete and ISO buttons until For appears on the top LCD screen.

  • Select the primary or secondary card using the main command dial.

  • Press and hold delete and ISO buttons again.

Use movie record button to change ISO on your D810

If you have a D810 and a D850 as I do, this just allows you to get used to changing the ISO in roughly the same way, given that the movie record button on the D810 is in much the same place as the ISO button on the D850. Change the ISO with the main command dial and switch Auto ISO on and off with the sub-command dial.

  • f13 Assign movie record button ISO

    • Press + command dials ISO

      • ISO ISO sensitivity

D850 menu settings

Here are all my D850 settings, organised by menu section. The active options are in bold.

Playback Menu

  • Delete

  • Playback folder

    • ND850 [a custom name I chose]

    • All

    • Current

  • Hide image

  • Playback display options

    • Basic photo info

      • ☑︎ Focus point

    • Additional photo info

      • ☑︎ None (image only)

      • ☑︎ Highlights

      • ☑︎ RGB histogram

      • ☑︎ Shooting data

      • ☑︎ Overview

  • Copy image

  • Image review

    • On

    • Off

  • After delete

    • Show next

    • Show previous

    • Continue as before

  • After burst, show

    • First image in burst

    • Last image in burst

  • Auto image rotation

    • On

    • Off

  • Rotate tall

    • On

    • Off

  • Slide show

  • Select to send to smart device

Photo Shooting Menu

  • Photo shooting menu bank

    • A Nick Dale [a custom name I chose]

    • B People

    • C Sports

    • D

  • Extended photo menu banks

    • On

    • Off

  • Storage folder

    • Rename ND850 [a custom name I chose]

    • Select folder by number 124

    • Select folder from list

  • File naming

    • File naming [NDP]

    • sRGB: NDP_1234

    • Adobe RGB: _NDP1234

  • Primary slot selection

    • XQD card slot

    • SD card slot

  • Secondary slot function

    • Overflow

    • Backup

    • RAW primary - JPEG secondary

  • Flash control

  • Image area

    • Choose image area

      • FX (36x24)

      • 1.2x (30x20)

      • DX (24x16)

      • 5:4 (30x24)

      • 1:1 (24x24)

    • Auto DX crop

      • ON

      • OFF

    • Viewfinder mask display

      • ON

      • OFF

  • Image quality RAW

    • NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine★

    • NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine

    • NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal★

    • NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal

    • NEF (RAW) + JPEG basic★

    • NEF (RAW) + JPEG basic

    • NEF (RAW)

    • JPEG fine★

    • JPEG fine

    • JPEG normal★

    • JPEG normal

    • JPEG basic★

    • JPEG basic

    • TIFF (RGB)

  • Image size

    • JPEG/TIFF

      • Large
        8256x5504; 45.4 M

      • Medium
        6192x4128; 25.6 M

      • Small
        4128x2752; 11.4 M

    • NEF (RAW) RAW L

      • RAW L Large
        8256x5504; 45.4 M

      • Raw M Medium
        6192x4128; 25.6 M

      • RAW S Small
        4128x2752; 11.4 M

  • NEF (RAW) recording

    • NEF (RAW) compression ON

      • ON Lossless compressed

      • ON Compressed

      • Uncompressed

  • ISO sensitivity settings

    • ISO sensitivity 64

      • Lo 1

      • Lo 0.7

      • Lo 0.3

      • 64

      • 80

      • 100

      • 125

      • 160

      • 200

      • 250

      • 320

      • 400

      • 500

      • 640

      • 800

      • 1000

      • 1250

      • 1600

      • 2000

      • 2500

      • 3200

      • 4000

      • 5000

      • 6400

      • 8000

      • 10000

      • 12800

      • 16000

      • 20000

      • 25600

      • Hi 0.3

      • Hi 0.7

      • Hi 1

      • Hi 2

    • Auto ISO sensitivity control ON

      • ON

      • OFF

    • Maximum sensitivity 25600

      • 80

      • 100

      • 125

      • 160

      • 200

      • 250

      • 320

      • 400

      • 500

      • 640

      • 800

      • 1000

      • 1250

      • 1600

      • 2000

      • 2500

      • 3200

      • 4000

      • 5000

      • 6400

      • 8000

      • 10000

      • 12800

      • 16000

      • 20000

      • 25600

      • Hi 0.3

      • Hi 0.7

      • Hi 1

      • Hi 2

    • Maximum sensitivity with ↯ 25600

      • Same as without flash
        25600

      • 80

      • 100

      • 125

      • 160

      • 200

      • 250

      • 320

      • 400

      • 500

      • 640

      • 800

      • 1000

      • 1250

      • 1600

      • 2000

      • 2500

      • 3200

      • 4000

      • 5000

      • 6400

      • 8000

      • 10000

      • 12800

      • 16000

      • 20000

      • 25600

      • Hi 0.3

      • Hi 0.7

      • Hi 1

      • Hi 2

    • Minimum shutter speed AUTO

      • Auto

      • 1/4000 s

      • 1/3200 s

      • 1/2500 s

      • 1/2000 s

      • 1/1600 s

      • 1/1250 s

      • 1/1000 s

      • 1/800 s

      • 1/640 s

      • 1/500 s

      • 1/400 s

      • 1/320 s

      • 1/250 s

      • 1/200 s

      • 1/160 s

      • 1/125 s

      • 1/100 s

      • 1/80 s

      • 1/60 s

      • 1/50 s

      • 1/40 s

      • 1/30 s

      • 1/25 s

      • 1/20s

      • 1/15 s

      • 1/13 s

      • 1/10 s

      • 1/8 s

      • 1/6 s

      • 1/5 s

      • 1/4 s

      • 1/3 s

      • 1/2.5 s

      • 1/2 s

      • 1/1.6 s

      • 1/1.3 s

      • 1 s

      • 1.3 s

      • 1.6 s

      • 2 s

      • 2.5 s

      • 3 s

      • 4 s

      • 5 s

      • 6 s

      • 8 s

      • 10 s

      • 13 s

      • 15 s

      • 20 s

      • 25 s

      • 30 s

  • White balance AUTO2

    • AUTO2 Auto

      • AUTO0 Keep white (reduce warm colors)

      • AUTO1 Normal

      • AUTO2 Keep warm lighting colors

    • Natural light auto

    • Incandescent

    • Fluorescent

    • Direct sunlight

    • Flash

    • Cloudy

    • Shade

    • Choose color temp.

    • PRE Preset manual

  • Set Picture Control NL

    • A Auto

    • SD Standard

    • NL Neutral

    • VI* Vivid

    • MC Monochrome

    • PT Portrait

    • LS Landscape

    • FL Flat

  • Manage Picture Control

    • Save/edit

      • A Auto

      • SD Standard

      • NL Neutral

      • VI* Vivid

      • MC Monochrome

      • PT Portrait

      • LS Landscape

      • FL Flat

    • Rename

    • Delete

    • Load/save

      • Copy to camera

      • Delete from card

      • Copy to card

  • Color space sRGB

    • sRGB

    • Adobe RGB

  • Active D-Lighting OFF

    • A Auto

    • H* Extra high

    • H High

    • N Normal

    • L Low

    • Off

  • Long exposure NR OFF

    • On

    • Off

  • High ISO NR NORM

    • High

    • Normal

    • Low

    • Off

  • Vignette control OFF

    • High

    • Normal

    • Low

    • Off

  • Auto distortion control ON

    • On

    • Off

  • Flicker reduction

    • Flicker reduction setting OFF

      • Enable

      • DIsable

    • Flicker reduction indicator ON

      • On

      • Off

  • Auto bracketing set AE↯

    • AE↯ AE & flash bracketing

    • AE AE bracketing

    • ↯ Flash bracketing

    • WB WB bracketing

    • ADL bracketing

  • Multiple exposure OFF

    • Multiple exposure mode OFF

      • On (series)

      • On (single photo)

      • Off

    • Number of shots 2

    • Overlay mode AVG

      • ADD Add

      • AVG Average

      • LIGHT Lighten

      • DARK Darken

    • Keep all exposures ON

      • On

      • Off

  • HDR (high dynamic range) OFF

  • Interval timer shooting OFF

    • Start

      • Choose start day/time 05/18 17:22 [current date and time]

        • Now

        • Choose day/time

      • Interval 00:01’00”

        • 00:01’00”

        • End day/time 2020/05/18 17:22 [current date and time]

      • Intervalsxshots/interval 1x1

        • 0001x1=00001

        • End day/time 2020/05/18 17:22 [current date and time]

      • Exposure smoothing OFF

        • On

        • Off

      • Silent photography OFF

        1. On

        2. Off

      • Interval priority OFF

        • On

        • Off

      • Starting storage folder

        • New folder

        • Reset file numbering

    • End day/time 2020/05/18 17:22 [current date and time]

  • Focus shift shooting OFF

    • Start

      • No. of shots 40

      • Focus step width 4

      • Interval until next shot 0”

      • Exposure smoothing ON

        • On

        • Off

      • Silent photography ON

        • On

        • Off

      • Starting storage folder

        • New folder

        • Reset file numbering

  • Silent live view photography SL 1

    • SL 1 On (Mode 1)

    • SL 2 On (Mode 2)

    • Off

Movie Shooting Menu

  • Reset movie shooting menu

    • Yes

    • No

  • File naming NDP

  • Destination XQD

    • XQD card slot
      20h 18m 26s [based on current space available]

    • SD card slot

      10h 29m 41s [based on current space available]

  • Image area

    • Choose image area FX

      • FX

      • DX

    • Auto DX crop ON

      • On

      • Off

  • Frame size/frame rate 1080p 24

    • 2160 p★ 30 3840x2160; 30p

    • 2160 p★ 25 3840x2160; 25p

    • 2160 p★ 24 3840x2160; 24p

    • 1080 p 60 1920x1080; 60p

    • 1080 p 50 1920x1080; 50p

    • 1080 p 30 1920x1080; 30p

    • 1080 p 25 1920x1080; 25p

    • 1080 p 24 1920x1080; 24p

    • 720p 60 1280x 720; 60p

    • 720p 50 1280x 720; 50p

    • 1080 x4 30 1920x1080; 30p x4 (slow-mo)

    • 1080 x4 25 1920x1080; 25p x4 (slow-mo)

    • 1080 x5 24 1920x1080; 24p x5 (slow-mo)

  • Movie quality NORM

    • High quality

    • Normal

  • Movie file type MOV

    • MOV

    • MP4

  • ISO sensitivity settings

    • Maximum sensitivity 25600

      • 200

      • 250

      • 320

      • 400

      • 500

      • 640

      • 800

      • 1000

      • 1250

      • 1600

      • 2000

      • 2500

      • 3200

      • 4000

      • 5000

      • 6400

      • 8000

      • 10000

      • 12800

      • 16000

      • 20000

      • 25600

      • Hi 0.3

      • Hi 0.7

      • Hi 1

      • Hi 2

    • Auto ISO control (mode M) ON

      • ON

      • OFF

    • ISO sensitivity (mode M) 64

      • 64

      • 80

      • 100

      • 125

      • 160

      • 200

      • 250

      • 320

      • 400

      • 500

      • 640

      • 800

      • 1000

      • 1250

      • 1600

      • 2000

      • 2500

      • 3200

      • 4000

      • 5000

      • 6400

      • 8000

      • 10000

      • 12800

      • 16000

      • 20000

      • 25600

      • Hi 0.3

      • Hi 0.7

      • Hi 1

      • Hi 2

  • White balance AUTO2

    • Same as photo settings
      AUTO2

      • AUTO0 Auto

      • A Natural light auto

      • Incandescent

      • 4 Fluorescent

      • Direct sunlight

      • Cloudy

      • Shade

      • K Choose color temp.

      • PRE Preset manual

  • Set Picture Control NL

    • Same as photo settings
      NL

    • A Auto

    • SD Standard

    • NL Neutral

    • VI Vivid

    • MC Monochrome

    • PT Portrait

    • LS Landscape

    • FL Flat

  • Manage Picture Control

    • Save/edit

      • A Auto

      • SD Standard

      • NL Neutral

      • VI Vivid

      • MC Monochrome

      • PT Portrait

      • LS Landscape

      • FL Flat

    • Rename

    • Delete

    • Load/save

      • Copy to camera

      • Delete from card

      • Copy to card

  • Active D-Lighting OFF

  • High ISO NR NORM

    • High

    • Normal

    • Low

    • Off

  • Flicker reduction AUTO

    • Auto

    • 50 Hz

    • 60 Hz

  • Microphone sensitivity A

    • Auto sensitivity

    • Manual sensitivity

    • Microphone off

  • Attenuator OFF

    • Enable

    • Disable

  • Frequency response WIDE

    • WIDE Wide range

    • VOICE Vocal range

  • Wind noise reduction ON

    • On

    • Off

  • Electronic VR OFF

  • Time-lapse movie OFF

Custom Setting Menu

  • Custom settings bank A

    • A WILDLIFE [custom name I chose]

    • B SLOW PAN [custom name I chose]

    • C HIGH SPEED [custom name I chose]

    • D

  • a Autofocus

    • a1 AF-C priority selection

      • Release

      • Focus + release

      • Release + focus

      • Focus

    • a2 AF-S priority selection

      • Release

      • Focus

    • a3 Focus tracking with lock-on

      • Blocked shot AF response
        Quick 1 2 3 4 5 Delayed

      • Subject motion
        Erratic 1 2 3 Steady

    • a4 3D-tracking face-detection ON

      • ON On

      • OFF Off

    • a5 3D-tracking watch area NORM

      • Wide

      • Normal

    • a6 Number of focus points AF 15

      • AF55 55 points

      • AF15 15 points

    • a7 Store by orientation

      • Focus point

      • Focus point and AF-area mode

      • Off

    • a8 AF activation OFF

      • Shutter/AF-ON

      • AF-ON only
        Out-of-focus release

        • Enable

        • Disable

    • a9 Limit AF-area mode selection

      • ☑︎ Single-point AF

      • ☑︎ Dynamic-area AF (9 points)

      • ☑︎ Dynamic-area AF (25 points)

      • ☑︎ Dynamic-area AF (72 points)

      • ☐ Dynamic-area AF (153 points)

      • ☑︎ 3D-tracking

      • ☑︎ Group-area AF

      • ☐ Auto-area AF

    • a10 Autofocus mode restrictions AF-C

      • AF-S

      • AF-C

      • No restrictions

    • a11 Focus point wrap-around ON

      • Wrap

      • No wrap

    • a12 Focus point options

      • Focus point illumination OFF

        • Auto

        • On

        • Off

      • Manual focus mode ON

        • On

        • Off

      • Dynamic-area AF assist ON

        • On

        • Off

  • b Metering/exposure

    • b1 ISO sensitivity step value 1/3

      • 1/3 step

      • 1/2 step

      • 1 step

    • b2 EV steps for exposure cntrl 1/3

      • 1/3 step

      • 1/2 step

      • 1 step

    • b3 Exp./flash comp. step value 1/3

      • 1/3 step

      • 1/2 step

      • 1 step

    • b4 Easy exposure compensation OFF

      • On (Auto reset)

      • On

      • Off

    • b5 Matrix metering ON

      • ON Face detection on

      • OFF Face detection off

    • b6 Center-weighted area (•) 8

      • (•) 8 𝝋 8mm

      • (•) 12 𝝋 12mm

      • (•) 15 𝝋 15mm

      • (•) 20 𝝋 20mm

      • (•) Avg Average

    • b7 Fine-tune optimal exposure

  • c Timers/AE lock

    • c1 Shutter-release button AE-L OFF

      • ON On (half press)

      • ON On (burst mode)

      • Off

    • c2 Standby timer 6s

      • 4 s

      • 6 s

      • 10 s

      • 30 s

      • 1 min

      • 5 min

      • 10 min

      • 30 min

      • No limit

    • c3 Self-timer

      • Self-timer delay 2s

        • 2s 2 s

        • 5s 5 s

        • 10s 10 s

        • 20s 20 s

      • Number of shots 1

      • Interval between shots 0.5s

        • 0.5s 0.5 s

        • 1s 1 s

        • 2s 2 s

        • 3s 3 s

    • c4 Monitor off delay

      • Playback 10s

        • 4 s

        • 10 s

        • 20 s

        • 1 min

        • 5 min

        • 10 min

      • Menus 10s

        • 4 s

        • 10 s

        • 20 s

        • 1 min

        • 5 min

        • 10 min

      • Information display 10s

        • 4 s

        • 10 s

        • 20 s

        • 1 min

        • 5 min

        • 10 min

      • Image review 4s

        • 2 s

        • 4 s

        • 10 s

        • 20 s

        • 1 min

        • 5 min

        • 10 min

      • Live view 10m

        • 5 min

        • 10 min

        • 15 min

        • 20 min

        • 30 min

        • No limit

  • d Shooting/display

    • d1 CL mode shooting speed 3

      • 8 8fps

      • 7 7 fps

      • 6 6 fps

      • 5 5 fps

      • 4 4 fps

      • 3 3 fps

      • 2 2 fps

      • 1 1 fps

    • d2 Max. continuous release 200

    • d3 ISO display ON

      • Show ISO sensitivity

      • Show frame count

    • d4 Sync. release mode options

      • Sync

      • No sync

    • d5 Exposure delay mode OFF

      • 3 s

      • 2 s

      • 1 s

      • 0.5 s

      • 0.2 s

      • Off

    • d6 Electronic front-curtain shutter ON

      • Enable

      • Disable

    • d7 File number sequence ON

      • On

      • Off

      • Reset

    • d8 Peaking highlight color R

      • Red

      • Yellow

      • Blue

      • White

    • d9 Viewfinder grid display OFF

      • On

      • Off

    • d10 LCD illumination

      • On

      • Off

    • d11 Live view in continuous mode

      • On

      • Off

  • e Bracketing/flash

    • e1 Flash sync speed 1/250*

      • 1/250 s (Auto FP)

      • 1/250 s

      • 1/200 s

      • 1/160 s

      • 1/125 s

      • 1/100 s

      • 1/80 s

      • 1/60 s

    • e2 Flash shutter speed 1/60

      • 1/60 s

      • 1/30 s

      • 1/15 s

      • 1/8 s

      • 1/4 s

      • 1/2 s

      • 1 s

      • 2 s

      • 4 s

      • 8 s

      • 15 s

      • 30 s

    • e3 Exposure comp. for flash

      • Entire frame

      • Background only

    • e4 Auto ↯ ISO sensitivity control

      • Subject and background

      • Subject only

    • e5 Modeling flash OFF

      • On

      • Off

    • e6 Auto bracketing (mode M)

      • Flash/speed

      • Flash/speed/aperture

      • Flash/aperture

      • Flash only

    • e7 Bracketing order N

      • MTR > under > over

      • Under > MTR > over

  • f Controls

    • f1 Custom control assignment

      • [graphic]

    • f2 Multi selector center button

      • Shooting mode RESET

        • RESET Select center focus point

        • PRE Preset focus point

        • Highlight active focus point

        • None

      • Playback mode

        • Thumbnail on/off

        • View histograms

        • Zoom on/off

          • Low magnification (50%)

          • 1:1 (100%)

          • High magnification (200%)

        • Choose slot and folder

      • Live view

        • RESET Select center focus point

        • Zoom on/off

          • Low magnification (50%)

          • 1:1 (100%)

          • High magnification (200%)

        • None

    • f3 Shutter spd & aperture lock

      • Shutter speed lock OFF

        • On

        • Off

      • Aperture lock OFF

        • On

        • Off

    • f4 Customize command dials

      • Reverse rotation

        • ☐ Exposure compensation

        • ☐ Shutter speed/aperture

      • Change main/sub

        • Exposure setting OFF

        • Autofocus setting OFF

      • Aperture setting ON

        • Sub-command dial

        • Aperture ring

      • Menus and playback ON

        • On

        • On (image review excluded)

        • Off

      • Sub-dial frame advance 10

        • 10 10 frames

        • 50 50 frames

        • Protect

        • Still images only

        • Movies only

        • Folder

    • f5 Multi selector OFF

      • Restart standby timer

      • Do nothing

    • f6 Release button to use dial OFF

      • Yes

      • No

    • f7 Reverse indicators - 0 +

      • + 0 - [graphic]

      • - 0 + [graphic]

    • f8 Live view button options ON

      • Enable

      • Enable (standby timer active)

      • Disable

    • f9 💡 switch 💡

      • 💡LCD backlight (💡)

      • 💡info💡 and information display

    • f10 Assign MB-D18 buttons

      • Fn button [graphic]

        • Center-weighted metering

        • Spot metering

        • Highlight-weighted metering

        • Viewfinder grid display

        • Viewfinder virtual horizon

        • MY MENU

        • Access top item in MY MENU

        • Playback

        • None

      • Fn button + [graphic] OFF

        • ISO ISO sensitivity

        • MODE Exposure mode

        • Exposure compensation

        • Metering

        • None

      • AF-ON button = AF ON

        • Same as camera AF-ON button

        • AF-ON

        • AF-area mode

        • AF-area mode + AF-ON

        • AE/AF lock

        • AE lock only

        • AE lock (Reset on release)

        • AE lock (Hold)

        • AF lock only

        • None

      • Multi selector = [graphic]

        • Same as camera multi selector

          • Info [horizontal graphic]/Playback [vertical graphic]

          • Info [vertical graphic]/Playback [horizontal graphic]

        • Focus point selection

          • Fn button

            • Center-weighted metering

            • Spot metering

            • Highlight-weighted metering

            • Viewfinder grid display

            • Viewfinder virtual horizon

            • MY MENU

            • Access top item in MY MENU

            • Playback

            • None

          • Fn button + [graphic] OFF

            • ISO ISO sensitivity

            • MODE Exposure mode

            • Exposure compensation

            • Metering

            • None

          • AF-ON button = AF ON

            • Same as camera AF-ON button

            • AF-ON

            • AF-area mode

            • AF-area mode + AF-ON

            • AE/AF lock

            • AE lock only

            • AE lock (Reset on release)

            • AE lock (Hold)

            • AF lock only

            • None

          • Multi selector

            • Same as camera multi selector

              • Info [horizontal graphic]/Playback [vertical graphic]

              • Info [vertical graphic]/Playback [horizontal graphic]

            • Focus point selection

  • g Movie

    • g1 Custom control assignment

      • [graphic]

    • g2 Highlight brightness 255

      • 255

      • 248

      • 235

      • 224

      • 213

      • 202

      • 191

      • 180

Setup Menu

  • Format memory card

    • XQD card slot

    • SD card slot

  • Language

    • English

    • [various other languages]

  • Time zone and date

    • Time zone

      • London, Casablanca
        UTC 0 19/05/2020 08:22:53 [current date and time]

      • [world timezone map]

    • Date and time

      • Y M D H M S
        2020. 05. 19 08:22:53 [current date and time]

    • Sync with smart device OFF

    • Date format D/M/Y

      • Y/M/D Year/Month/Day

      • M/D/Y Month/Day/Year

      • D/M/Y Day/Month/Year

    • Daylight saving time ON
      UTC 0 19/05/2020 08:22:53 [current date and time]

      • On

      • Off

  • Monitor brightness

    • Menus/playback 0

      • [list of values from -5 to +5]

    • Live view 0

      • [list of values from -5 to +5]

  • Monitor color balance

    • [graphic to alter G, B, A and M values]

  • Virtual horizon

  • Information display AUTO

    • AUTO Auto

    • B Manual

  • AF fine-tune

    • AF fine-tune (On/Off) ON

      • On

      • Off

    • Saved value

      • [List of values from -20 to +20]

    • Default 0

      • [List of values from -20 to +20]

    • List saved values 6/20

      • 800/5.6VR x1.25 07

        • NO. 07 [list of values]

      • 800/5.6VR 06

        • NO. 06 [list of values]

      • 18-35/3.5-4.5 05

        • NO. 05 [list of values]

      • 28-300/3.5-5.6VR 02

        • NO. 02 [list of values]

      • 24-70/2.8VR 01

        • NO. 01 [list of values]

      • 80-400/4.5-5.6VR 03

        • NO. 03 [list of values]

  • Non-CPU lens data

    • Lens number 5

    • Focal length (mm) 50

    • Maximum aperture F1.8

  • Clean image sensor

    • Clean now

    • Clean at startup/shutdown ON/OFF

      • Clean at startup

      • Clean at shutdown

      • Clean at startup & shutdown

      • Cleaning off

  • Lock mirror up for cleaning

  • Image Dust Off ref photo

    • Start

    • Clean sensor and then start

  • Image comment OFF

    • ☐ Attach comment

    • Input comment

      • [character list]

  • Copyright information ON

    • ☑︎ Attach copyright information
      Artist
      Nick Dale

      • [character map]

    • Copyright
      2020 Nick Dale

      • [character map]

  • Beep options

    • Beep on/off OFF

      • On

      • Off (touch controls only)

      • Off

    • Volume 2

      • 3 3

      • 2 2

      • 1 1

    • Pitch L

      • H High

      • L Low

  • Touch controls ON

    • Enable/disable touch controls ON

      • Enable

      • Playback only

      • Disable

    • Full-frame playback flicks

      • ⬅︎ Left←Right

      • ➡︎ Left➝Right

  • HDMI

    • Output resolution AUTO

      • Auto

      • 2160p (progressive)

      • 1080p (progressive)

      • 1080i (interlaced)

      • 720p (progressive)

      • 576p (progressive)

      • 480p (progressive)

    • External recording control OFF

      • On

      • Off

    • Advanced

      • Output range AUTO

        • Auto

        • Limited range

        • Full range

      • Output display size 100%

        • 95%

        • 100%

      • Live view on-screen display ON

        • On

        • Off

      • Dual monitor ON

        • On

        • Off

  • Location data

    • Download from smart device OFF

    • Position

    • External GPS device options

      • Standby timer ON

        • Enable

        • Disable

      • Set clock from satellite ON

        • Yes

        • No

  • Wireless remote (WR) options

  • Assign remote (WR) Fn button OFF

    • +RAW + NEF (RAW)

    • Lv Live view

    • None

  • Airplane mode ON

    • Enable

    • Disable

  • Connect to smart device

  • Send to smart device (auto) OFF

    • On

    • Off

  • Wi-Fi

  • Bluetooth OFF

  • Network

  • Conformity marking

    • [Graphic 1]

    • [Graphic 2]

    • [Graphic 3]

  • MB-D18 battery type LR6

    • LR6 LR6 (AA alkaline)

    • Ni-MH HR6 (AA Ni-MH)

    • FR6 FR6 (AA lithium)

  • Battery order MB-D18

    • Use MB-D18 batteries first

    • Use camera battery first

  • Battery info

    • [information screen]

  • Slot empty release lock OK

    • LOCK Release locked

    • OK Enable release

  • Save/load settings

    • Save settings

    • Load settings

  • Reset all settings

    • Reset

    • Do not reset

  • Firmware version

    • C 1. 11
      LD 2. 018

    • Done

Retouch Menu

  • NEF (RAW) processing

    • Select image(s)

      • [image selection screen]

    • Select date

      • XQD card slot

      • SD card slot

    • Select all images

      • XQD card slot

      • SD card slot

    • Choose destination

      • XQD card slot

      • SD card slot

  • Trim

    • [image selection screen]

  • Resize

    • Select image(s)

      • [image selection screen]

    • Choose destination XQD

      • XQD card slot

      • SD card slot

    • Choose size 2.5M

      • 3.5M 2304x1536; 3.5 M

      • 2.5M 1920x1280; 2.5 M

      • 1.1M 1280x 856; 1.1 M

      • 0.6M 960x 640; 0.6 M

  • D-Lighting

    • [image selection screen]

  • Red-eye correction

    • [image selection screen]

  • Straighten

    • [image selection screen]

  • DIstortion control

    • Auto

    • Manual

  • Perspective control

    • [image selection screen]

  • Filter effects

    • Skylight

      • [image selection screen]

    • Warm filter

  • Monochrome

    • Black-and-white

      • [image selection screen]

    • Sepia

      • [image selection screen]

    • Cyanotype

      • [image selection screen]

  • Image overlay

    • Image 1

      • [image selection screen]

    • Image 2

      • [image selection screen]

    • Preview
      Overlay
      Save

  • Trim movie

My Menu

  • Battery info

  • HDR mode OFF

  • Auto distortion control ON

  • Add items

  • Remove items

  • Rank items

  • Choose tab

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