Nikon D2X settings
These are the D2X settings I usually use. Your mileage may vary.
| Playback Menu | Custom Settings Continued | ||
| Playback Folder | all | b1 ISO auto | off |
| Display Mode | check all but focus area | b2 ISO step value | 1/3rd step |
| Image Review | off | b3 ev step | 1/3rd step |
| After Delete | show next | b4 exp comp ev | 1/3rd step |
| Rotate Tall | off | b5 exp comp off | off |
| b6 center weight | 8 | ||
| Shooting Menu | b7 fine tune exp. | no | |
| Shooting Menu Bank | A ( or whatever active menu you setup} | c1 AE Lock | off |
| Reset Shooting Menu | no | c2 AE-L/AF-L | ae/af lock |
| Active Folder | —- | c3 auto meter off | 16s |
| File Naming | MAS | c4 self timer | 10s |
| Image Quality | Fine | c5 monitor off | 20s |
| Image Size | L (medium for clients that don’t want the large files | d1 cl shooting speed | 3fps |
| Hi-speed crop | off for most situations, on for sports | d2 maximum shots | 35 |
| JPEG commpression | optimal quality | d3 exp delay mode | off |
| Raw compression | on | d4 file no sequence | on |
| White Balance | cloudy when outside, flash with flash, pre-set when indoors with artificial or unusual lighting | d5 contrl panel/finder | rear cntrl panel:iso. viewfinder display: exposures remaining |
| Long Exp NR | off (on when exposure is longer than 1 sec) | d6 illumination | off |
| High ISO NR | off ( on when ISO 800 or higher) | e1 flash sync speed | 1/250 |
| ISO | 100 outside and in studio, 320 with flash, 400-800 sports | e2 flash shutter speed | 1/30 |
| Image Sharpening | normal | e3 aa flash mode | on |
| Tone Compensation | normal, low for portraits | e4 modeling flash | off |
| Color Space | AdobeRGB | e5 auto bkt set | AE & Flash |
| Color Mode | mode 1 portraits, mode 2 everything else | e6 manual mode bkt | flash/speed |
| Hue Adjustment | 0 | e7 auto bkt order | n-mtr-under-over |
| Image Overlay | —- | e8 auto bracket select | manual value select |
| Multiple Exposure | off | f1 center button | shooting mode:center af / playback mode: histogram |
| Intvl Timer | off | f2 multi selector | do nothing |
| Non-cpu lens data | na | f3 photo info playback | off |
| f4 func button | Hi-speed crop | ||
| Custom Settings | f5 command dials | all default | |
| Bank Select | A | f6 buttons and dials | default |
| Menu Reset | — | f7 no cf card | on |
| a1 AF-C priority | FPS + AF, FPS for sports | ||
| a2 AF-S priority | Focus | ||
| a3 Group Dynamic AF | Pattern 1 center area | Setup Menu | |
| a4 Lock on | off | Format | —- |
| a5 AF Activation | off | LCD Brightness | 0 |
| a6 Focus area illum | on | Video Mode | ntsc |
| a7 Focus area | on wrap | World Time | |
| a8 Vertical Af-on | AF-ON + Focus area | Language | En |
| Image Comment | on- Michael A. Schwarz | ||
| Auto Image Rotation | on | ||
| voice memo | manual only | ||
| voice memo overwrite | off | ||
| voice memo button | press and hold | ||
| audio output | 3 | ||
| usb | p | ||
| battery info | — | ||
| firmware | a1 b1 | ||