Nikon D4 Camera Settings
The D4 is my most used camera. It has great image quality, especially at high ISO, is very rugged and wonderfully quick autofocus. These are the settings I use.
PLAYBACK MENUPlayback Folder- all Playback Display Options- check highlight only Image Review- off After Delete- show next Rotate Tall- off ——————— SHOOTING MENUFile Naming- something that identifies you or the camera. Slot 2- Varies depending on situation. All 3 options can be valid but I usually shoot overflow or backup. Image Quality- Your choice JPG Fine or Raw preferred. Image Size- Large Image Area- Auto DX Crop on JPEG Compression- Optimal NEF Recording- 14-bit, lossless compressed. White Balance- appropriate for your shooting situation. Set Picture Control- Standard, with Saturation dialed down one increment for shoooting people. Vivid for shooting landscapes. Color Space- AdobeRGB. sRGB if large amounts of prints from commercial lab are to be made. Active D-Lighting- Off unless needed. Vignette Control- Off. Long Exp NR- Off unless needed shooting in contrasty situations. Then low or normal. High ISO NR- Normal ISO Sensitivity- As low as practical. Excellent quality achievable up to 6400. Usable up to 10,000. Vignette Control- Off Multiple exposure- off Interval timer shooting- off Live View Photography- Silent Movie Settings: 1080/24fps, High quality, Microphone 9, ISO Range 200-12800 ———————-SETUP MENUMonitor Brightness- -1 Video Mode- NTSC HDMI-auto Image Comment-on add your name here Auto Image Rotation-on Voice Memo- manual Voice Memo Overwrite- off Voice Memo Button- press and hold Audio Output- via speaker USB-MTP/PTP Image Authentication-off Copyright information- Input your name and copyright date. Firmware Version- check nikonusa.com for current firmware. —————— RETOUCH MENU- use to your heart’s content.——————- MY MENU- set up the menu items you use the most. These are the items in my, my menu.Frame size/Frame Rate Battery Info Set Picture Control Active D-Lighting Shooting Info Display JPEG Compression Slot 2 |
CUSTOM SETTINGS MENUAF-C Priority- Release AF-S Priority- Focus Dynamic AF Area-21 Focus Tracking with lock-on-short AF Activation-off (AF-on only) Focus point illumination-on/on/ normal Focus point wrap around-off AF point selection-AF51 AF-On button- af on ISO step value- 1/3 EV steps- 1/3 EV comp/fine tune- 1/3 Easy expsoure com.- off Center-weighted area- 12mm Fine tune optimal exposure-no Shutter release AE-L-off Auto meter off- 16secs Self-timer delay- 10secs Monitor off delay- 20 secs Beep -OFF! Shooting speed- high 10fps, low 5fps Max continuous release- 200 File Number Sequence- ON! Control panel/viewfinder- rear control iso, viewfinder frame count Shooting info display- Auto LCD illumination-off Exposure delay mode- off Flash sync speed -1/250 auto fp Flash shutter speed- 1/30 Modeling Flash- off Auto Bracketin Set- AE Auto Bracketing Mode M- flash/speed Bracketing order- under>mtr>over Multi selector center button- shooting mode:select center focus point. Playback mode- zoom on/off medium magnification. Multi selector-off do nothing Photo info/playback- off, info up/down, playback left/right Assign Function Button- Func button press-spot metering. Func button+dials-choose image area. Assign Preview Button- Preview button press-virtual horizon. Preview+command-none. Assign AE-L/AF-L- AE-L/AF-L button-AE/AF lock. AE-L/AF-L+command dials- none. Customize Command dials- reverse rotaion and change main/sub: off. Aperture setting on: sub-command dial. Menus and playback on. Release button to use dial- off No Memory Card-lock Reverse Indicators- minus on left, plus on right. |