Debbie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I would like to see what you recommend for setting in camera (Nikon 750) in the photo shooting menu. I already had it set to sRGB and this morning changed it to Neutral for picture control (I had it set to portrait and not sure why lol). The next thing it asked me was save as... I had lots of choices like C1 unused and C2 and so on. I am not even sure what that means? What should I set the WB at? Right now it is 5510 K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Since I shoot with a D850 and D4s, my Photo Shooting Menu is a little different than yours. So I found this list and will make tweaks to it, those will be in bold: Storage folder: default, don’t change File naming: DSC (default), don’t change Role played by card in Slot 2: Overflow (Or this could be set to Backup, if you are photographing something important.) Image quality: NEF (RAW) (I also set this to JPEG, and then change it to "JPEG Fine." Then I set it back to RAW. This way if something gets bumped and I'm shooting in JPEG accidentally, I still have the best quality JPEG that the camera can provide.) Image size: grayed out Image area Choose image area: FX Auto DX crop: ON JPEG compression: Optimal quality NEF (RAW) recording: Type: Lossless compressed NEF (RAW) bit depth: 12-bit (I use 14 bit where I know I'm going to be in weird lighting conditions in where I'm seriously going to be recovering stuff in ACR. For the other 99% of my images, 12-bit Uncompressed is what I use. Unfortunately, that's not an option on your camera.) White balance: AUTO (AUTO1 Normal) Set Picture Control: Neutral, I also set my Sharpening to +5. (I don't know why, it doesn't make sense, but I picked up this tip from Moose Peterson, who picked up the tip from Nikon's Engineers. Not only does it make your JPEG images sharper on the LCD, it somehow helps the Raw files. Of course, this isn't dramatic, but I will take any extra sharpness I can squeeze out. ) Manage Picture Control: — Color space: sRGB Active D-Lighting: OFF HDR (high dynamic range): OFF (grayed out) Vignette control: OFF Auto distortion control: OFF Long Exposure NR: OFF High ISO NR: OFF ISO sensitivity settings ISO sensitivity: 100 Auto ISO sensitivity control: ON Maximum sensitivity: 3200 (You can set this to 6400, this is a personal choice.) Minimum shutter speed: Auto -> Middle of the scale Remote control mode: 2s Multiple exposure: OFF Interval timer shooting: OFF You probably set it to portrait because on the surface, it looks like a setting you should use if you primarily photograph portraits. Honestly? It needs to be set to Neutral if you shoot Raw. Again, as my note states above, I adjust the "Sharpening to +5," no more, no less and then save this as a "Custom" Preset. I usually name it Neutral +5, or something along those lines. To figure out how to do this, look at Page 170 in the Nikon D750 User's Manual. In case you are wondering under the Custom Setting Menu, I set both AF-C Priority Selection and AF-S Priority Selection both to FOCUS Priority. For my style of shooting, I'm usually in AF-C, Continuous Focus 99.9999% of the time. I want the camera to lock on the image and ensure it's sharp. Even if I miss a shot, in which this is rare, it won't do me a damn bit of good if I get the shot and it's out of focus. Understand? Here is the Custom Setting Menu: Autofocus AF-C priority selection: FOCUS AF-S priority selection: FOCUS Focus tracking with lock-on: AF 3 (Normal) Focus point illumination Manual focus mode: ON Dynamic-area AF display: ON Group-area AF illumination: First option AF point illumination: Auto Focus point wrap-around: ON Number of focus points: AF51 Store points by orientation: ON Built-in AF-assist illuminator: OFF (This setting only works if you are in AF-S. It turns on the little LED if it's too dark for the camera to focus. It does not work in AF-C Mode, so you might want to leave this on if you use AF-S a lot. Again, it's a personal thing.) Metering/exposure ISO sensitivity step value: 1/3 EV steps for exposure cntrl: 1/3 Ex./flash comp. step value: 1/3 Easy exposure compensation: OFF Matrix metering: Face detection on Center-weighted area: 10mm Fine-tune optimal exposure: — Timers/AE lock Shutter-release button AE-L: OFF Standby timer: 6s Self-timer Self-timer delay: 5s Number of shots: 1 Interval between shots: 0.5s Monitor off delay: 10s, 1m, 10s, 4s, 10m Remote on duration (ML-L3): 1m Shooting/display Beep Volume: OFF Pitch: Low Continuous low-speed: 4 fps Max. continuous release: 100 Exposure delay mode: OFF Flash warning: OFF File number sequence: ON Viewfinder grid display: OFF Easy ISO: ON Information display: AUTO LCD illumination: OFF MB-D16 battery type: LR6 Battery order: MB-D16 Bracketing/flash Flash sync speed: 1/250 (Non FP / 1/250th with No Asterisk) Flash shutter speed: 1/60 Flash cntrl for built-in flash: TTL Exposure comp. for flash: Entire frame Modeling flash: ON Auto bracketing set: AE & flash Bracketing order: MTR > Under > over Controls OK button Shooting mode: RESET Playback mode: Zoom on/off -> 1:1 (100%) Live view: RESET Assign Fn button: Access top item in MY MENU (Then I would add ISO under "My Menu" and make it the top item. This way you can change your ISO easily without digging in the menus. Man, I'm so used to shooting with Pro-Gear, not having an external ISO button really bugs me.) Assign preview button: Preview Assign AE-L/AF-L button: AE-L / AF-L button press: AE/AF lock Customize command dials: All default Release button to use dial: OFF Slot empty release lock: LOCK Reverse indicators: – 0 + Assign movie record button: ISO sensitivity Assign MB-D16 AE-L/AF-L button: AE/AF lock Assign remote (WR) Fn button: OFF Movie Assign Fn button: OFF Assign preview button: Index marking Assign AE-L/AF-L button: AE/AF lock Assign shutter button: Take photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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