My Nikon D4 Custom
Settings for Birds in Flight
Autofocus
A1-release
A2-focus
A3- *Off This
controls how fast/slow the AF will react to another subject entering the frame,
I control the AF stop/start using the back button focus technique, so I have
turned this option off
A4-*Off AF on only, this setting disables the release button
from focusing, as I use the back button focus technique with the AF-ON button*
A5- All settings ON, focus point brightness +1*
A6-wrap
A7-*AF11
A8-af on
A9-af-on
A10-no
ISO
B1-1/3
B2-1/3
B3-1/3
B4-off
B5-12mm
B6-12mm
Timers/AE Lock
C1-off
C2-6s
C3-10s
C4-playback-4s
C4-Cont’d
Menu-20s
Info display-10s
Image review-2s
Live view-5 min
Shooting Display
D1-beep –
D2-*continuous high speed-10
Slight lower high rate enable AF to work more efficiently
Continuous low speed-6
D3-*100
D4-off
D5-on
D6-*On
D7- --
D8-on
D9* b dark on light
D10-*lcd illum-on
Flash Sync
E1-1/250 (auto fp)*
E2-1/60s
E3-1/60s
E4- -
E5-On
E6-AE
E7-Flash/speed
E8- *Under/Meter/Over
Controls
F1-reset centre focus point
F2-off
F3-*press+command image area
F4-*flash-off
F5 - -
F6- -
F7- -
F8- -
F9- -
F10- -
F11- -
F12-*Lock
F13- * - 0 + I
swapped these around to match the controls on the Canon system I switched from!
F14- -
F15- -
F16-*ISO sensitivity
Movie
G1- -
G2- -
G3- -
G4- Record Movies I selected this to record movies mainly
because the record button is to small to find if you are wearing gloves!
Notes: settings marked * have been changed from the default
settings, settings marked - - are unchanged, any not marked either * or - - are
named as in the menu or selected sub menu.
Birds in Flight:
Shooting Menu Bank
Extended menu banks-On
Storage Folder- Select folder by number
File Naming BSP (Bob Sharples Photography) the default is
DSC but you can change it to any three letters you require. Ie my files will
look like BSP 1467 etc
Primary Slot selection- XQD
Secondary Slot Function- Overflow
Image Quality- RAW (NEF)
Image Area- Auto DX crop on
JPEG Compression- Optimal Quality
NEF (RAW) Recording Uncompressed 14 bit
White Balance- Auto1
Set Picture Control- NL (Neutral)
Manage Picture Control - -
Colour Space- Adobe
Active D lighting- Off
Vignette Control N (Normal)
Long Exposure NR- Off
High ISO noise NR- Normal
ISO sensitivity settings - -
Multiple Exposure-Off
Interval Timer Shooting- Off
Live view photography- Quiet
Movie Settings: 1920 x 108030 fps crop, High Quality,
Microphone (off) (temporary setting),
destination XQD, ISO sensitivity range A12800
My general camera
settings
AF continuous (C) Single spot AF (S)
VR off above 1/500 second
Aperture Priority, CH shooting set, ISO 400-800 (most
common) AWB
Also follow the link here for using back button AF: http://www.luminescentphoto.com/blog/2010/11/05/nikon-af-on-technique/
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