SETTING
UP SHOOTING BANK A
Press
the Menu button on the back of your D2x, and use the “Multi-selector”
thumb toggle switch to scroll to the left, then up or down
until you find the SHOOTING
MENU, and the Shooting menu bank line item.
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Notice at the top of the SHOOTING
MENU there’s a selection called
Shooting menu bank with an “A”
after it. (unless you or others have previously changed
to a different bank) This means that your D2x is using
Shooting Bank A. If any other letter than A is showing,
you are in a different Shooting Bank. |
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On
this screen we see the four default SHOOTING
MENU banks A, B, C, D, and a selection
called “ABC Rename”
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Let’s
rename our bank, by scrolling to the bottom and then toggling
to the right once on the ABC
Rename line. The
screen will now look like this:
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Since we are working with Bank A at this time, select
the “A” line and toggle to
the right. |
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The
screen will change to the letter selection screen which looks
like this:
You’ll
see a series of symbols, numbers, and letters on top,
with a line of tiny rectangles at the bottom. The little
rectangles are where we will put our text to rename
the bank. In the upper left corner of the characters
area is a blank spot which represents a blank for insertion
in the line of text. This is good for separating words.
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To
select a letter, use the thumb toggle switch to scroll around
the screen until you find the first character you want to
use. When you have highlighted the character that you want,
press down on the middle of the multi-selector thumb toggle
switch until it clicks once (see Figure 5 below). The character
will appear in the line of rectangles at the bottom of the
screen. I use “RAW Top Quality” as the name for
my Bank A. Create a name that fits the use you’ll have
for this bank. When you are done press the ENTER key next
to the bottom left of the screen.
If
you make a mistake, hold down the checkered looking “Thumbnail”
button, and then use the thumb toggle switch to move to the
position of the error. Push the garbage can “Delete”
button on the top left of the D2x (see Figure 5). The bad
character will disappear. Remember to press ENTER when you
are finished or the new name will NOT be saved.
Congratulations!
You have named Bank A to a more meaningful name, so that you
can select it quickly.
Now,
scroll the multi-selector thumb switch to the left until the
SHOOTING menu appears, or just press the MENU button to return
to the start.
We
are using Bank A and now must set up the camera functionality
for this bank. Using the thumb switch scroll down and set
each individual line item available under the SHOOTING MENU.
They will each be saved as part of Bank A. Be sure to set,
at least, the following:
•
Image Quality
• JPEG compression (if you are using JPEG mode)
• RAW compression (if you are using RAW mode)
• ISO
• Image Sharpening
• Color Space
• Color Mode
These
form the basis for how your D2x functions. When you have finished,
your D2x is now with the “personality” of Bank
A. Go ahead and set up another bank or all the shooting banks,
and rename them by repeating the steps above, starting from
Setting Up Shooting Bank “A”.
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