Nikon D200 User Manual
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I set my second bank, B, to defaults, and call it DULL.
I set my third, C, for comparing lenses. I call it TEST. I also use this if shooting for time
lapse or stitching. I deactivate the default auto contrast, auto white balance and auto
sharpening so that these won't change between shots. Don't use this for normal
photography - you want the D200 to adjust these for you.
Want to know what bank you used to
so you can use different file names for each bank.
How to Recall a Setting
Easy: MENU > SHOOTING MENU > Shooting Menu Bank > (select one) > OK.
I don't know of a shortcut. You have to use the Menus.
You'll see SHOOT and A, B, C or D on the top LCD.
How to Save a Setting
You can't save or lock any of these settings. This is a design defect.
The D200 continuously alters whichever Shooting Menu Bank is selected. Choose a
different Menu Bank and you're changing that Menu Bank as you're shooting.
Menu Banks are confusing because all they do is return you to where you were when you
last left them.
If you haven't selected a bank, the D200 defaults to Shooting Menu Bank A. You see that
on the top LCD as "SHOOT A."
As you tweak settings, these are updated for Shooting Menu Bank A.
If you choose Shooting Menu Bank B the settings for A are saved until you select Bank A
again. Bank B is then modified as you work the camera.
When you switch to a different Menu Bank the D200 recalls whatever settings you had
when you left that Menu Bank for a different one.
This is retarded, but the way the D200 works. This is why my settings were always
changing by themselves. If you are using a bank and change your WB, you just changed
that bank. If you change a setting and then realised you were in the wrong bank, you just
screwed up the wrong bank. There is no "back" button.
If you want to reset a bank to its defaults, select it, then use the next menu item to reset it.
(I suggest Nikon fix this by treating these Menu Banks as they treat preset White
Balances. They should have one Bank which changes as you shoot, as they all do today.
The other banks should only change if you save to them deliberately.)
How to Name a Setting
You can save a name for the setting, even if you can't save the setting itself.
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