Nikon D200 - Manual (Page 30)

There is no "SAVE" command. The bank you have selected is updated immediately as you
change settings. If you've never selected one then you've been working in the A bank.
You can save names for each, but you can't lock any of these banks. If you have a bank
you don't want altered, don't shoot actively with it. To save a Bank you must work in
another, since there's no way to lock them. Nikon confuses us all by letting us save names
while the settings wander all over the place as we change them in shooting.
[R] Menu Reset resets everything in the selected Custom Shooting Menu Bank (just
described above) to the defaults. The next six pages describe all the settings affected.
Reset only affects the bank in which you're working.
Play with everything below to your heart's content, since if you screw anything up this reset
will fix it. Choose a bank you don't use and you won't change the bank you do use.
Once you hit YES it resets. It doesn't ask "are you sure?" first.
CUSTOM SETTING MENU
a1 - a10: AUTOFOCUS
How to Get Here
Press MENU, select the pencil icon. You'll then see CUSTOM SETTING MENU on the
color LCD. Click down to a AUTOFOCUS and click to the right.
What it Does
It sets many options for the advanced AF system.
What I Change
I change a1 and leave a2 - a10 at their defaults.
a1 AF-C Mode Priority : This sets whether or not the D200 can fire if it's not in perfect
focus in the AF-C (continuous AF) mode.
Set it to "Focus" and the D200 will only fire when it's in focus, ensuring a sharp sequence.
FPS Rate: The default mode, lets the D200 run at 5 FPS, whether or not it's in focus.
FPS Rate + AF: This is a halfway setting. It makes the D200 slow down a little hoping to
get more shots in focus.
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