Menus

	The D300S carries over the menu system from the D300. This style of menu is now used by everything except the little D3000. It's a complex affair but one that is made comprehensible and navigable by sensible categorisation and color-coding.

Shooting / CSM menu banks

When working in the Shooting or CSM menus you are in actual fact changing the settings of a 'menu bank'. There are four banks for each of the Shooting and Custom function menus; A to D, each bank can be given a more meaningful label and the currently selected bank letter is indicated on the top control panel for quick reference.

Shooting menu banks are useful for different shotting situations while the ability to save CSM settings is more useful if several people use the same camera.

Help pages

The D300S has the now standard help feature that appears across Nikon's DSLR range: any setting with available help is indicated by a circular question-mark icon (?) at the bottom left of the screen. Press and hold the protect button to display a context-sensitive help page.

Playback Menu

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Delete	• Selected  • All	- Thumbnail selection
Playback folder	• D300S  • All  • Current
Hide image	• Select / set  • Deselect all?	- Thumbnail selection
Display mode	• Basic photo info Focus point  • Detailed photo info Highlights RGB Histogram Data	Allows you to toggle different items of information shown in either basic or detailed photo display modes.
Copy image(s)	• Select source CF Card SD Card  • Select images Folder name Deselect all Select all images Select protected  • Select images Select folder by number Select folder from list  • Copy image(s) Yes No
Image review	• On  • Off
After delete	• Show next  • Show previous  • Continue as before
Rotate tall	• On  • Off	When enabled portrait shots appear vertically orientated.
Slide show	• Start  • Frame interval 2 sec 3 sec 5 sec 10 sec
Print set (DPOF)	• Select / set  • Cancel Order	- Thumbnail selection

Shooting Menu

A green superscript one (¹) indicates the default setting.

Option	Values / Actions	Notes / Sub options
Shooting menu bank	• A ¹  • B  • C  • D  • Rename Text entry	Four banks of settings can be memorized and quickly switched, each bank can be labeled (see above).
Reset shooting menu	• Yes  • No
Active folder	• New folder number  • Select folder	- Create new folder.
File naming	• File naming Text entry	Change three-letter file prefix (default DSC/_DSC).
Primary slot selection	• CF card slot  • SD card slot
Secondary slot function	• Overflow  • Backup  • RAW primary, JPG secondary
Image quality	• NEF (RAW) + JPEG Fine  • NEF (RAW) + JPEG Normal  • NEF (RAW) + JPEG Basic  • NEF (RAW)  • TIFF (RGB)  • JPEG Fine  • JPEG Normal ¹  • JPEG Basic	Select image quality.
Image size	• Large ¹  • Medium  • Small	- 4288 x 2848 / 12.2 M - 3216 x 2136 / 6.9 M - 2144 x 1424 / 3.1 M
JPEG compression	• Size priority ¹  • Optimal quality
NEF (RAW) recording	• Type Lossless compressed ¹ Compressed Uncompressed  • NEF (RAW) bit depth 12-bit ¹ 14-bit	Set the type of compression used in the NEF file as well as the bit-depth recorded. Note that 14-bit NEF files are about 1.3 times larger than 12-bit NEF and that continuous shooting rate drops to 2.5 fps.
White balance	• Auto ¹  • Incandescent  • Fluorescent 1 Sodium-vapor lamps 2 Warm-white fluorescent 3 White fluorescent 4 Cool-white fluorescent 5 Day white fluorescent 6 Daylight fluorescent 7 High temp mercury-vapor  • Direct Sunlight  • Flash  • Cloudy  • Shade  • Choose color temp.  • Preset manual (d0-4)	- A-B, G-M grid to fine tune WB - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - " - 2500 K - 10000 K - Select / program preset WB
Set Picture Control	• Standard Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3)  • Neutral Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3)  • Vivid Quick adjust (-2 to +2) Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Saturation (A, -3 to +3) Hue (-3 to +3)  • Monochrome Sharpening (A, 0 to 9) Contrast (A, -3 to +3) Brightness (-1 to +1) Filter (Off, Y, O, R, G) Toning (10 options)  • [custom]	- Default (3, 0, 0, 0, 0) - Default (2, 0, 0, 0, 0) - Default (4, 0, 0, 0, 0) - Default (3, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Manage Picture Control	• Save/edit  • Rename  • Delete  • Load/save	- Create custom Picture Control sets - Load / save from card
Color Space	• sRGB ¹  • Adobe RGB
Active D-Lighting	• Auto  • Extra High  • High  • Normal  • Low  • Off ¹
Long exp. NR	• On  • Off ¹	Enables dark frame subtraction NR for exposures of 1/2 sec or longer.
High ISO NR	• High  • Normal  • Low  • Off ¹
ISO sensitivity settings	• ISO LO 1 LO 0.7 LO 0.3 200 ¹ 250 320 400 500 640 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3200 HI 0.3 HI 0.7 HI 1.0  • ISO sensitivity auto control On / Off ¹ Maximum sensitivity 400 800 1600 3200 HI 1 ¹ Minimum shutter speed 1/250 - 1 sec	Available sensitivities depend on ISO step custom setting (CSM b2).
Live view mode	• Live view mode Hand-held Tripod	- Phase detect AF - Contrast detect AF
Multiple exposure	• Done  • Number of shots 2 - 10  • Auto gain On Off	Create a new image from between two and ten exposures.
Movie settings	• Quality 1280x720 (16:9) 640x424 (3:2) 320 x216 (3:2)  • Microphone Auto sensitivity (A) High sensitivity (3) Normal sensitivity (2) Low sensitivity (1) Microphone off  • Destination CF card slot SD card slot
Interval timer shooting	• Start Now Start time  • Interval [hh:mm:ss]  • Select Intvl*Shots [000] x [0] = 0001  • Start Off On	Time lapse / interval shooting.