My Menu section on some Nikon cameras

Almost all modern Nikon SLR cameras have section 'My Menu'. For a long time I did not know how to use it, but for a couple of years this section has seriously simplified my life.

This is how My Menu section looks on my Nikon D700 camera

This is how My Menu section looks on my Nikon D700 camera

The essence of the 'My Menu' section is very simple - you can add any camera functions to it and sort them. On my camera Nikon D700 in the section 'My Menu' I added only 6 items I needed:

  1. Auth. managed. feels. ISO - the function helps to quickly turn on or off a very (very!) Useful automatic sensitivity control function ISO.
  2. Managed. built-in flash - the function allows you to select and configure the method of operation of the built-in flash. I often switch between 'M' and 'modesDCM'.
  3. Inform. about battery - shows the exact number of frames taken and the remaining battery charge in percent (why not display this information on an additional monochrome display right away?)
  4. Recording pictures NEF (RAW) - I often change the compression level and color depth when shooting in RAW. I'm just too lazy to change memory cards and store excess terabytes of photos, sometimes I allow myself to shoot with lower quality (for example, with 12-bit color depth and maximum compression).
  5. Delay srab. shutter. - I often taking off hands and I use this function when I need to get rid of the shake as much as possible.
  6. Viewfinder grid display - sometimes framing grid in JVI helps a lot, and sometimes, on the contrary, annoys. A clean viewfinder is a nice thing.

Important trick

Using one of the many programmable buttons on advanced Nikon cameras you can call up any menu item on the camera. This is not quite obvious, and I began to write this note for the sake of this trick.

If you go to the setup menu of one of the programmable buttons (for example, the FUNC. Button), you can see only a small list of called commands. Such a set will not allow you to quickly call any function you like.

The trick isthat many cameras for programmable buttons have a wonderful the item 'Call. top. item MY MEN 'Which activates the very first (top) item from the 'My Menu' section... Since you can add any function to the 'My Menu' section, you can call it via 'Call. top. 'MY MENU' item can be any function. The order of items in 'My Menu' is easy to customize.

Calling the top item My Menu

Calling the top item My Menu

I use this trick for quick on / off function ISO auto control. Unfortunately, only on the newest Nikon cameras, such as Nikon D750, the ability to quickly enable the function ISO auto control immediately in the same menu as the ISO settings. FUNC. I use it almost every day to change the ISO.

In the comments, write your combinations for customizing the function buttons.

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Comments: 55, on topic: 'My Menu' section on some Nikon cameras

  • Jury

    Thanks for the article, Arkady. In the D800, the ISO button and the rotation of the sub-dial turn auto ISO on / off. And different auto ISO settings can be made in different banks of the shooting menu, they cannot be selected for long. It is more difficult to remember where and what is set if you do not take the camera in your hands every day :)

    • Arkady Shapoval

      In the new cameras, the ISO settings were really finished, in the old ones everything is turned on only through the menu (well, or by selection through the shooting banks).

      • Novel

        Well, this is what prevents them from following the example of Canon, which, if I am not mistaken, has a dedicated ISO button in almost all cameras.

        • Arkady Shapoval

          The chip is not in the highlighted ISO button, but in turning on the auto ISO function.

          • Ivan

            The same ISO button is used to enable auto iso in Kenon. No need to go to any menu.

            • Arkady Shapoval

              In old cameras, this is not the case with Kenon.

              • Ivan

                The Canon 5l mark 2 is. If I am not mistaken, the camera is about one year old with a Nikon d700.

        • Anatoly

          why this dedicated ISO button?
          As a rule, ISO is adjusted once - before shooting - and then it does not change.

          What is the difference between ISO on the button or not, if you still don’t access it?

          • Anatoly

            Item in Info - enough with your head

          • Miroslav

            I often use the ISO change when traveling. On the street, of course, the minimum sensitivity when shooting indoors (I like to remove Catholic cathedrals) immediately increase the sensitivity. It’s very convenient. I have a D300. There are a lot of settings without entering the menu.

            • Anatoly

              Correctly
              I'm talking about this -
              Once set ISO and remove the cathedral from all angles.
              Then I set the ISO once (via the Info button)? walked inside and take a series of pictures inside the cathedral ...

              That's what I was talking about - ISO is set up once before a photo shoot

          • Arkady Shapoval

            Anatoly, there are types of filming where ISO needs to be twisted-twisted all the time.

            • Anatoly

              For instance …?
              Or are these the “types of filming”, about which it is customary to speak “in general”, but in reality no one has come across?

              • Oleg

                For example concerts

              • Novel

                An example with ever-changing lighting - An open air concert with a smooth transition from evening to night. Auto ISO may not save - with handles, handles ... and yes, almost before every shot.

              • BB

                Example: I was filming an oriental dance competition, the lighting is overhead, not bad, but uneven, i.e. when moving around the scene, the illumination of the object changes greatly + beautiful colored backlighting of the scene. If you use a flash, the back is clogged, so it's better without it. The shutter speed is 1 / 200-1 / 250, if it is longer, then blur appears, the aperture larger than f / 5 cannot be opened - there are many group performances.
                Shot in 'M' mode with a fixed aperture and shutter speed, but at auto-ISO.
                Example: http://vk.com/photo44381128_353385542

            • Miroslav

              Absolutely! I really like that Prof. level, the necessary functions are controlled by separate buttons so as not to climb through the menu. VERY convenient and practical. There, and "my menu" is not so relevant.

              • Novel

                Well, why not relevant ... It is convenient to take out there that does not change so often, but it is still not convenient to climb in the menu (flash settings, card formatting, picture style settings, etc.) ...
                And yes, when every parameter that changes during shooting is put on the button - it's cool.

  • Skai

    D610 also allows the wheel to turn on.

  • Yarkiya

    The 7100 also works, ISO button + front wheel.

  • Sergei

    Thank you for the article! I had to read the manual again. I didn't even know that “My Menu” existed. And oh, how often it is not enough ... In particular, to turn on AutoISO: until you get to the switch on all the menus, the cancer has already whistled.

  • Dmitry K

    in fact, turning on the auto iso with the front wheel is very convenient. The 3100 is not enough ((And so it would be ideal ergonomics. At one time I switched from 300 to d800 because of the ability to turn almost everything with wheels and buttons, and not through the menu. bayonet - bee ((There is no happiness in life

    • Anatoly

      Why didn’t you have buttons on the D3100, what was missing, and why did you have to go through the menu every time during the shooting?

      Or was it just bothering me that I had to go in a couple of times to the menb?

      • Dmitry K

        I don’t pay attention to the sarcastic tone and you and I didn’t switch to “you”
        In-case: when working with a flash, you need to turn off the auto iso - in the menu. We control the external flash in the SU4 mode - in the menu, go into the flash to switch the flash. We set the white balance if the car is too dull in the menu (you can not edit it, I shoot in RAV, but it's more convenient later when processing). I shoot periodically with manual helios - there is no automatic exposure - except for shutter speed and aperture, you need to rotate it - also in the menu. Enraged everything is unreal.

        • Anatoly

          Judging by the incoherent set of letters, there was no answer to the question.
          The only thing that can be gleaned from the tirade is that “everything infuriated unrealistic”

          Enrages once a month or two to climb into the menu to set ISO?
          Now it is already clear that this is just a show-off .. (The fact that in real life you turn to ISO once a month is not important, the main thing is to say in words that you are addressing)
          It’s interesting - = are there any suckers (with more than a month of experience with it ... and then beginners can really believe any nonsense) that this brand can take at face value?

          • Dmitry K

            incoherent set of letters - these are your accusations of show-off. The fact that you don't switch iso is your problem. My auto iso with flash does not work correctly. And I don’t even know how to explain about flash control - if you don’t know, then don’t go for it.

            • Anatoly

              Do not be apologetic - not accusations of show-off, but a statement of the fact that your incoherent set of letters is just show-off.
              Once a month, at best, go to change the ISO - and worry about it - it's real in memoriz ..)

              • Ivan

                Anatoly, I change the ISO once every 10 frames, approximately. And I shoot more than 0,3 frames per day.
                Continue to shoot on the iPhone, do not clog the ether.

  • anonym

    On the D750 I set the video recording button (red).
    With the button held down:
    - Front wheel on / off autoIso
    - With the rear wheel, I simply set the desired ISO.

  • Sergei

    Yes, it’s already time to introduce voice control into the cameras, create shooting profiles in advance, and switch quickly using voice commands

    • anonym

      And to make coffee! :)

      • anonym

        And I’m missing an alarm camera :)

  • Anatoly

    IMHO, in order to bring out the most important functions in the menu, you have to sit and think for a long time which functions from the menu can be the most important ...
    I don’t remember when I went to the menu at all (it seems and I go only sometimes to “Format card” and that's it)
    Everything else is placed on the buttons on the carcass or on the Info button.

    • Arkady Shapoval

      In advanced Nikon cameras, formatting is done by holding down two buttons indicated by red FORMAT marks.

    • BB

      On the younger carcasses, 'my menu' is very relevant, and on 7100 I brought in all the functions that I change (those that do not change with the buttons, these are ten items), I don’t go to the rest of the menu at all.

  • Artem

    Thanks, helpful

  • Andrei

    Good article!
    At the very D90. I installed the quick menu on the Fn button right after buying the camera.
    I have been using it for more than three years. Very comfortable.

  • Alexander

    Good day. maybe a little not for you, but can someone tell me, in the d7000 can I somehow configure the button to 100% crop? I did not seem to find it on the menu

    • Anatoly

      and what else in the D7000 can be configured other than crop?
      Full? )))

    • Dmitry K

      like nizya. Only in pro-carcasses and d750 is it possible

      • Alexander

        just in d7100 such a function is hung on the OK button. And in my xs

  • Paul

    I'm using D610. somehow I didn’t pay attention to the section of my menu, I quickly figured out the controls quite intuitively. I use the appropriate button and rotate the front or rear discs. I hardly go to the menu at all. But I will keep in mind the information from the article if suddenly something becomes lacking. Thanks Arkady.

  • Sergei

    It turned out to be a very useful article - life was much easier - it became easier to choose ISO.

  • Andrei

    On Nikon 7100, the ISO auto changes by pressing the ISO button (to the left of the screen) and scrolling the front wheel. But on the button that changes the CROP set the flash lock.

  • Andrei

    Arkady, thank you very much for the article !!!! To be honest, at first I did not "enter" what this was all about and did not create the section "My Menu" at all. Now about the Miracle - when I press the Pv button right away, I emphasize that I immediately get to point E3 (Controlling the built-in flash on 7100) !!!!!! You don't need to scour the maze of menus for a long time when controlling external flashes. Also in “My Menu” I added “Remote mode” and “Shutter release delay”. Only for me on the Pv button for some reason it turned out to program only this function. I understand that you can "hang" something else on it (pressing Pv and spinning the wheel)? Anyway THANKS !!!!

  • Igor

    I don't understand such crap: Why are the same positions (well, at least many) of the camera settings displayed on the buttons / wheels / etc. And in the menu items? That is, they duplicate each other.
    The main / final, as I understand it on the knobs / buttons / wheels? That is, what I installed on the camera with the handles of the twists, it works.

    • Arkady Shapoval

      There are many reasons.
      1. This is logical
      2. When moving from the younger ones (which have only menus) to the older ones (which have buttons), the user gets a smooth transition
      3. The menu will allow you to get a hint on the parameter of interest.
      4. When the button dies at the top of Everest, you can duplicate the function through the menu
      5. Buttons are not obvious and requires reading instructions, understanding. The menu is friendlier for beginners (and sometimes for pros)

  • Igor

    1. This is logical
    2. When moving from the younger ones (which have only menus) to the older ones (which have buttons), the user gets a smooth transition
    3. The menu will allow you to get a hint on the parameter of interest.
    4. When the button dies at the top of Everest, you can duplicate the function through the menu
    5. Buttons are not obvious and requires reading instructions, understanding. The menu is friendlier for beginners (and sometimes for pros as well).

    Somewhere I agree with you, somewhere not.
    The menu of modern cameras is so ... ... ... overloaded that the devil will break a leg there, for an unprepared person. And some points are so deeply "buried" that the day will not be enough to find.
    The question still arose.
    Please tell me stupid, why on almost all serious cameras (Nikon, we are talking about them) on the left side of the disk, the setting: "Quality" (image quality) moved to a separate button?
    Once (in the same menu) set up RAW or RAW with compression without loss of quality and EVERYTHING.
    I can't imagine a situation where you need to quickly (and this is the main point of buttons / knobs, etc.) to suddenly change RAW to some kind of JPEG (besides, there are a lot of options)?

    • Arkady Shapoval

      It's a matter of experience. Let's take the same Olympics that are currently underway. I shot it in JPEG and immediately threw it on the editorial cloud.
      'Some kind of JPEG' is an absolute and overwhelming format for 99.9999999% of all final images. Or do you serve in TIFF / PNG / DNG / LAB photo formats?
      Quality is a very, very important setting. Both to switch between NEF / TIFF / JPEG and to optimize the process. I have read more than once how professional gurus lowered the quality to JPEG M / Standard to continue shooting when the memory cards were clogged. And more than once I myself have come across this. And I clearly remember that it was M / Standart that the editorial office seemed to buy for a lot of money :)

  • Igor

    Olympics, maybe. But in general it is strange, why buy a “brick” to shoot in JPEG ?! Thanks.
    More questions will appear, can I ask you.
    (The answers are quite sensible!).

    • Aleksey68

      all world media accepts photos ONLY in JPEG.

    • Novel

      Bricks are bought in order not to miss a shot. For insane shooting speed, insane ISOs and the best autofocus at the moment. And if the murdered ambassador on the floor is slightly the wrong shade, it won't bother readers of the news agency much, the photo will receive its award regardless of the BB.

      • Aleksey68

        By the way BB of many reportage photos of the world media are often not that. but no one cares :)

        • Novel

          The WB correction can be relatively painlessly carried out in JPEG, which the employee processing the photos can somehow cope with. People are going crazy trying to position Kamaz as scooters and asphalt rollers as convertibles.

    • Arkady Shapoval

      Ask. If a lot, then you here.
      Bricks, that is, cameras with a combo body are comfortable, eternal, the best in all respects (autofocus, sensor, grip, battery, service support, etc.) RAW is not a panacea. When 10.000 frames per day go away (and so on for months), thoughts about RAW disappear by themselves.

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