The Nikon D300 (which superceded the highly-regarded D200), is such a great alternative to the top-rated Nikon D3 - offering many of the same features at a more affordable price - that it will make the D300 a camera that many professional photographers will chose as their main camera.  

Many of the custom settings of the D300 are the same as for the D200, but there are a few differences.  (eg, Auto ISO is now set in the Shooting Menu.)

Here are my preferences for the Custom Settings .. and why.

(And here’s the link if you’d like to order the D300 from B&H.)

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One of the original pages on this website a few years back, was on the subject of my choice of Nikon’s custom curves.

Since I went over to a raw-only workflow about 5 years ago, I haven’t had any need for custom curves. The reason for this is that there are an infinite number of scenarios under which we take photographs, and hence there won’t be any single custom curve which would suit all situations.  Lighting scenarios change. The contrast will change, and  brightness and other settings will also change.  A raw workflow is the most flexible way to adapt to this.

The quest for the perfect custom curve is a dead-end street, and the best advice I can give to anyone who is curious about custom curves - for whatever reason that may be - is to forget about custom curves, and go to a raw workflow.  You’ll avoid many headaches this way.

However, I still get emails asking for info and my opinion on custom curves.  So for those who are curious about the original page on custom curves, I am reposting the article here as it orginally appeared. 

(For anyone else, this page will be trivial and of marginal interest.)

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The D80 has 32 custom settings which allows this little camera to be set to your own preferences and needs - and this makes it a very flexible little beast.

This page details my preferences .. and why.

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The Nikon D200 has been described as the ‘D2x Lite’, because it has most of the best features of the awesome D2x and added a few new features into the mix. Therefore this page is similar to the page on the D2x custom settings.

Here are my preferences for the Custom Settings .. and why.

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If the Nikon D2H was an awesome camera, then the bigger brother, the Nikon D2x is simply stunning, offering amazing picture quality. The controls and functions between the two cameras are virtually the same, and the D2x offers the same myriad of options that the photographer can set according to their own style and needs.
Here are my preferences for the D2x Custom Settings .. and why.

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The following is a review that a fellow wedding photographer, John Michael Cooper, posted on the Digital Wedding Forum in March ‘05. I’m re-posting it here with his kind permission, since I wanted his offbeat view and sense of humour to have a wider audience. He is definitely someone to watch, always delivering work that surprises and impresses. Anyway, here’s John Michael Cooper’s review of the D2x .. or as he would have it, his new BigBlackCamera …

Neil van Niekerk

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The 25 custom settings on the Nikon D70 enable this great little camera to be adapted to the photographer’s specific needs - which may change from situation to situation.

This page details my preferences .. and why.

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By now you’ve all probably heard on the various forums that images from the D2H are equivalent to most 6 Mpixel cameras, and can be enlarged with the same results as the 6 Mpixel D100.

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The D2H is an immediately impressive camera - extremely flexible, and offering a myriad of options that the photographer can set according to their own style and needs.

Here are my preferences for the Custom Settings .. and why.

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The various settings and custom settings on the Nikon D100 make it a very flexible and versatile little machine, with many photographers changing the Custom Settings to suit their own style and needs.

Here are my preferences .. and why.

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