Photo Shooting Menu

Photo Shooting Menu

Next up is the Photo Shooting Menu, which has several options. I’ll add a note whenever something about the recommendation is worth clarifying:

• Reset photo shooting menu: —
• Storage folder: default, no need to change
• File naming: DSC (default), no need to change, unless you use several cameras and want the file names from each to start in a unique way (such as NIK_1234 rather than the default DSC_1234)
• Image quality: NEF (RAW) – but see our article on RAW vs JPEG if you aren’t sure, since a number of D5600 users may prefer JPEGs
• Image size: grayed out
• NEF (RAW) recording: 14-bit
• ISO sensitivity settings
  • ISO sensitivity: 100 (this simply matches whatever ISO you’re using)
  • Auto ISO sensitivity control: ON (though you will potentially be turning this off quite frequently, such as tripod-based work where you always want the same ISO; see our article on Auto ISO)
  • Maximum sensitivity: 3200
  • Maximum sensitivity with flash: 3200
  • Minimum shutter speed: Auto -> Center option
• White balance: AUTO
• Set Picture Control: SD (Standard), Default values, unless you already know you have a specific reason to change it (doesn’t affect the photo itself if you’re a RAW shooter)
• Manage Picture Control: —
• Color space: Adobe RGB if you shoot RAW, since it doesn’t affect the photo itself and provides a slightly more accurate in-camera histogram. Use sRGB if you shoot JPEG
• Active D-Lighting: OFF, especially important if you shoot RAW, since it affects how your camera meters a scene (see a list of all the settings which affect RAW photos)
• HDR: Grayed out if shooting RAW
• Release mode: Single Frame for typical photos, Continuous High for action photography where you need a burst of shots, Quiet mode if you need a slightly quieter camera, and self timer if you need a delay between pressing the shutter button and taking the photo. (Note that you can also change this via the button on the left-hand side of the D5600, on the front, near the lens mount.)
• Long Exposure NR: OFF, unless you are taking relatively long exposures (20-30 seconds or more) and you don’t mind waiting twice as long to capture the photo
• High ISO NR: OFF (doesn’t affect RAW photos)
• Vignette control: OFF (doesn’t affect RAW photos)
• Auto distortion control: OFF (doesn’t affect RAW photos)
• Optical VR: ON in most cases, if your lens’s vibration reduction can only be adjusted via a menu, like Nikon’s newest 18-55mm AF-P
• Movie Settings
  • Frame size/frame rate: 1920×1080; 30p (though use 24p if that’s what your output requirements specify, and use 60p if you want slow motion)
  • Movie quality: High
  • Microphone: Auto (this only affects the in-camera microphone)
  • Wind noise reduction: ON (also only affects the in-camera microphone)
  • Manual movie settings: ON (enables the ability to adjust shutter speed and ISO manually for videos when in manual mode)

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