MY 4 Different sets of settings, ALMOST like U1, U2, etc

[kite55surfer]

Yes, I guess my shooting style is different. Changing from say 'birds' ' to 'night sky' involves a lot of dial twiddling.
Changing from landscape to birds to studio to night sky to video to flash to jpeg snaps should be simple - just click on, and we are 'in the ball park' - then - as Woody says, it's just a matter of f-stop, shutter, and ev as needed
It's not the simple ISO, aperture and speed - it's the 'fine tuning' .. ie autofocus modes af-c, af-s, blocked shot response, subject motion -erratic, metering, centre-weighted area size, Matrix, etc, CH-CL-S, jpeg-NEF/image size, primary slot selection (jpeg in one, NEF in the other). etc etc The list of combinations is endless. The D500 (and the D5 and D850) are very versatile cameras, but the time it takes to change settings limits their versatility.
The issue is not only the time it takes to change settings, but actually remembering every setting without resorting to a spread sheet.
A 'User Memory' with - say - 99 memories would allow us to 'fine tune' our settings through a session and give us the option of keeping the old settings or overwriting with the new.
So come on Nikon - give us 99 user settings - all in software, as an update to the firmware. Free would be nice, but hey! I'd be happy to pay for it.
Mike

Hi,

According to your description you have many shooting styles (landscape-birds-studio-night sky-video-flash-jpeg snaps) and probably more, quite understandable; but unless you have a very comfortable rocking chair I would not wait for a Nikon answer to your prayers IMHO.

I know the existing "memory banks" use I described is NOT the perfect answer (I said it enough times), but I do believe is a partial one, that should be taken advantage off.

There must be (maybe the most intricate-different) 3 main styles where "B-B,C-C,D-D" can simplify the "lot of dial twiddling" by allowing you to make ALL THE CHANGES YOU DESCRIBED ('fine tuning' .. ie autofocus modes af-c, af-s, blocked shot response, subject motion -erratic, metering, centre-weighted area size, Matrix, etc, CH-CL-S, jpeg-NEF/image size, primary slot selection (jpeg in one, NEF in the other). etc etc ) AND THEN SOME! like e.g: having different AUTO-ISO settings (min. shutter speed,etc) for every "bank", etc, etc, etc, etc.

You noticed I did not include A-A as an option (it sort of is, I call it MANUAL in my case) as the camera has to be on what I could call a "neutral state" (A-A) any other time when NOT shooting (in my case): B-B=Birds, C-C=BIF or D-D=Macros. By the way in all the "banks" I use Manual.

So recapping: Nikon does not offer us a full solution, but for those that are in need of a quick way to switch (in my case from Birds to BIF as the subject I am taking photos of decides to take off; as an example) with all the as you described "fine tuning" AND THEN SOME! (can't stress it enough); OR for someone that DOES NOT want to fiddle with all the adjustment you mentioned ('fine tuning' .. ie autofocus modes af-c, af-s, blocked shot response, subject motion -erratic, metering, centre-weighted area size, Matrix, etc, CH-CL-S, jpeg-NEF/image size, primary slot selection (jpeg in one, NEF in the other). etc etc) is a NEAR-PERFECT solution IMHO.

As a footnote: IMAGINE TRYING TO REMEMBER 99 SETTINGS, LET ALONE LOOK THRU THEM!

 

[sharp shooter]

Hi there Kite.
Yes, I don't really expect Nikon to fix this
Your approach is the first practical method I've seen to tackle this memory problem - I must follow your instructions and give it go.
Thanks
Mike