Mastering the Nikon D300

1.2. Playback Folder

If you regularly use your CF card in multiple cameras like I do and sometimes forget to transfer images, adjusting the Playback folder is a good idea.

I use a D300 and D2X on a fairly regular basis. Often, I'll grab an 8 or 16 gigabyte card out of one of the cameras and stick it in another for a few shots. If I'm not careful, later I'll transfer the images from one camera and forget that I have one or more folders on the CF card created by the other camera. It's usually only after I have pressed the format buttons that I remember the D2X images on my D300's memory card. The D300 comes to my rescue with its "Playback folder – All" function.

Let's look at how the Playback folder function works, by first looking at the screens ...