(User’s Manual: D300S page 256; D300 page 257)
Be careful with this selection. Reset shooting menu does what it says—it resets the Shooting Menu for the currently selected bank (only), back to factory default settings (see Figure 3-4).
This is a rather simple process. As shown in image 2 of Figure 3-4, simply choose Yes or No and press the OK button. That’s about it. If you select Yes, the Shooting menu bank you’re currently using will be reset to factory defaults.
Note: This function resets all functions in a particular Shooting menu bank, including the Multiple exposure and Interval timer shooting settings. If you remember from the last section, these two functions apply across all four Shooting menu banks. This may be a problem if you have carefully configured one of your banks for either of those settings and then execute Reset shooting menu. Multiple exposure will be reset immediately for all banks. Interval timer shooting will pop up a warning telling you that it is about to be reset and will allow you to stop the reset action. Please remember that if these two items are reset, they will be reset for all four Shooting menu banks at once.
My Recommendation: This is an easy way to start fresh with a particular Shooting menu bank. Since it’s a full reset of all the values in the one bank, including the two special settings—Multiple exposure and Interval timer shooting—that affect all four banks, please pay attention to the previous note. I use this when I’ve purchased a used camera and want to clear someone else’s settings or simply want to start fresh at any time on a particular bank. Don’t be afraid of using this function; you can always reconfigure the bank affected.