How to save custom settings on D7200 when sent in for repair? Hi all UHHers I need to send my D7200 in for repair on a broken lens mount to Nikon national repair. I would imagine they...

david vt Loc: Vermont

Hi all UHHers

I need to send my D7200 in for repair on a broken lens mount to Nikon national repair. I would imagine they will reset the camera before they are done. Is there a way to save my saved custom settings (U1 and U2) onto a memory card, and then restore them when returned? I did not see a way to do this in the manual.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Dig a little deeper. You can save your settings to an SD card for replacement or to put them on another camera.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Two of my Nikons went to service - one recalled, the other for minor repair. Upon return, custom settings were intact. No guarantee, just my experience.

david vt Loc: Vermont

@gvarner. Thanks. Finally found it. Buried way down in setup menu, about 10 lines away from the main custom settings prompts

@quixdraw. Thanks. We will see

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larryepage Loc: North Texas area

david vt wrote:

Hi all UHHers

I need to send my D7200 in for repair on a broken lens mount to Nikon national repair. I would imagine they will reset the camera before they are done. Is there a way to save my saved custom settings (U1 and U2) onto a memory card, and then restore them when returned? I did not see a way to do this in the manual.

I cannot speak for the D7200. But I can tell you that I recently sent my D500 for repair. I saved my configuration file and was able to reload it when my camera was returned after a Factory Reset. All memory choices and selections were restored perfectly, as was my user information and Copyright phrasing. BUT...my three custom Picture Control configurations were not. (Picture Control settings are very similar to, but probably not exactly the same as your U1 and U2 settings.) So my advice would be to make good notes this first time, just in case you have to restore your custom setups manually.

The other thing that will be reset when you get your camera back is the count portion of your image file names. My customized part of the file name was restored, but the count restarted from 0000. So be prepared to deal with some duplicate file names. This shouldn't be a huge deal, since those counts are going to roll over back to 0000 after 9999 anyway.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

larryepage wrote:

The other thing that will be reset when you get your camera back is the count portion of your image file names. My customized part of the file name was restored, but the count restarted from 0000. So be prepared to deal with some duplicate file names. This shouldn't be a huge deal, since those counts are going to roll over back to 0000 after 9999 anyway.

If you use a memory card containing your most recent image, will that happen anyway? My Pentax cameras, and I believe my Canon cameras {but I'm doing this from memory since I made the switch four years ago} set the next image at highest number on card + 1 if that highest number is higher than the number it would otherwise use.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I used a card (has to be whichever card is set up as "Primary" with Nikon) with the most recent photos on it, and the camera did not sense the file number from the card. My experience is that with Nikons, file numbering is driven strictly by the counter in the camera. I've never seen the numbering sequence influenced by the contents of a memory card. That could be a confusing problem anyway, if multiple cards were rotated throughout a day.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

larryepage wrote:

I used a card (has to be whichever card is set up as "Primary" with Nikon) with the most recent photos on it, and the camera did not sense the file number from the card. My experience is that with Nikons, file numbering is driven strictly by the counter in the camera. I've never seen the numbering sequence influenced by the contents of a memory card. That could be a confusing problem anyway, if multiple cards were rotated throughout a day.

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billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

david vt wrote:

Hi all UHHers

I need to send my D7200 in for repair on a broken lens mount to Nikon national repair. I would imagine they will reset the camera before they are done. Is there a way to save my saved custom settings (U1 and U2) onto a memory card, and then restore them when returned? I did not see a way to do this in the manual.

I always include in my letter to Nikon, NOT to change any of my custom settings, No problems. I also copy them to a memory card just in case.

tcthome Loc: NJ

gvarner wrote:

Dig a little deeper. You can save your settings to an SD card for replacement or to put them on another camera.

Steve Perry has vid on you tube. If I was on my computer I would include the link. I believe it's 1 of the 2 vids called Nikon tips & tricks.

ButchS Loc: Spokane, WA

Go through all the menus and write them all down. ;)

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rehess wrote:

If you use a memory card containing your most recent image,
will that happen anyway? My Pentax cameras, and I believe my
Canon cameras {but I'm doing this from memory since I made
the switch four years ago} set the next image at highest number
on card + 1 if that highest number is higher than the number it
would otherwise use.

Yes, that is typical. Sometimes the effect is regrettable,
for those who swap a card between two, or more, same
model cameras. A card from a higher count camera will
bump up the count in a lesser used spare, or otherwise
lower count, camera. Sometimes it creates new folders
that we didn't really want yet.

ButchS Loc: Spokane, WA

Most cameras that have settings for how to handle the folders, give you the choice of either re-setting the number each time you format the card, or maintain a continuous number count. They usually also have an option to do a one time reset of the number. Both my Nikon and Fuji cameras have the ability to set the folder number that you want manually. I don’t know how it works on Canon but with Nikon you would reformat a card, create a new folder with the number that you want it to have, and then set the folder option to continuous numbering. Then continue like normal after that.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

larryepage wrote:

I used a card (has to be whichever card is set up as "Primary" with Nikon) with the most recent photos on it, and the camera did not sense the file number from the card. My experience is that with Nikons, file numbering is driven strictly by the counter in the camera. I've never seen the numbering sequence influenced by the contents of a memory card. That could be a confusing problem anyway, if multiple cards were rotated throughout a day.

I realize that this topic is closed. But I did discover that a Custom Setup Option (D7) is available on the D500 and other models that will set the file name to the number after the highest numbered file on the card...just as noted above. So you could hold the last card used (without deleting or formatting), get the camera synched back up based on the last file, then switch positions back to number sequentially. I'm glad to learn this, just in case I ever have to do a reset or a camera has to go in for service again (I hope not).

Thanks for pointing this out.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

larryepage wrote:

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That is great news - i’m glad they have this sensible option.