USB (D300 only)
(User’s Manual – D300 page 319)
Nikon provides D300 users with two separate USB protocols,
namely MTP/PTP and Mass Storage. Let’s examine the two
selections:
▪ Mass Storage – The first protocol is Mass Storage
(MSC), which makes your D300 act like a portable hard
drive when attached to your computer with a USB cable.
It will show up as a drive letter in your computer’s hard
drive browser (Windows Explorer, etc.).
Figure 5-21. D300 (only) camera menus for USB
protocols
▪ MTP/PTP – Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is a set of
custom extensions to Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP), so
they are included together. PTP was designed for
transferring pictures from digital cameras. MTP was
created mainly for transferring music and video files.
MTP/PTP is the default setting.
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