Originally Posted by
Brigitte
Just had a quick play as I was thinking of doing exactly that – set one of the U modes to manual. I have the D7000 but this would not be any different with your model.
Here is what I set my camera to
1. Set the camera to Manual
2. Set AF to S
3. Set metering to matrix
4. Set other options such as white balance, raw or jpg and ISO if they are to be different to those used by your wife in other modes
5. Register this to U1 or U2 – Set up Menu – save user setting (I used U2)
6. Press the info button which will now show your settings on the live view screen – top left of screen will show M for manual (my UI shows an S in the screen so is set up for a fast shutter speed)
You wife may now need to reset some of the options back to what she needs but your settings are now recorded to the U1 or U2 mode
Now I hope this works but it looks OK. Will try this when on holidays.
Hope this helps you out a bit, all a bit of trial and error. Have fun!