Although, I upgrade my camera to D600, the truth is I took less photo than before. Sometimes, I will miss my Nikon D80 and the feeling of hangout without perpose but only photography. Just read a post about top shortcuts for better photos, switch to A mode is one of that.
Even more, Easy Exposure Compensation is one of the most helpful setting when using Nikon Aperture Priority mode. So you can just use the rotary without pressing the ‘+/-‘ button to adjust particular exposure. This setting locate in CUSTOM SETTING MENU – Metering/exposure – Easy exposure compensation