Nikon D300 User manual

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Package Contents

sure all items listed here were included

with

your

camera.

Memory

cards aresoldseparately.

•D300 digital camera (pg.

•Body cap (pp.

34,

367)

•BM-8

LCD

monitor

cover (pg. 19)

•

DK-S

eyepiece cap (pg. 20)

•

EN-EL3e

rechargeable Li-ion

battery

with

terminal cover (pp.

30,

32)

•MH-18a

quick

charger

with

power

cable (pg. 30)

•

UC-E4

USB

cable (pp. 224, 232)

•

EG-D1

video

cable (pg. 242)

•AN-D300 strap (pg.

19)

•Warranty

•

User's

Manual

(this guide)

•QuickGuide

•Software Installation Guide

•Software Suite CD-ROM

•Registration card

(U.

only)

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make

easier

find

the

information

you need,

the

following

symbols and conventions are used:

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that

should be read before

use

prevent damage

the camera.

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that

should be read before

using the camera.

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monitor

are

shown in brackets

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J).

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as,

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and/or other countries. CompactFlash

atrademark

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Corporation. Microdrive

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Hitachi Global Storage

Technologies in the United States and other countries. All othertrade

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with

your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trademarks

their

respective holders.

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Introduction

•

IZI

Tutorial

•

Image

Recording

Options

•

III

Focus

•

Release

Mode

•

ISO

Sensitivity

•

Exposure

•

lEl

White

Balance

•

Ifi)

Image

Enhancement

•

Flash

Photography

•

Other

Shooting

Options

•

iii

About

Playback

•

Connections

•

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Guide

•

Technical

Notes

•

III

Q&Alndex

Find

what

you're looking for using this

ques

tion

and answer"

index.

New

Features

371

327

270

148

168

Seepage

Key

phrase

fine

tune

3D-tracking

Active D-Lighting

14-bit

NEF

(RAW)

................................................................................

Question

How

Itake high-quality

NEF

(RAW)

photos?

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••••

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••••••

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•

••••••••••••

••.

••

Can

use

the

monitor

aviewfinder? Live view

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Can

Icontrol

how

photos are

prc)cesse~a7

Picture Controls

~--

.. .

How

Ipreserve details in shadows a

highlights?

_-,_

_ _ .

How

Ifocus on erratically moving

subjects?

Can

Iadjust focus separately for different

lenses?

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How

Iremove dust the

1r\\A.'_n.:>cc

Cleaning the low-pass

filter protecting the image sensor? filter

Camera

Setup

Question

Key

phrase

Seepage

How

Ifocus the v;evvfinder? Viewfinder focus 43

How

Ikeep the

monitor

from

turning

Monitor

off

delay 280

off?

How

Ikeep the shutter speed and Auto meter

off

46,279

aperture displays from

turning

off?

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.............................

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Question

Key

phrase

See

page

How

Iset

the

clock?

How

Iset

the

clock

for

daylight

savings time? World

time

36,316

How

Ichange

time

zones

when

travel?

How

Iadjust

monitor

brightness

for

LCD

brightness 313

menus

playback?

How

Irestore

default

settings?

Two-button

reset

•

184

How

Irestore shooting menu Reset shooting menu •

defaults? 257

How

Irestore Custom Setting

Reset

custom settings 266

defaults?

How

Ichange the self-timer delay? mer delay 280

How

turn

the

speaker Beep

281

Can

Ireverse

the

electronic analog ·

Reverse indicators

311

exposure display?

Can

Idisplay

the

menus in a

different

Language 316

language?

Can

save

menu settings fo use on aSave/load settings 325

different

0300

camera?

Menus

and

Displays

Question

Key

phrase

See

page

H d

It·

-~:~~

0ge more IIIIUlllldllUII on aHelp

menu?

How

Iuse

the

menus? Using

menus 24

What dthese indicators mean? Viewfinder, control

What

illlUlllldliun

::ihuudng panel, shooting

10,

information

display? information display

What does this warning mean? Error messages and 388

displays

How

much

charge does

the

battery have Battery level 44

left? I

Battery info

Cleaning

the

camera

File

number

sequence

370

283

322

Question

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get

more information

about

battery?

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How

Ikeep

the

number

from

being reset when Iinsert a

new

memory

card? .',.., ".. "

How

Ireset file

numbering

zero?

",,

,'"

.....

....

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•..

,...

'.",,"H'

••••

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....

How

Iclean

the

camera or

lens?

Taking

Photographs

108

56,60

.••

y .

76,282

See

page

Shooting speed

Self-timer

mode

ISO

sensitivity

Release

mode

,remaining

llmage

quality and

size

How

Ifreeze or

blur

moving objects?

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-.-

...................•.......

Question

Key

phrase

How many more shots can Itake

with

this Number exposures

card?

How

Itake bigger photographs?

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••••••••

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..-

•••

•••••

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•

~·

••

How can I

get

more photos on the

memory

card?

.........................

Can

Icontrol

how

the camera focuses? Autofocus

. . . - -

- - .

How

Itake a

lot

photographs

quickly?

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Y~'WV_'

Can

Ichange

the

frame advance rate?

Can

Ishoot aself-portrait?

.....

_--

Can

Itake pictures under

low

light

without

the

flash?

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Can

the

ISO

sensitivity Ichoose be

ISO

sensitivity auto

adjusted

ensure optimal exposure? control

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Exposure

mode

(shutter-priority auto)

How

Iblur background details or keep Exposure

mode

both

foreground and background in 109

focus? (aperture-priority auto)

....

_......

, , , , , , , ,, , , ,.

Question

Key

phrase

See

page

Can

Iset

both

shutterspeed and aperture Exposure

mode

111

manually? (manual)

Can

Imake

fJhUlU::>

brigh

darker?

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y."

............

Exposure compensation 116

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•••••••

,--

How

Imake a

time

exposure? Long time-exposures 113

Can

Ivary exposure

fI,

level Exposure and flash 119,298

automatically over aseries

photos? bracketing

Can

Icreate

multiple

copies

photo

White balance 123,298

using different

white

balance settings? bracketing

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How

Iadjust

white

balance? White balance 127

afl

;h?

~,,~

~_.

....

,-.-

Can

Itake pictures

Flash

photography,flash 173

mode, red-eye

.......

_--_

•..

.-'

...•...

How

can Ireduce "red-eye"? 176

reduction

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•

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How

can Irecord

multiple

shots

Multiple

exposure 186

single photograph?

Can

Ipick

the

standard exposure level? Fine

tune

optimal

277

exposure

How

can Ireduce blur? Exposure delay

mode

285

Can

the

flash hused at shutter speeds

Flash

sync speed 288

faster than 11250

....

d.·."_·.....

......

Viewing

Photographs

Question

Key

phrase

See

page

Can

view

photographs on

the

Camera playback 206

camera?

Can

view

information

about

Photo info 208

photos?

Why

parts

photos

blink? •Photo info, highlights 209,250

VII

252

250

251

249

250

221

220

248

See

page

222

.....

.:,..,

Slide show

Protect

.Playback zoom

Key

phrase

:Deleting individual

,photos

Delete

Question

......................................

---.---

_-.-

-.-_

Can

view

photos

they

are taken?

.....

...

""·v

......

"'_.

......

....

,,.y,

...

._,

...

_~.

y--.

there an automatic playback ("slide

show") option?

How

Itell where

the

camera focused?

•••••••••

••

•••••••••••

'.''''''

·A~

··..

• " ,

• •

Can

Idelete several photos at once?

~.......

_-._-_

-.-.-

Can

Izoom in on pictures

make sure

they're in focus?

.........

.. ..

"..

....

_.-

....

Can

protect

photos

from

accidental

deletion?

...................................................

~-.-

-.y

Can

Ihide selected photos? Hide image

........................

How

Itell

parts

myphotos may be Display mode:

overexposed? :highlights

Display mode: focus

point

Image review

How

get

rid

unwanted

photo?

Retouching

Photographs

-----.~y~---

Question

Key

phrase

Seepage

How

Ibring

out

details in shaduw:)7 D-Lighting 334

.............................

..........".............................. ,....

---~

............

...

....

_--

...........

.....................

...................

...•...

_....

Can

get

rid

red

eye?

Red-eye correction 335

Can

Icrop photographs on

the

camera? Trim ,336

.......

................................

Can

Icreate a

monochrome

copy

Monochrome

337

photograph?

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•

...

J_____

·_~

••

_·

_______

,_v

·,

....

,_,~_

Filter

effeLl:>

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Can

Icreate acopy

with

different colors? 338

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,·~··,

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.....

~·""'~.

____

y·"·.....,...

A·

.y·~_r·._

Can

Iuse

the

camera

create

JPEG

Color balance 338

copies

NEF

(RAW)

photographs?

..................

-..........-

...........

..........................-

..........

Can

Ioverlay

two

photos

make asingle Image overlay 339

image?

viii

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