Mastering the Nikon D300/D300S by Darrell Young

By Darrell Young

Learning the Nikon D300/D300S, via Darrell younger, presents a wealth of experience-based info and insights for proprietors of those robust and complex cameras. Darrell is decided to assist the consumer navigate earlier the confusion issue that regularly comes with advanced yet strong new specialist digital camera gear. The publication explores the gains and functions of the 2 cameras in a fashion that perfectly surpasses user's manuals. It courses readers in the course of the DSLR digicam good points with step by step surroundings changes, colour illustrations, and certain causes for every choice. every one button, dial, swap, monitor, and menu configuration alternative is explored in a easy demeanour, with feedback for setup based on a variety of capturing kinds. Darrell Young's pleasant and informative writing sort permits readers to simply persist with instructions, whereas feeling as though a pal dropped in to proportion his wisdom. the training event for D300/D300S beginners-and refresher info for professionals-goes past simply the digital camera itself. targeted motives hide White stability, the Histogram, the Multi-CAM 3500DX autofocus method, and the way the reside View and D-Movie modes paintings. digital camera add-ons akin to Speedlight flash and GPS devices also are thought of.

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We’ll discuss how to deal with images that have light ranges which exceed the sensor’s recording capacity in the chapter called Chapter 9. Highlights mode is a nice way to allow your camera to warn you when you have surpassed what its sensor can capture, leaving portions of the image overexposed. 55 RGB histogram – I like this feature since it allows me to view not just a basic luminance (brightness) histogram like some cameras, but all three color (chrominance) histograms and a luminance histogram in one screen (see Figure 2-12).

41 Here are the steps to delete All images on the current memory card: 1. To delete all images in all folders, simply select All, as shown in Figure 2-2 for the D300S or 1B for the D300. 2. The D300S adds an additional screen at this point since it has two memory cards (see Figure 2-2, image 3). On the D300S, you must select either the SD or CF memory card slot for image deletion. The D300 is simpler since it only has one memory card, so there is one less screen to step through, as shown in Figure 2-3.

You’ll see the word Highlights at the bottom left of the image (see Figure 2-10, red arrow). When any area of the image is overexposed, that area will blink an alternating white and black. This is a warning that certain areas of the image are overexposed and have lost detail. You will need to use exposure compensation or manually control the camera to contain the exposure within the dynamic range of the camera’s sensor. Figure 2-10. Display mode screens – Highlights option 54 When you have Highlights enabled and you see a blinking white-to-black-to-white area in an image on the Monitor, it means that area of the image has lost all detail, or has “blown out”.

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