Datasheet

Viewfinder Display
When looking through the viewfinder you
see a lot of useful information about the
photo you are setting up. Most of the infor-
mation is also displayed in the LCD control
panel on the top of the camera, but it is less
handy on top when you are composing a
shot. Here is a complete list of all the infor-
mation you get from the viewfinder display.
✦ Focus points. The first thing you
are likely to notice when looking
through the viewfinder is a small
rectangle near the center of the
frame. This is your active focus
point. Note that the focus point is
only shown full time when in the
Single or Dynamic AF setting. When
the camera is set to Auto-area AF,
the focus point isn’t shown until
the Shutter Release button is
26 Part I ✦ Using the Nikon D300
Focus points
Framing grid
Battery indicator
Focus indicator
Metering indicator
Auto-
exposure
(AE) lock
Flash value (FV)
lock indicator
Flash sync indicator
Shutter speed indicator
Aperture/f-stop indicator Aperture (f-number/number of stops)
Exposure
mode
Electronic analog exposure display
Flash exposure
compensation
(FEC) indicator
Exposure
compensation
indicator
Auto ISO indicator
ISO sensitivity
Exposures re
maining/
buffer/exp. value
Thousands (K) indicator
Flash ready
indicator
1.8 Viewfinder display. Note that this figure displays all possible focus points. Only the
active focus points will be visible in actual shooting conditions.
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