Datasheet

• ISO. The ISO sensitivity appears
when the ISO button is pressed.
Rotating the Main Command
dial changes the sensitivity.
• WB fine-tuning. Pressing the
WB button and rotating the
Sub-command dial fine-tunes
the white balance setting. A is
warmer, and B is cooler.
• Color temperature. When the
WB is set to K, the panel dis-
plays the color temperature in
the Kelvin scale when you press
the WB button.
For more information on white
balance and Kelvin, see
Chapter 2.
• WB preset number. When the
WB is set to one of the preset
numbers, pressing the WB but-
ton displays the preset number
that is currently being used.
• Bracketing sequence. When
the D300 auto-bracketing fea-
ture is activated pressing the
Function button displays the
number of shots left in the
bracketing sequence. This
includes WB, exposure, and
flash bracketing.
• Interval timer number. When
the camera is set to use the
interval timer for time-lapse
photography this displays the
number of shots remaining in
the current interval.
• Focal length (non-CPU
lenses).
When the camera’s
Function button is set to choose
a non-CPU lens number when
the Function button is pressed,
the focal length of the non-CPU
lens is displayed. You must
enter the lens data in the Set-
up menu.
✦ Aperture/multi-function. At
default settings this displays the
aperture at which the camera is
set. This indicator also displays
other settings as follows:
• Auto-bracketing compensa-
tion increments.
The exposure
bracketing can be adjusted to
over- and underexpose in 1/3-
stop increments. When the
Function button is set to Auto-
bracketing the number of expo-
sure value (EV) stops is
displayed in this area. The
choices are 0.3, 0.7, or 1.0 EV.
The WB auto-bracketing can
also be adjusted; the settings
are 1, 2, or 3.
• Number of shots per interval.
When the D300 is set to
Interval Timer shooting the
number of frames shot in the
interval is displayed here.
• Maximum aperture (non-CPU
lenses).
When the non-CPU
lens data is activated the maxi-
mum aperture of the specified
lens appears here.
• PC mode indicator. When the
D300 is connected to a com-
puter via the USB cable the
letters
PC are displayed to
inform you that your camera
is connected.
✦ Beep indicator. This informs you
that the camera will beep when
the self-timer is activated or when
the camera achieves focus when in
Single focus mode.
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