Nikon 4300 manual Taking Pictures, Ready the Camera a Mode, Remove the lens cap

Taking Pictures

The Basics

This section details the basic steps involved in taking pictures in a

4 Check indicators in the monitor

(auto) mode. In this automatic, “point-and-shoot” mode, the majority of settings are controlled by the camera in response to lighting conditions and focus distance, producing the best possible results in most situations.

Step 1—Ready the Camera (a Mode)

		A
		22722272
1/250	F2..88	1616

•Before shooting, check the battery level (A) and the number of exposures remaining (B).

1 Remove the lens cap

• If you turn the camera on with the lens cap in place and the mode dial set to a, i, å or m, an error message will appear in the monitor. To clear this message from the display, turn the camera off and remove the lens cap.

2 Turn the mode dial to a

3 Turn the camera on

•The lens zooms out when the camera is turned on and the green lamp next to the viewfinder will turn on for a few seconds.

	B		Getting
Battery level is displayed as follows:
			Started—Taking
Display	Meaning	Camera status
NO ICON	Battery fully charged.	Camera functions normally.
	Low battery. Charge EN-	As above, except that only a
M	EL1 as soon as possible or	limited number of shots can be	Pictures
	ready new 2CR5 (DL245)	taken in Continuous mode
	battery.	(p. 100).
Warning!!	Battery exhausted. Charge
Battery	EN-EL1 and reinsert, or use	Shutter release disabled.
exhausted	new 2CR5 (DL245) battery.

•If the message “Out of memory” appears in the monitor, the memory card is full. Delete pictures (p. 118), use a new memory card, or choose a lower quality of image size (p. 82).

Auto Power Off

To save power, the camera will enter “sleep” mode if no operations are performed for the period of time specified in the Auto Off menu (default 30 seconds; p. 88). In sleep mode, the monitor turns off and all camera functions are deactivated. The camera itself is effectively off. To reactivate the camera, press the shutter release button halfway.

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