Problem

Solution

Page

Image size can not be

[Image quality] set to [NEF (RAW)].

56

changed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Unlock focus selector lock.

66

 

Auto-area AF selected for focus

64

 

mode: choose another mode.

 

Can not select focus point

• The camera is in playback mode.

203

 

• The camera is in menu operation.

245

 

• Press shutter-release button

46

 

halfway to turn monitor off or

 

 

activate exposure meters.

 

 

 

 

Camera is slow to record

Turn long exposure noise reduction

262

photos.

off.

 

 

 

 

 

• Sound of mirror clicking down

82

 

when shutter-release button was

 

 

pressed halfway in hand-held

 

 

mode was mistaken for sound of

 

Photos not recorded in

shutter.

 

• Unless [Release] is chosen for

82, 268

live view mode.

Custom Setting a2 ([AF-S priority

 

 

 

 

selection]), shutter release is

 

 

disabled if camera is unable to

 

 

focus when focus mode S is

 

 

selected in hand-held mode.

 

 

 

 

 

• Choose lower ISO sensitivity or

94, 263

Randomly-spaced bright

turn high ISO noise reduction on.

 

pixels (“noise”) appear in

• Shutter speed is slower than 8 s:

262

photos.

use long exposure noise

 

 

reduction.

 

 

 

 

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D300BODY, 920162, D300OUTFIT specifications

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