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              Product Documentation
User’s Manual              
Package Contents
Memory cards are sold separately              
Quick Start Guide
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              Table of Contents
              Special Effects
%Night Vision                
(Miniature Effect
P, S, A, and M Modes                
Mode P (Programmed Auto)
              For Your Safety
❚❚WARNINGS              
ADo not aim a flash at the operator of a motor vehicle
Failure to observe this precaution could result in accidents                
AObserve caution when using the flash
AAvoid contact with liquid crystal                
ADo not carry tripods with a lens or camera attached
              Observe proper precautions when handling the charger
Use appropriate cables                
ACD-ROMs
AFollow the directions of airline and hospital personnel                
Off
              Notices
              D5300
Notice for Customers in the State of California WARNING                
Notices for Customers in the U.S.A
The Battery Charger                
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
              Notice Concerning Prohibition of Copying or Reproduction
•Items prohibited by law from being copied or reproduced                
•Comply with copyright notices
Disposing of Data Storage Devices                
Log list
              Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories
DUse Only Nikon Brand Accessories                
ABefore Taking Important Pictures
ALife-LongLearning                
•For users in the U.S.A.: http://www.nikonusa.com
              Location Data
              Wireless
              Notices for Customers in Canada
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003                
FCC/IC RF Exposure Statement
              http://imaging.nikon.com/support/pdf/DoC_D5300.pdf
Notice for Customers in Singapore                
Trade Name:
Model: D5300                
Security
              Introduction
Getting to Know the Camera              
Viewfinder eyepiece
Rubber eyecup                
Gbutton
Menus                
4Infrared receiver for ML-L3
              The camera offers a choice of the following shooting modes:
P, S, A, and M Modes                
Special Effects Modes
%Night vision (0 35)                
P—Programmedauto (0 42)
              s(E/#) button
Description                
Continuous L
button is pressed                
Continuous H
              5Monochrome indicator
6“No memory card”                
8Autoexposure (AE) lock indicator
11Special effects mode                
12Bracketing indicator
              The monitor can be angled and rotated as shown below
Normal use                
Low-angleshots
High-angleshots                
Self-portraits
              Viewing settings: To view the information display, press the R button
ATurning the Monitor Off                
Auto off timers
              Changing settings
Pbutton              
First Steps
              3Insert the battery and memory card
Battery latch                
Slide the memory card in until it clicks into place
AThe Write Protect Switch                
Write-protectswitch
              4Attach a lens
Be sure to remove the lens cap before taking pictures              
Do not use force
              8Check the battery level and number of exposures remaining
9 Focus the viewfinder              
DCharging the Battery
CHARGE                
Use the charger with compatible batteries only. Unplug when not in use
A Battery Level                
Battery fully charged
              ARemoving the Battery
AFormatting Memory Cards                
Format memory card
Note that this permanently deletes any data the card may contain                
ARemoving Memory Cards
              A-M
M/A-M                
A/M-M
M/A                
A/M
              “Point-and-Shoot”Modes (iand j)
Viewfinder photography                
Taking photographs
Viewing photographs                
Deleting photographs
              Framing Photos in the Viewfinder
              4Shoot
AThe Shutter-ReleaseButton              
❚❚Thumbnail Playback
❚❚Calendar Playback              
Display the photograph you wish to delete
Press O; a confirmation dialog will be displayed                
Obutton
Press the O button again to delete the picture                
AThe Standby Timer
              Framing Photos in the Monitor
              recording. Do not eject the memory card or remove
or disconnect the power source until the lamp has                
gone out and recording is complete. When
              DShooting in Live View Mode
Flicker reduction                
•The ambient temperature is high
•The camera has been used for extended periods in live view or to record movies                
•The camera has been used in continuous release mode for extended periods
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              Recording Movies
              5 End recording
AMaximum Length                
Movie settings
Frame size/frame rate                
Movie quality
              DRecording Movies
Flash lighting can not be used during movie recording                
DThe Count-DownDisplay
              1icon
Length                
Volume
Movie progress bar                
Guide
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              Matching Settings to the Subject or Situation (Scene Mode)
              kPortrait
lLandscape                
pChild
mSports                
nClose up
              oNight Portrait
rNight Landscape                
sParty/Indoor
tBeach/Snow                
uSunset
              yBlossom
zAutumn Colors                
0Food
              Special Effects
%Night Vision                
gColor Sketch
'Toy Camera Effect              
(Miniature Effect
3Selective Color              
❚❚gColor Sketch
              ❚❚'Toy Camera Effect
❚❚(Miniature Effect              
❚❚3Selective Color
              3 Select a color
4 Choose the color range                
5 Select additional colors
Yes                
6Return to the live view display
              P, S, A, and M Modes
              In manual mode, you control both shutter speed and aperture
              AShutter Speed and Aperture
AThe Exposure Indicator                
Optimal exposure
              AThe Information Display
              Location Data
              4 Check satellite signal strength
5Take pictures                
6Turn the location data function off
Off                
Record location data
              DLocation Data
              Wi-Fi
What Wi-FiCan Do for You              
Accessing the Camera
              1 Enable the camera’s built-in Wi-Fi
Network connection                
Enable
2Connect                
•Camera: Highlight Network settings and press
              2Select Network settings > PIN-entryWPS
Network settings                
PIN-entry
3Enter the PIN                
4Launch the Wireless Mobile Utility
              2Display the camera SSID
3Select the camera SSID              
❚❚Terminating the Connection
❚❚Restoring Default Settings              
Camera Menus
              Menu Options
❚❚DPlayback Menu: Managing Images                
❚❚CShooting Menu: Shooting Options
❚❚ACustom Settings: Fine-TuningCamera Settings                
❚❚BSetup Menu: Camera Setup
              ❚❚NRetouch Menu: Creating Retouched Copies
❚❚mRecent Settings/OMy Menu (Defaults to mRecent Settings)              
1 Display the menus
2Highlight the icon for the current menu                
3 Select a menu
              4Position the cursor in the selected menu
5Highlight a menu item                
6Display options
7Highlight an option                
8 Select the highlighted item
              ViewNX
Installing ViewNX              
3Exit the installer
Windows                
Mac OS
Click Yes                
4Remove the installer CD from the CD-ROMdrive
              Using ViewNX
              ❚❚Retouching Photographs
❚❚Editing Movies                
❚❚Printing Pictures
❚❚Viewing Location Data              
Technical Notes
Compatible Lenses              
Other Accessories
              Body cap
Body Cap                
BF-1B/Body
Cap                
BF-1A
              SDHC memory cards
4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB                
64 GB
2 GB                
48 GB, 64 GB
              Caring for the Camera
Do not use alcohol, thinner, or other volatile chemicals              
Caring for the Camera and Battery: Cautions
              Storage
Notes on the monitor                
Images in the monitor may be difficult to see in a bright light
Moiré                
•Do not expose the battery to flame or excessive heat
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              Error Messages
              Format the card
Card is full                
Subject is too bright
Subject is too dark                
No “Bulb” in S mode
              button again
consult Nikon-authorizedservice representative                
Consult Nikon-authorizedservice representative
representative                
Metering error
              Specifications
❚❚Nikon D5300 Digital Camera              
Lens
Autofocus is available with AF-Sand AF-Ilenses. Autofocus is not                
for the F3AF are not supported), and AI-Plenses. Non-CPUlenses can be
used in mode M, but the camera exposure meter will not function                
The electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a
              ISO sensitivity
(Recommended                
Exposure Index)
available                
YAuto, ZExtra high, PHigh, QNormal, RLow, !Off
              Live view
Autofocus (AF): Single-servoAF (AF-S); full-time-servoAF (AF-F)                
Manual focus (MF)
Contrast-detectAF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point                
Automatic scene
              Wireless
Standards                
IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Communications                
IEEE 802.11b: DSSS/CCK
              ❚❚MH-24Battery Charger
❚❚EN-EL14aRechargeable Li-ionBattery                
❚❚AF-SDX NIKKOR 18–140mm f/3.5–5.6GED VR Lens
              ❚❚AF-SDX NIKKOR 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6GVR Lens
              AAF-SDX NIKKOR 18–140mm f/3.5–5.6GED VR
AAF-SDX NIKKOR 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6GVR              
ATrademark Information
AConformity Marking                
AFreeType License (FreeType2)
http://www.freetype.org                
AMIT License (HarfBuzz)
              ABattery Life
Photographs                
: Approximately 600 shots
Photographs, continuous release mode (Nikon standard                
: Approximately 2000 shots
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