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Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using your new DSLR
The Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new Nikon. In full color, this portable guide covers all of the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D5300, using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of each menu screen. Nikon users will love this comprehensive field guide--it's just the right size to fit into a camera bag, so you'll be able to take it wherever your photography adventures take you.
The guide goes beyond camera settings, offering you a refresher course in digital photography principles, and covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. This perfectly sized field guide features:
* Compact size, allowing photographers to carry it wherever they go
* Professional advice on everything from composing a variety of shots to choosing lenses
* Colorful example images, along with detailed instructions on how to get the most from each of the camera's features
Filled with amazing examples, this handy guide offers a variety of tips and tricks. You'll learn how to capture portraits, take character-filled candid shots, frame sports action, document travel, work with macro photography, and much more!
List of contents
Introduction xiii
About the Digital Field Guide xiv
CHAPTER 1 Exploring the Nikon D5300 1
Key Components of the D5300 2
The top of the camera 2
The back of the camera 4
The front of the camera 7
The left side of the camera 8
The Viewfinder Display 10
The Information Display 14
CHAPTER 2 Nikon D5300 Essentials 21
Exposure Modes 22
Automatic modes 22
Programmed auto mode 23
Aperture-priority auto mode 24
Shutter-priority auto mode 25
Manual mode 26
Scene modes 27
Special Effects Modes 33
Night Vision 33
Color Sketch 34
Toy Camera effect 34
Miniature Effect 35
Selective Color 37
Silhouette 38
High Key 38
Low Key 38
HDR Painting 39
Metering Modes 40
Matrix metering mode 40
Center-weighted metering mode 41
Spot metering mode 42
Autofocus 42
Phase detection 42
Contrast detection 43
Focus Modes 43
Auto Servo AF mode 44
Continuous Servo AF mode 44
Single Servo AF mode 44
Manual focus mode 45
Autofocus Area Modes 45
Auto-area AF mode 46
Single-point AF mode 46
Dynamic-area AF mode 47
Release Modes 48
ISO Sensitivity 50
Auto ISO 50
Noise reduction 51
White Balance 53
The Kelvin scale 53
White balance settings 53
Picture Controls 55
File Formats, Size, and Compression 62
NEF (RAW) 63
JPEG 63
Image size 65
Image quality 66
Wi-Fi 67
GPS 69
CHAPTER 3 Setting up the Nikon D5300 71
The Playback Menu 72
Delete 72
Playback folder 73
Playback display options 74
Image review 75
Rotate tall 75
Slide show 75
DPOF print order 76
Rating 77
Select to send to smart device 77
The Shooting Menu 78
Reset shooting menu 78
Storage folder 78
Image quality 79
Image size 80
NEF (RAW) recording 80
White balance 82
Set Picture Control 84
Manage Picture Control 84
Auto distortion control 86
Color space 86
Active D-Lighting 87
High Dynamic Range 87
Long exposure NR 88
High ISO NR 88
ISO sensitivity settings 89
Release Mode 89
Multiple exposure 89
Interval timer shooting 90
Movie settings 91
The Custom Setting Menu 92
Reset custom settings 92
Custom Setting menu a: Autofocus 92
Custom Setting menu b: Exposure 94
Custom Setting menu c: Timers/AE lock 94
Custom Setting menu d: Shooting/display 96
Custom Setting menu e: Bracketing/fl ash 97
Custom Setting menu f: Controls 98
The Setup Menu 100
Format memory card 100
Monitor brightness 101
Info display format 101
Auto info display 101
Clean image sensor 102
Lock mirror up for cleaning 102
Image Dust Off ref photo 103
Flicker reduction 104
Time zone and date 104
Language 104
Auto image rotation 104
Image comment 104
Location data 105
Video mode 105
HDMI 106
Remote co
About the author
J. Dennis Thomas is an Austin, Texas, based photographer and the author of twenty Nikon Digital Field Guides by Wiley Publishing. He is also a frequent author of articles on photographic theory and technique for Digital Photo Magazine, MasteringPhoto.com, and F-Stoppers.com. Read more on his blog, the Nikon Digital Field Guide Online (http://NikonDFG.com).
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Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using your new DSLR The Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new Nikon.
