Nikon D300 User Manual page 600

(F). The next show that when you press the
button the camera will exit the
▪ I – This symbol reflects the current light meter mode
you have selected—Matrix,
The same three symbols are on the back of the camera,
next to the
Metering mode selector
button, it will change the symbol shown on the
View screen. If you change meter modes while a
View session is active, you'll notice that the symbol does
not change immediately. It is not updated until you start
a new Live View
▪ J – This symbol shows which exposure metering mode
you are using—P, S, A, or M. You can change this value
with the MODE button
button.
▪ K – This symbol informs you of the camera's currently
selected shutter speed. It can vary between 30 seconds
and 1/8000 second. Some examples: the symbol will
show 30 for 30 seconds, 2 for 2s, 160 for 1/160S, and
8000 for 1/8000S. You control the shutter speed with the
rear Main command
Figure 8-6, position K—appears when ambient light is
too low to get a good exposure.
▪ L – This symbol shows you the current aperture setting
(F number). This will vary with the minimum and
maximum aperture for the lens mounted on the camera.
For instance, my camera's AF-S Nikkor 16-85mm
F/3.5-5.6G ED lens has a maximum aperture of F/3.5,
which is shown here as
Viewfinder's eyepiece. When you use the
surrounding the
session.
near the camera's
dial. By the way, Lo—as shown in
F3.5
600
Live View mode.
Center-weighted, or Spot.
Shutter-release
(F7.1 in Figure
MENU
AE-L/AF-L
Live
Live
8-6). The