Nikon D300 User Manual page 625

satellite receiver. When you plug the D300S's HDMI
cable into your HDTV, be sure to select that input or you
won't see the D300S's video output. You may have to
select the input from your remote or use another method.
If in doubt, check your HDTV's manual. (If your TV
only has one HDMI port, please ignore this step.)
5. Turn on the camera and press the
locate the video you want to show off.
6. Press the
on your HDTV.
The Nikon D300S can interface with both progressive and
interlaced devices. The HDMI display will take the place of
the small Monitor
off as soon as you connect an HDMI device.
My Recommendation: Unless you are heavily into HDMI
and understand the various formats, I would just leave the
camera set to Auto. That allows the D300S to determine the
proper format as soon as it's plugged into the display device
and the HDMI input is selected—if the TV has multiple ports.
Limitations in D-Movie Mode Video Capture
Now, let's look at the limitations of the camera's
implementation of video capture. No multi-use device can
have all the features of a dedicated device. The D300S has
some limits on how it captures video.
The D300S uses a CMOS sensor to record video. This type of
sensor uses a rolling shutter and has three potential issues that
we need to discuss: skew, wobble, and partial exposure. We'll
discuss each of these in some detail in the next section.
Multi selector center button
on the back of your D300S, which will turn
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Playback button; then
to play the video