Custom Setting #C2 Meter/Camera Active Time - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

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your exposure mode setting) to change the combination of

aperture/shutter speed that is used—the overall exposure

will remain locked. In other words, with the exposure

"locked" in Aperture-priority exposure mode, turning the

Front Command dial to get the next smaller aperture (e.g.

f/8 instead of f/5.6) would cause the camera to use the

next longer shutter speed (e.g. 1/125 instead of 1/250).

Custom Setting #C2 Meter/Camera Active Time

(Auto meter-off delay)

The D300, like all Nikon bodies, has a higher power demand

when it is "active" (metering, autofocus, etc.). Thus, Nikon

has programmed an aggressive time-out for the camera's basic

functions. Normally, the camera stays active only while the

shutter release is held partway down, and for ten seconds

after you release it. This delay can be changed:

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Four second delay before camera goes inactive

Six second delay before camera goes inactive

Eight second delay before camera goes

Sixteen second delay before camera goes

The metering never goes inactive