Custom Setting #D3 Viewfinder Warnings Display - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

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Recommendations:

1. Your choice. I happen to like them. However, note that

I've never found a Nikon viewfinder with them to be

100% perfectly aligned. Often the lines are a fraction of a

degree off from absolute horizontal and vertical.

2. For some reason, Nikon has also chosen to put the grid

lines at one-quarter points rather than the one-third points

that many compose with. Moreover, they don't

correspond to any other useful framing position, either.

However, if you imagine a line between the outer left and

right edges and the first vertical grid line in the viewfinder,

you'll have the approximate position of a standard 8x10"

The actual position of the 8x10 crop markings would be

somewhere between the halfway point I suggest and the

outer edge of the autofocus sensor area, so you could also

use the outer edge of the autofocus sensor area as a rough

Custom Setting #D3 Viewfinder Warnings Display

(Viewfinder Warning Display)

Another LCD overlay function in the viewfinder is an icon in

the lower left corner to remind you when the battery is low.

The warning:

This is an either/or choice: you get the warning enabled or

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