Check Each Time You Turn The Camera On - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

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Table of Contents

Simplified Checklist (a more elaborate, printable checklist

is on the disc—look for D300 Checklist):

__ Camera body (bodies)

__ Extra batteries

__ Charger (if needed, with cables)

__ Lens accessories (filters, hoods, teleconverters,

extension tubes)

__ Support (tripod, head, monopod, plates, etc.)

__ Batteries for flash (or cable to external battery)

__ Flash bracket, sync cable (SC-17), etc.

__ Cleaning equipment (AC power, swabs, fluid, air, etc.)

__ Caps (body cap, lens caps, etc.)

__ Storage (CompactFlash cards, Coolwalker, etc.)

__ Cards (gray card, white balance card, etc.)

__ Cables (FireWire, video, AC power, etc.)

__ Laptop with Nikon ViewNX/Capture NX and plenty of

storage space

__ Other (card reader/PCMCIA adapter, rain cover, etc.)

Check Each Time You Turn the Camera On

Check the battery level. Put in a fresh battery, if necessary.

This is important because if the camera sits unused for a

long period of time, the battery will still deplete, as it

powers the overlay to the viewfinder even when the

camera is turned off.

Check the frames remaining indicator. Format or replace

the CompactFlash card, if necessary. If it seems like the

frames remaining number is higher or lower than it should

be, check your Image Quality setting! Also check to make

sure that there aren't images remaining on the card that

you haven't yet saved to the computer.

Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D300