Things To Do After Each Shooting Session - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

contrast scenes, which the meter doesn't handle as well.
Use the histogram to determine if you need to change the
exposure.
• Set exposure bracketing. Pay close attention, though, as
the D300 can be set to bracket white balance as well as
exposure; the controls are the same and Custom Setting
#E5 selects which is in effect (see page <567>).
• Set apertures and/or shutter speeds (or override the
Program exposure mode).
It pays to get in the habit of making a quick visual check for
these settings as often as possible (e.g. just before every shot,
if possible). Fortunately, the D300 has almost all of your
critical settings visible in the viewfinder (the only missing one
is white balance).
Tip: The big "gotchas" are white balance and exposure
compensation. When you're working in a hurry, it's easy to
forget that you overrode the camera for these. Fortunately,
the viewfinder reminds you of your settings for the latter,
and the top LCD displays the former. Get in the habit of
looking at both those settings when shooting. Better yet, get
in the habit of pulling up the INFO display to review settings
every once in a while, as it displays more of the options that
are set than any other display.

Things To Do After Each Shooting Session

• Move the image files to your computer ASAP. Working in
the digital realm requires discipline. Remember, the D300
is labeling files with numbers, and the Nikon DSLRs have
the entertaining trait of restarting the numbering in a
variety of ways that'll catch you off guard. If you don't
make it a habit to move files to meaningful folders (and
meaningfully rename the files, see the section on "Digital
Workflow" in Introduction to Nikon Software), you'll end
up with hundreds of files with similar and possibly
duplicate names that you have to slog through to find the
one you want. Besides, if you make it a practice to
immediately download the image files, you won't ever
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