Keeping Track Of Batteries - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

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Return any one-time Custom Settings to their usual

value (or, if you're like me and only use another

settings bank for special situations, return the camera

to your normal Custom Settings Bank).

Clean the camera. Don't put the camera away dirty, as

this just tends to leave dirt and dust around that will

eventually make its way into the mirror box. Since I use

my D300 in the backcountry, I make a habit of opening

all the doors and blowing dirt and dust out of every nook

and cranny. Use the Clean image sensor facility (or

leave it set to operate automatically when the camera is

Keeping Track of Batteries

If you use the D300 heavily you may find that one battery

doesn't always get you through a full day of shooting (it might

though). Thus, most D300 users carry multiple batteries with

The EN-EL3e battery doesn't have any external mechanism for

showing whether it is fully charged or not. If you carry three

batteries, as I sometimes do, you need some way of telling the

charged batteries from the used ones. Here are some of the

methods I've heard:

Number the batteries. Using some sort of permanent

marker, number each of your batteries, and then use them

in numbered order. If you pull battery #2 out of the

camera, you know to use battery #3 next (and that

batteries #1 and #2 need charging). (If you put a small

label on the battery you can also put "tick" marks on the

label each time you charge it, which helps you balance

the use of your batteries.)

Use rubber bands. When I take a battery off the charger, I

slip a small rubber band

Rubber bands are also useful for getting stuck filters off the lens.

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over its body. Since I can't put