Nikon D300 User Manual page 198

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Check exposure (shutter speed and aperture).
Press the shutter-release button halfway and check shutter
speed and aperture. The settings available when the built-in
flash is raised are listed below.
Mode
e
f
g
h
1 Shutter speed may be set as slow as 30s in slow sync, slow rear-curtain
sync, and slow sync with red-eye reduction flash modes.
2 Speeds as fast as
and SB-600 flash units when [1/320 s (Auto FP)] or [1/250 s (Auto FP)] is
selected for Custom Setting e1 ([Flash sync speed], pg. 288).
3 Flash range varies with aperture and ISO sensitivity. Consult table of
flash ranges (pg. 408) when setting aperture in g and h modes.
At default settings, the effects of the flash can be previewed
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by pressing the depth-of-field preview button to emit a
modeling preflash (pg. 297).
5
Take the picture.
Compose the photograph, focus, and shoot. If the flash-ready
indicator (M) blinks for about three seconds after the
photograph is taken, the flash has fired at full output and the
photograph may be underexposed. Check the results in the
monitor. If the photograph is underexposed, adjust settings
and try again.
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See Also
See page 289 for information on [1/320 s (Auto FP)].
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Shutter speed
Set automatically by camera
1 1
( / s– /
250 60
Value selected by user
1
( / s–30 s)
250
Set automatically by camera
1 1
( / s– /
250 60
Value selected by user
1
( / s–30 s)
250
1
/ s are available with optional SB-900, SB-800,
8,000
Aperture
1, 2
s)
Set automatically
by camera
2
1, 2
s)
Value selected
2
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by user
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