Nikon D5300 Essentials; Programmed Auto Mode; Autofocus - Nikon D5300 Field Manual

No memory card indicator ( ). You see this icon if there is no memory card in
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the camera. This warns you that no images can be recorded.
Monochrome indicator (
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Control to Monochrome (
Low battery warning (
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this icon appears. If it is flashing, the battery is completely exhausted and you
can't take any more pictures.
AF-area brackets. These brackets indicate the boundaries of the autofocus
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points. The autofocus system does not recognize anything that lies outside the
brackets. In the middle of the AF-area brackets on the top and bottom, there is a
semicircle, which is the 12mm, Center-weighted metering circle.
Focus indicator. This green dot lets you know whether a scene is in focus. When
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the camera achieves focus, the green dot lights up; if the camera is not in focus,
the dot isn't displayed. This indicator works in both Autofocus and Manual focus.
Auto Exposure Lock indicator (
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that the Auto Exposure is locked.
Flexible Program indicator ( ). This indicator appears when you use the
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Programmed auto mode ( ) and Flexible Program ( ) is activated.
Shutter speed. This indicator shows how long the shutter is set to stay open,
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from 30 seconds (30") up to 1/4000 (4000) second. If the Function button (
set to Auto area AF mode (
settings: Auto Servo AF (
( ) when the Fn button is pressed and held.
Aperture. This indicator shows the current aperture setting. The words aperture
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and f-stop are used interchangeably. The aperture setting indicates the width of
the lens opening and appears as a number (1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, and so on).
Exposure Indicator/Exposure compensation display/Rangefinder. When
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the bars are in the center, the camera is at the proper settings to get a good
exposure. By default, when the bars are to the left, the image is underexposed,
and when they are to the right, the image is overexposed (you can reverse this
in Custom Setting menu ( ) f5). This option only appears when in Manual ( )
mode, when Exposure Compensation (
or overexposing at the current settings. This display also doubles as a digital
rangefinder to help you when manually focusing lenses. If the indicator bars are
on the left, the focus is falling in front of the subject; if the indicator bars are on
the right, the focus is behind the subject. Rotate the focus ring until a single
indicator bar is centered and you see a 0 above the innermost two rangefinder
lines. The focus indicator also appears when the camera achieves focus.
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Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide
). This icon appears only when you set the Picture
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). When the camera's battery is nearly depleted,
). When this indicator lights up, you know
), this shows one of the following autofocus mode
), Continuous Servo AF ( ), or Single Servo AF
) is applied, or if the camera is under-
) is