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won't be fully successful if anything has been written to the

card since the format.

The D300 tells you when a CompactFlash card is full by

blinking the card indicator and 0 in the Frames Remaining

indicators in the top LCD, and blinking 0 in the viewfinder.

The card isn't necessarily full, however. It just doesn't have

enough room to store another picture at the current image

quality setting.

If you've been shooting using NEF or the NEF+JPEG

qualities, both of which chew up considerable space per

image, you can often squeeze a few more JPEG-only images

onto the card because the JPEG compression makes the

resulting image files much smaller.

To remove a CompactFlash card from the D300:

1. Turn the D300's power switch to the OFF position.

Important: Before moving to Step 2, confirm that the

green CompactFlash Access lamp is not lit (the camera

does not completely shut down until buffered data is

written to the card).

2. Open the door by moving the CompactFlash Card

Door switch towards the right of the camera

(counterclockwise). The door on the right side of the

camera should open.

3. Press the large, grey, rectangular button just below the

bottom edge of the CompactFlash card. The card

should pop out slightly, allowing you to grab its edge.

4. Remove the card from the camera.

5. Insert another card into the slot, if desired.

6. Close the door that covers the CompactFlash slot.

7. Turn the camera ON. Check to make sure the Frames

Remaining counter shows a value, and not CHA.

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