Nikon D300 Complete Manual page 309

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To set compensation hold the

side of the camera and rotate the Rear Command dial until

the value you want is shown in the top LCD. You can also see

the value while looking through the viewfinder.

Choose the exposure compensation increment (third, half,

or full stops

Once set, exposure compensation remains set until you use

the control again and set a value of 0.0.

In Manual exposure mode, exposure compensation is

"invisible." The zero point is moved when exposure

compensation is set. Try it. Set a correct exposure in Manual

exposure mode and then dial in compensation: you'll see

that the manual exposure indicator moves off of 0 in direct

relationship to how much compensation you dialed in.

The D300 supports an alternate method of setting exposure

compensation via Custom Setting #B4; see "Exposure

Compensation Control" on page <539>. When you set this

alternate method, called "Easy Exposure Compensation" by

Nikon, one of the command dials on the camera is used to

adjust compensation values, even when the

held down! (Which dial is used depends upon your exposure

mode and the value of Custom Setting #F7.) Frankly, I think

this is a dangerous ability because if you forget that you have

it set, you may not notice that you're setting compensation

instead of apertures or shutter speeds. Some D300 users do

Half stops are shown in a series like this: 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and so on. Third

stops are always rounded and are shown as 0.0, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0, 1.3, 1.7, 2.0, and so on.

Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D300

) with Custom Setting #B3 (see page <538>).

button on the top right

button is not

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