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Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide Chapter 1 Exploring the Nikon D5300
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Flash compensation indicator ( ). When this indicator appears, flash
compensation is on. You adjust flash compensation by pressing the Flash mode
button ( ) in conjunction with the Exposure Compensation button ( ) and
rotating the Command dial.
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Auto-bracketing indicator ( ). This indicator appears when Auto-bracketing
is engaged. Bracketing is set up in Custom Setting menu (
) e2. You can acti-
vate it in the Info Display menu.
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Exposure compensation indicator ( ). When you see this icon, exposure
compensation is applied to the exposure setting. To set exposure compensation,
press the Exposure Compensation button (
) and rotate the Command dial.
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ISO indicator ( ). If you set the Function button ( ) to ISO (the default), this
indicator appears when you press the button to let you know that the numbers
you see are the ISO numbers. This also occurs when Custom Setting menu (
)
d3 is set to On.
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Auto ISO indicator ( ). This indicator appears when you activate Auto ISO
(
) to let you know that the camera is controlling the ISO settings. You can
turn on Auto ISO ( ) in the ISO sensitivity settings, located in the Shooting
menu ( ).
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Remaining exposures/White balance preset/Exposure compensation
value/Flash Exposure Compensation value. By default, this set of numbers
lets you know how many more exposures can fit on the memory card. The
actual number of exposures may vary according to file information and compres-
sion. When you press the shutter-release button halfway, the display shows
how many exposures can fit in the camera’s buffer before it is full and the frame
rate slows down. The buffer is in-camera memory that stores your image data
while that data is written to the memory card. This also shows the White Balance
preset recording indicator (
), as well as the Exposure compensation ( ) and
Flash compensation ( ) values. When Custom Setting menu ( ) d3 is set to
On, the ISO setting appears here until you press the shutter-release button half-
way; it then displays the number of exposures remaining in the buffer. When
you connect the camera to a computer, PC appears here.
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Thousands indicator ( ). This indicator lets you know that there are more than
1,000 exposures remaining on your memory card.
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Flash ready indicator ( ). When this indicator appears, the flash, whether it is
the built-in flash or an external Speedlight attached to the hot shoe, is fully
charged and ready to fire at full power.
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Warning indicator ( ). When an error occurs with the camera, this icon
flashes. Press the Help button (
).