Overview
What you need to know to take amazing photos—or shoot movies!—with your Nikon D300s camera
This portable, full-color guide explains all essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D300s camera, including the exciting new D-Movie with auto-focus feature, 3-inch LCD screen, quiet shutter release, and external microphone for movie recording. You’ll find step-by-step instructions and invaluable tips and tricks to help you take your best stills or live action, whether you’re capturing portraits, candid shots, sports or travel images, or macro photography.
- Shows you how to get the very most out of your new Nikon D300s digital camera
- Discusses in detail all the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D300s, including the new D-Movie feature
- Provides step-by-step instructions and full-color images of each menu screen
- Explains not only how to adjust white balance, autofocus, exposure, and other settings, it explains when and why you should adjust these settings
- Gives you a thorough digital photography refresher on lighting and composition
- Shares valuable tips and tricks to help you capture amazing shots
- Shows you topic-specific secrets to capturing portraits, candid shots, sports or travel photos, macro photography, and others
Now that you have a Nikon D300s, make sure you have a copy of the Nikon D300s Digital Field Guide!
Synopsis
Free Gray/Color Checker Card Inside!
J. Dennis Thomas
Nikon® D300s Digital Field Guide
Learn to get the best from your D300s, every time
Even an incredible camera like the Nikon D300s can only do what you ask it to. Learn to get all it has to offer with this colorful, step-by-step guide. It explains how, when, and why to adjust every setting, how to select lenses, the essentials of lighting, exposure, and white balance, and more. Finally, it's packed with tips and techniques for capturing great photos and video in various situations, and it fits in your camera bag to go where you go.
- Set up your camera and use the settings banks
- Discover how to maximize the 7 frames per second high-speed continuous shooting feature
- Shoot video using D-Movie with autofocus and external microphone input
- Refresh your knowledge of digital photography principles and working with flash
- Learn to capture great shots of events, landscapes, action, night scenes, and more
Inside—your free gray card and color checker card to help you achieve accurate white balance and color