Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide

Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using
your new DSLR

The Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with
everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new
Nikon. In full color, this portable guide covers all of the
essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D5300,
using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of
each menu screen. Nikon users will love this comprehensive field
guide--it's just the right size to fit into a camera bag, so
you'll be able to take it wherever your photography adventures take
you.

The guide goes beyond camera settings, offering you a refresher
course in digital photography principles, and covering the
essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. This perfectly
sized field guide features:

• Compact size, allowing photographers to carry it wherever they
  go

• Professional advice on everything from composing a variety of
  shots to choosing lenses

• Colorful example images, along with detailed instructions on
  how to get the most from each of the camera's features

Filled with amazing examples, this handy guide offers a variety
of tips and tricks. You'll learn how to capture portraits, take
character-filled candid shots, frame sports action, document
travel, work with macro photography, and much more!

Auteur

J. Dennis Thomas is an Austin, Texas, based photographer
and the author of twenty Nikon Digital Field Guides by Wiley
Publishing. He is also a frequent author of articles on
photographic theory and technique for Digital Photo Magazine,
MasteringPhoto.com, and F-Stoppers.com. Read more on his blog, the
Nikon Digital Field Guide Online (http://NikonDFG.com).

Résumé
Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using your new DSLR The Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new Nikon. In full color, this portable guide covers all of the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D5300, using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of each menu screen. Nikon users will love this comprehensive field guideit's just the right size to fit into a camera bag, so you'll be able to take it wherever your photography adventures take you.

The guide goes beyond camera settings, offering you a refresher course in digital photography principles, and covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. This perfectly sized field guide features:

• Compact size, allowing photographers to carry it wherever they go
• Professional advice on everything from composing a variety of shots to choosing lenses
• Colorful example images, along with detailed instructions on how to get the most from each of the camera's features
  Filled with amazing examples, this handy guide offers a variety of tips and tricks. You'll learn how to capture portraits, take character-filled candid shots, frame sports action, document travel, work with macro photography, and much more!

Contenu

Introduction xiii

About the Digital Field Guide xiv

CHAPTER 1 Exploring the Nikon D5300 1

Key Components of the D5300 2

The top of the camera 2

The back of the camera 4

The front of the camera 7

The left side of the camera 8

The Viewfinder Display 10

The Information Display 14

CHAPTER 2 Nikon D5300 Essentials 21

Exposure Modes 22

Automatic modes 22

Programmed auto mode 23

Aperture-priority auto mode 24

Shutter-priority auto mode 25

Manual mode 26

Scene modes 27

Special Effects Modes 33

Night Vision 33

Color Sketch 34

Toy Camera effect 34

Miniature Effect 35

Selective Color 37

Silhouette 38

High Key 38

Low Key 38

HDR Painting 39

Metering Modes 40

Matrix metering mode 40

Center-weighted metering mode 41

Spot metering mode 42

Autofocus 42

Phase detection 42

Contrast detection 43

Focus Modes 43

Auto Servo AF mode 44

Continuous Servo AF mode 44

Single Servo AF mode 44

Manual focus mode 45

Autofocus Area Modes 45

Auto-area AF mode 46

Single-point AF mode 46

Dynamic-area AF mode 47

Release Modes 48

ISO Sensitivity 50

Auto ISO 50

Noise reduction 51

White Balance 53

The Kelvin scale 53

White balance settings 53

Picture Controls 55

File Formats, Size, and Compression 62

NEF (RAW) 63

JPEG 63

Image size 65

Image quality 66

Wi-Fi 67

GPS 69

CHAPTER 3 Setting up the Nikon D5300 71

The Playback Menu 72

Delete 72

Playback folder 73

Playback display options 74

Image review 75

Rotate tall 75

Slide show 75

DPOF print order 76

Rating 77

Select to send to smart device 77

The Shooting Menu 78

Reset shooting menu 78

Storage folder 78

Image quality 79

Image size 80

NEF (RAW) recording 80

White balance 82

Set Picture Control 84

Manage Picture Control 84

Auto distortion control 86

Color space 86

Active D-Lighting 87

High Dynamic Range 87

Long exposure NR 88

High ISO NR 88

ISO sensitivity settings 89

Release Mode 89

Multiple exposure 89

Interval timer shooting 90

Movie settings 91

The Custom Setting Menu 92

Reset custom settings 92

Custom Setting menu a: Autofocus 92

Custom Setting menu b: Exposure 94

Custom Setting menu c: Timers/AE lock 94

Custom Setting menu d: Shooting/display 96

Custom Setting menu e: Bracketing/fl ash 97

Custom Setting menu f: Controls 98

The Setup Menu 100

Format memory card 100

Monitor brightness 101

Info display format 101

Auto info display 101

Clean image sensor 102

Lock mirror up for cleaning 102

Image Dust Off ref photo 103

Flicker reduction 104

Time zone and date 104

Language 104

Auto image rotation 104

Image comment 104

Location data 105

Video mode 105

HDMI 106

Remote control 106

Wi-Fi 107

Eye-Fi upload 107

Conformity marking 107

Firmware version 107

The Retouch Menu 107 &...