Nikon D300s User Manual

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• Off is selected for Custom Setting d1 (Beep; 0 275).
• Camera is in quiet shutter-release mode (0 86).
• Camera is in focus mode C or M (0 74).
• Release is selected for Custom Setting a2 (AF-S priority selection; 

0 264).

• Movie is being recorded (0 58).
Photos not recorded in live view mode

: 

• Sound of mirror clicking down when shutter-release button was pressed 

halfway in hand-held mode was mistaken for sound of shutter (0 54).

• Unless Release is chosen for Custom Setting a2 (AF-S priority 

selection), shutter release is disabled if camera is unable to focus when 
focus mode S is selected in hand-held mode (0 54, 264).

:

• Choose lower ISO sensitivity or use high ISO noise reduction (0 96, 259).
• Shutter speed is slower than 8 s: use long exposure noise reduction 

(0 258).

• Reddish areas or other artifacts appear in long time-exposures: turn long 

exposure noise reduction on when shooting at a shutter speed of 
“A” (0 258).

: 

• Camera is in focus mode C (0 74).
• Center focus point is not selected for single-point AF or dynamic-area AF 

(0 76).

• Off selected for Custom Setting a9 (Built-in AF-assist illuminator) 

(0 268).

• Illuminator has turned off automatically. Illuminator may become hot 

with continued use; wait for lamp to cool down.

:

• Clean  lens.
• Clean low-pass filter (0 358).
Colors are unnatural

:

• Adjust white balance to match light source (0 134).
• Adjust Set Picture Control settings (0 154).
Can not measure white balance

: Subject is too dark or too bright (0 145).

: Image was not created 

with D300S (0 148).