Nikon P300 User Manual

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Selecting Scenes for Shooting (Scene Mode)

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Notes on Scene Auto Selector

The digital zoom is not available.
Depending upon shooting conditions, the camera may not select the desired scene mode. Should

this occur, switch to A (Auto) mode (

A24) or choose the desired scene manually (A44).

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Focusing in Scene Auto Selector

In Scene auto selector, the camera detects and focuses on a face (see “Shooting with Face Priority

(

A85) for more information).

When the shooting mode icon is d or i (Close-up), in the same way as when the AF area

mode (

A83) is set to Auto, the camera automatically selects one or more of the nine focus areas

containing the subject closest to the camera.

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Shooting with Night landscape and Night portrait When Using Scene Auto
Selector

If the camera switches to g (Night landscape) when using Scene auto selector, pictures are shot

continuously, and the camera combines these pictures to save a single picture.

If the camera switches to h (Night portrait) when using Scene auto selector, flash mode is fixed

at slow sync with red-eye reduction for shooting human subjects (the camera does not shoot
continuously).

In dark surroundings, the use of a tripod is recommended. Set Vibration reduction (

A150) to

Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.

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Notes on Flash

U

(Auto) (default setting) or W (Off ) flash mode settings (A32) can be applied.

- When U (Auto) is applied, the camera automatically chooses the optimum flash mode setting

for the scene mode it has selected.

- When W (Off ) is set, the flash does not fire even when the flash is raised.

If you do not want to use the flash, you can shoot while the flash is lowered.

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Functions Available in Scene Auto Selector

Self-timer (

A35) and exposure compensation (A39) settings can be adjusted.

Smile timer (

A36) is not available.

The rotary multi selector

p (macro mode) (A10, 38) is not available.

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