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Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
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Lenses and Focusing
The D300 features the traditional Nikon F mount, and thus
can use most lenses made for Nikon 35mm film cameras (see
“Lens Compatibility” on page <367> for exceptions).
The white marker on the lens
(right facing arrow in the
photo) needs to be aligned
with the white dot on the
camera body (left facing
arrow in illustration).
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One of the first things you need to do is mount a lens on
your D300:
1.
Turn the D300’s power switch to the
OFF
position.
2.
Twist the included BF-1A body cap 45 degrees
clockwise, and remove it from the camera.
3.
Align the mounting mark on the lens
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with the
mounting mark on the D300 (see figure, above) and
then twist the lens counter-clockwise (when facing the
front of the body) until it locks in place.
4.
If you’re using an autofocus lens, set the aperture ring
on the lens to the smallest aperture (usually f/22, but
sometimes f/16 or f/32 or even f/45 on Nikkor lenses)
and lock it at that aperture.
Failure to set the aperture
ring to the smallest aperture will result in
FEE
being
shown on the top LCD (see “Error Messages” on page
<477>).
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The “mounting mark” is usually the focus mark on the lens (or the aperture
indicator dot on the aperture ring, if the lens has one). However, many recent Nikkor
lenses have another handy shortcut: on the lens mount one of the screws is painted
black (since you’re usually holding the lens so you see the mount, this is useful
information). Use the black screw as your alignment point!
