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Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
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Off
The camera’s Autofocus Assist light never
illuminates
Recommendations:
1. Turn it
Off
, if possible. The light on the camera is
annoying and poorly located (lens hoods and fingers tend
to block it, rendering it ineffective). Instead, mount an
external i-TTL flash and activate its Autofocus Assist
lighting. Both the SB-600 and SB-800 have much wider
patterns of lighting, and because it’s a dim red, it’s not
intrusive.
2. Note that you must be in Single Servo autofocus
and
the
center autofocus sensor must be chosen if you’re in Single
Point or Dynamic Area autofocus. Otherwise, the
Autofocus Assist light will not function, even if you’ve set
this function to
On
.
Custom Setting #A10 MB-D10 AF-ON Button Options
(AF-ON for MB-D10)
Because the optional MB-D10 vertical grip hand position puts
the
AE-L/AF-L
button too far away to reach easily, Nikon has
wisely chosen to allow you to specify what the handy
AF-ON
button on the MB-D10 does.
AF-ON
Pressing the MB-D10’s
AF-ON
button performs the same
function as the camera’s
AF-ON
button [default]
