Nikon D5300: manual and instructions
A 24 MP Nikon DSLR with Wi-Fi and GPS. Its official manual as a PDF, then the essentials to get started.
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Getting started
- Charging EN-EL14a battery (the EN-EL14 works too) in the MH-24 charger: about 1 h 50 min.
- Battery, card, lens With the camera off, insert the battery, then an SD card until it clicks. Line up the marks on the lens and turn until it clicks.
- Switching on for the first time Open the screen and switch on: language, time zone, date format, daylight saving time, then date and time.
- Viewfinder Adjust its focus to your eyesight with the dioptre adjustment control.
- Your first photo Mode dial on AUTO (or AUTO flash off). Halfway: it focuses and beeps. All the way: the photo is taken.
Wi-Fi and GPS
- Wi-Fi is built in: the manual mentions the Wireless Mobile Utility app, for Android and iOS, to send photos to a phone.
- GPS is built in too and records where each photo was taken.
- Both shorten battery life, and position logging carries on with the camera off: turn it off when you’re not using it.
P, S, A, M in one line
- P: the camera sets shutter speed and aperture, you do the framing.
- S: you choose the shutter speed, to freeze or blur movement.
- A: you choose the aperture, to blur the background or get more in focus.
- M: you set both. B and T for long exposures.
Which lenses?
- Nikon F mount. Autofocus works with AF-S, AF-P and AF-I lenses.
- Other AF lenses (G or D type) fit, but focusing is manual.
- A lens without a CPU can only be used in M mode, with no light metering. IX-Nikkor lenses can’t be mounted.
Care
- Swivel the screen gently, without forcing it, and fold it back when you put the camera away.
- Change lenses away from dust and put the body cap back on. The “Clean image sensor” menu removes dust from the sensor. For anything else, Nikon recommends an authorised technician.
- Turn the camera off before inserting or removing the card.
D5300 specifications
- Sensor
- DX-format CMOS (23.5 × 15.6 mm), 24.2 MP
- Mount
- Nikon F
- Sensitivity
- ISO 100 to 12,800, up to the equivalent of ISO 25,600
- Burst
- 5 frames per second
- Video
- 1920 × 1080 at 60p
- Screen
- vari-angle, 8.1 cm (3.2 inches)
- Battery
- EN-EL14a, about 600 shots
- Card
- SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I, class 6 or higher for video)
- Wi-Fi and GPS
- built in
- Factory reset
- hold the two controls marked with a green dot for more than two seconds
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