Nikon Camera D3300 Reference Manual

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Special Effects
❚❚ 3 Selective Color1
Select live view.
Press the  a button.
 The view through 
the lens will be displayed in the 
monitor.
2
Display options.
Press  J to display selective 
color options.
3
Select a color.
Frame an object in the 
white square in the center 
of the display and press  1 
to choose the color of the 
object as one that will 
remain in the final image 
(the camera may have 
difficulty detecting unsaturated colors; choose a saturated 
color).
 To zoom in on the center of...

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Choose the color range.
Press  1 or  3 to increase or 
decrease the range of 
similar hues that will be 
included in the final image.
 
Choose from values 
between 1 and 7; note that 
higher values may include 
hues from other colors.
5
Select additional colors.
To select additional colors, 
rotate the command dial to 
highlight another of the 
three color boxes at the top 
of the display and repeat 
Steps 3 and 4 to select 
another color.
 Repeat for a third color if desired.
 To  d...

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Easy Panorama
Follow the steps below to shoot panoramas. 1
Select live view.
Press the  a button.
 A framing grid 
and the view through the lens will be 
displayed in the monitor.
2
Focus.
Frame the start of the 
panorama and press the 
shutter-release button 
halfway.
3
Start shooting.
Press the shutter-release 
button the rest of the way 
down and then lift your 
finger from the button. The 
display will briefly go dark 
and then turn on with  4, 6 , 
7 , and  5 icons indicating...

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4
Pan the camera.
Slowly pan the camera up, down, left, 
or right as shown below.  Shooting will 
start when the camera detects the 
pan direction and a progress indicator 
will appear in the display.  Shooting 
ends automatically when the end of 
the panorama is reached.
An example of how to pan the camera is shown below. 
Without changing your position, pan the camera in a steady 
curve either horizontally or vertically.  Time the pan according 
to the option selected for  Image size...

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Panoramas
Panorama size can be selected using the  Image size item in the 
shooting menu; choose from  Normal panorama and Wide panorama  
( 0 88). An error message will be disp layed if the camera is panned too 
quickly or unsteadily. Note that  because panoramas are composed of 
multiple images, the joins between images may be visible and the 
desired results may not be achieved  with moving subjects or with 
neon lights or other subjects that  exhibit rapid changes in color or...

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❚❚Viewing PanoramasTo view a panorama, display it in full-frame playback ( 0170) 
and press 
J. The start of the panorama will be displayed with 
the smallest dimension filling the display and the camera will 
then scroll through the picture in the original pan direction. Your 
current position is indicated by the navigation window.
The following operations can be performed:
Navigation window Guide
To
Use
Description
Pause Pause playback.
Play JResume playback when the panorama 
is...

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More on Photography
More on PhotographyTo choose how the shutter is released 
(release mode), press the  I (E /# ) 
button, then highlight the desired option 
and press  J.Choosing a Release ModeMode
Description
8 Single frame
: Camera takes one photograph each time shutter-
release button is pressed.
I Continuous
: The camera takes photographs while the shutter-
release button is pressed ( 068).
J Quiet shutter release
: As for single-frame, except that camera noise 
is reduced ( 070).
E Self-timer...

68More on Photography In I  (Continuous ) mode, the camera takes photographs 
continuously while the shutter-release button is pressed all the 
way down.
1
Press the  I (E /# ) button.
2
Choose  I (Continuous ).
Highlight  I (Continuous ) 
and press  J.
3
Focus.
Frame the shot and focus.
4
Ta k e  p h o t o g r a p h s .
The camera will take photographs 
while the shutter-release button is 
pressed all the way down.Continuous Shooting (Burst Mode)
I  (E /# ) button 

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More on Photography
A
 The Memory Buffer
The camera is equipped with a memo ry buffer for temporary storage, 
allowing shooting to continue while photographs are being saved to 
the memory card.
 Up to 100 photographs can be taken in succession.
 
Depending on the battery level and the number of images in the 
buffer, recording may take from a few seconds to a few minutes.
 If the 
battery is exhausted while images remain in the buffer, the shutter 
release will be disabled and the images transferred...

70More on Photography Choose this mode to keep camera noise to a minimum.
 A beep 
does not sound when the camera focuses.
1
Press the  I (E /# ) button.
2
Select  J (Quiet shutter 
release ).
Highlight  J (Quiet shutter 
release ) and press  J.
3
Press the shutter-release button all 
the way down.
Press the shutter-release button all 
the way down to shoot.Quiet Shutter Release
I  (E /# ) button