Nikon Camera D3300 Reference Manual

							
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Technical Notes
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362Technical Notes The following table shows the approximate number of pictures 
that can be stored on a 16 GB  SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I 
card at different image quality and size settings (figures for 
panoramas are not included).
Memory Card Capacity
Image quality
Image size
File size
1
No. of 
images1
Buffer 
capacity
2
NEF (RAW)+JPEG fine
3
Large 31.5 MB 345 6
NEF (RAW) —  19.5 MB 524 11
JPEG fine Large 12.1 MB 1000 100
Medium 7.4 MB 1700 100
Small 3.8 MB 3300 100
JPEG normal Large 6.3 MB 2000 100
Medium 3.8 MB 3300 100
Small 2.0 MB 6300 100
JPEG basic Large 2.9 MB 3900 100
Medium 1.9 MB 6500 100
Small 1.0 MB 12,100 100
1 All figures are approximate. Results will vary with card ty pe, camera settings, and scene 
recorded.
2 Maximum number of exposures that can be stored in memory buffer at ISO 100.
 Drops when 
noise reduction ( 0226), auto distortion control ( 0225), or  Print date  (0 254) is on.
3 Image size applies to JP EG images only. Size of NEF (RAW) im ages can not be changed. File size 
is the total for NEF (R AW) and JPEG images. 
						

							
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Technical Notes
The movie footage or number of shots that can be recorded with 
fully-charged batteries varies with the condition of the battery, 
temperature, the interval between shots, and the length of time 
menus are displayed.
 Sample figures for EN-EL14a (1230 mAh) 
batteries are given below.
• Photographs, single-frame  release mode (CIPA standard
1): 
Approximately 700 shots
• Photographs, continuous release mode (Nikon standard2): 
Approximately 2500 shots
• Movies : Approximately 55 minutes  at 1080/60p and 1080/50p
3
1 Measured at 23 °C/73.4 °F (±3 °C/5.4 °F) with an  AF-S DX NIKKOR 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6G VR II 
lens under the following  test conditions: lens cycled from  infinity to minimum range and one 
photograph taken at defa ult settings once every 30 s; after  photograph is taken, monitor is 
turned on for 4 s; tester waits for standby timer to  expire after monitor is turned off; flash fired 
at full power once every other shot.
 Live view not used.
2 Measured at 20 °C/68 °F with an AF-S DX NIKKOR 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6G VR II lens under the  following test conditions: vibration reduction of f, continuous release mode, focus mode set to 
AF-C , image quality set to JPEG  basic, image size set to M (medium), white balance set to  v, 
ISO sensitivity set to ISO 100, shutter speed 
1/250s, focus cycled from infinity to minimum range 
three times after shutter-release button has b een pressed halfway for 3 s; six shots are then 
taken in succession and monitor turned on for 4 s  and then turned off; cycle repeated once 
standby timer has expired.
3 Measured at 23°C/73.4°F (±3°C/5.4°F) with th e camera at default settings and an AF-S DX 
NIKKOR 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6G VR II lens under conditions specified by the Camera and Imaging 
Products Association (CIPA).
 Individual movies can be up to 20 minutes in length or 4 GB in size; 
recording may end before these limits are  reached if the camera temperature rises.
Battery Life 
						

							
364Technical Notes The following can reduce battery life:
•Using the monitor
• Keeping the shutter-release button pressed halfway
• Repeated autofocus operations
• Taking NEF (RAW) photographs
• Slow shutter speeds
• Using a GP-1or GP-1A GPS unit
• Using an Eye-Fi card
• Using a WU-1a wireless mobile adapter
• Using VR (vibration reduction) mode with VR lenses
To ensure that you get the most from rechargeable Nikon 
EN-EL14a batteries:
• Keep the battery contacts clean.
 Soiled contacts can reduce 
battery performance.
• Use batteries immediately after charging.
 Batteries will lose 
their charge if left unused. 
						

							
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Technical Notes
Symbolsi  (Auto mode) ............................... 4
, 25
j  (Auto (flash off) mode)  ........... 4, 25
k  (Portrait) ....................................... 5, 47
l  (Landscape)  ................................ 5, 47
p  (Child)  ........................................... 5, 48
m  (Sports)  ......................................... 5, 48
n  (Close up)  .................................... 5, 48
o  (Night portrait)  .......................... 5, 49
q  (Special effects)  ................. 5, 50
%  (Night vision)  ............................. 5, 51
S  (Super vivid) ................................ 5, 51
T  (Pop) ............................................. 5, 51
U  (Photo illustration)  ............ 5
, 52, 56
g  (Color sketch)  ..................... 5
, 52, 57
  (Toy camera effect)  ........... 5
, 52, 58
(  (Miniature effect)  .............. 5
, 53, 59
3  (Selective color)  ................. 5
, 53, 61
1  (Silhouette)  ................................. 5, 54
2  (High key)  .................................... 5, 54
3  (Low key)  ..................................... 5, 54
)  (HDR painting)  ........................... 5, 55
I  (Easy panorama)  ............... 5
, 55, 63
P  (Programmed auto) ....... 4
, 100
, 102
S  (Shutter-priority auto)  .. 4
, 100
, 104
A  (Aperture-priority auto)  4
, 100
, 106
M  (Manual)  ........................... 4
, 100
, 108
g  (Guide)  ........................................41
U  (flexible program)  ....................... 103
8  (Single frame)  ................................67
I  (Continuous)  ........................... 67, 68
E  (Self-timer)  ................................67, 71
  (Delayed remote (ML-L3)) . 67, 97
#  (Quick-response remote (ML-L3)) ..
67, 97
J  (Quiet shutter release) ......... 67
, 70
c  (Single-point AF) ..........................78 d
 (Dynamic-area AF)  ...................... 78
e  (Auto-area AF)  .............................. 78
f  (3D-tracking) .......................... 78
, 79
6  (Face-priority AF)  .............. 145, 147
7  (Wide-area AF)  ................... 145, 147
8  (Normal-area AF)  ............... 145, 147
9  (Subject-tracking AF)  .... 145, 147
L  (Matrix metering) ........................114
M  (Center-weighted metering)  ..114
N  (Spot metering)  ...........................114
o  (auto flash)  ............................... 90
j  (red-eye reduction) ............. 90, 92
p  (slow sync)  ........................ 90, 92
q  (rear-curtain sync) ................. 92
Y  (Flash compensation)  ..............120
E  (Exposure compensation) ........118
m  (White balance) ...........................124
L  (Preset manual)  .........................129
3  (“Beep” indicator)  ........................247
I  (focus indicator)  .............. 27
, 81, 84
N  (flash-ready  indicator) .... 6
, 31, 304
a  (live view)  .............. 32
, 37, 142
, 155
a  (Lv) button ............ 32
, 37, 142
, 155
P  button  ................................ 9
, 151
, 171
t  (Memory buffer)  ....................69, 362
Numerics3D color matrix metering ..............291
3D-tracking (AF-area mode)  ... 78
, 79
420-pixel RGB sensor  .. 230
, 291
, 344
, 
346AA/V cable  .............................................215
AC adapter  ............................... 306
, 311
Access lamp  ......................................... 28
Accessories .........................................306
Accessory terminal  ................ 258, 309
Index 
						

							
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Accessory terminal accessories .. 309
Active D-Lighting  ............................ 122
Adobe RGB  ........................................ 225
AE lock ................................................. 116
AE-L ...................................................... 116
AE-L/AF-L  button  ................ 81
, 116
, 252
AF .................................. 74
–82, 144
–147
AF-A ........................................................ 74
AF-area mode  ............................ 78, 145
AF-assist illuminator ....... 77
, 229
, 294
AF-C ......................................................... 74
AF-F ...................................................... 144
AF-S ............................................... 74, 144
A-M mode switch  ...............23
, 83, 353
Angle of view  .................................... 298
Aperture ...........................101
, 106
, 109
Aperture-priority auto  ................... 106
Auto (White balance)  ..................... 124
Auto distortion control  ................. 225
Auto flash  .............................................. 90
Auto image rotation  ...................... 243
Auto info display  ............................. 238
Auto ISO sensitivity control  227, 228
Auto off timers  ................................. 245
Auto-area AF (AF-area mode)  ........ 78
Autoexposure lock  ......................... 116
Autofocus ................... 74
–82, 144
–147
Auto-servo AF ...................................... 74
Available settings ............................ 326
BBattery ................................. 14
, 306
, 351
Beep ..................................................... 247
Black-and-white ............................... 269
Blue intensifier (F ilter effects)  ..... 270
Body cap ......................................... 2, 308
Border (PictBridge)  ......................... 209
Built-in AF-assist illuminator  77, 229
, 
294
Built-in flash  ............................... 89
, 295
Bulb ...................................................... 110 Burst ....................................................... 68
Buttons ................................................ 251
CCalendar playback ........................... 181
Capture NX 2  ..................................... 307
CEC ........................................................ 218
Center-weighted metering  .......... 114
Charger ............................... 14
, 306
, 351
Choose start/end point  ................. 164
Clean image sensor ......................... 314
Clock .............................................. 18, 242
Clock battery  ....................................... 24
Cloudy (White balance)  ................. 124
CLS .............................................. 299, 300
Color balance  .................................... 271
Color outline ...................................... 281
Color sketch  ................................ 57, 282
Color space  ........................................ 225
Color temperature ........................... 126
Compatible lenses ........................... 289
Continuous (Release mode)  ... 67, 68
Continuous-servo AF ........................ 74
CPU contacts  ..................................... 291
CPU lens  .............................................. 289
Creative Lighting System .... 299, 300
Cropping (PictBridge)  .................... 209
Cross screen (Filter effects)  .......... 270
Cyanotype .......................................... 269
DDate and time  ............................ 18
, 242
Date counter  ........................... 254, 255
Date format ................................. 18, 242
Daylight saving time  ............... 18, 242
DCF version 2.0 ................................. 360
Delayed remote (ML-L3)  .......... 67, 97
Delete ................................................... 192
Delete all images  ............................. 193
Delete current image  ..................... 192
Delete selected images  ................. 193 
						

							
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Technical Notes
Device control (HDMI)  ................... 218
Digital Print Order Format  . 211
, 213
, 
360
Diopter adjustment control  . 20
, 307
Direct sunlight (White balance)  . 124
Distortion control ............................ 280
D-Lighting .......................................... 266
DPOF ................................. 211
, 213
, 360
DPOF print order  ............................. 213
Dynamic-area AF  ................................78
EEasy panorama .................................... 63
Edit movie  ................................. 164
, 168
Electronic rangefinder  ............ 84, 248
Exif version 2.3 .................................. 360
Exposure ................. 101
, 114
, 116
, 118
Exposure compensation  ............... 118
Exposure indicator  ................. 109, 149
Exposure lock .................................... 116
Exposure meters  .................................31
Exposure mode  ................................ 100
External microphone  ............ 161, 309
Eye-Fi upload  .................................... 261
FFace-priority AF ................................ 145
File information  ............................... 172
File number sequence  ................... 249
Filter effects  .................... 139
, 141
, 270
Filters ................................................... 306
Fine-tuning white balance ........... 127
Firmware version ............................. 262
Fisheye ................................................ 280
Flash ....................................... 31
, 89, 299
Flash (White balance)  .................... 124
Flash cntrl for built-in flash  .......... 229
Flash compensation  ....................... 120
Flash control  ..................................... 230
Flash mode  .................................... 90, 92
Flash range  ........................................... 94 Flash ready indicator  .......... 6
, 31, 304
Flash sync speed  .......................93, 344
Flexible program ..............................103
Flicker reduction  .................... 157, 241
Fluorescent (White balance)  .......124
, 
126
Fn  button  ................................... 251
, 258
f-number ................................... 101, 106
Focal length  .......................................298
Focal length scale  ............................353
Focal plane mark ................................ 84
Focus .................. 74
–84, 144
–147
, 154
Focus indicator  ..................... 27
, 81, 84
Focus lock  ............................................. 81
Focus mode  ................................74, 144
Focus point  ............ 27
, 78, 80, 84, 147
Focusing screen  ...............................343
Focusing the viewfinder .................. 20
Focus-mode switch  .................... 23, 83
Format .................................................234
Format memory card ...............22, 234
Frame interval (S lide show) ..........200
Frame size/frame rate  ....................158
Framing grid  ......................................150
Front-curtain sync  ............................. 92
Full-frame playback  ........................170
Full-time-servo AF  ...........................144
GGPS unit  ..................................... 259
, 309
Green intensifier (Filter effects)  ..270
Guide mode  ......................................... 41
HH.264 ....................................................348
HDMI ........................................... 217
, 360
HDMI-CEC ...........................................218
Help ........................................................ 11
Hi (Sensitivity)  ..................................... 95
High definition ........................ 217, 360
Highlights ................................. 173, 220 
						

							
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Histogram ........................174
, 220
, 271
IImage comment  .............................. 244
Image Dust Off ref photo  ............. 239
Image overlay  ................................... 272
Image quality ....................................... 85
Image review  .................................... 221
Image size  ............................................. 87
Incandescent (White balance) .... 124
Info display format  ......................... 236
In-focus indicator  ................. 27
, 81, 84
Information display  .................... 7, 236
Infrared receiver  ................................. 98
ISO sensitivity  ............................ 95, 226
i-TTL ............................................. 229, 230
i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital  SLR ...................................................... 230
JJPEG ........................................................ 85
JPEG basic  ............................................. 85
JPEG fine ................................................ 85
JPEG normal  ......................................... 85LLandscape (Set Picture Control)  135
Language .................................... 18
, 243
Large (Image size)  .............................. 87
Lens ...................................... 16
, 289
, 353
Lens focus ring  .......................... 83, 353
Lens mount  ..................................... 2, 84
Lens vibration reduction switch  .. 23, 
353
, 355
Live view ...................... 32
, 37, 142
, 155
Location data ..................179
, 259
, 309
Lock mirror up for cleaning  ......... 317
MManual ......................................... 83
, 108 Manual focus  .................... 83
, 144
, 154
Manual movie sett ings .................. 159
Matrix metering  ............................... 114
Maximum aperture  .................. 84, 343
Maximum sensitivity  ...................... 227
Medium (Image size)  ........................ 87
Memory buffer .................................... 69
Memory card  ........... 15
, 234
, 310
, 362
Memory card capacity  ................... 362
Metering ............................................. 114
Microphone ............................. 158, 161
Miniature effect  ......................... 59, 283
Minimum shutter speed  ............... 227
Mirror .............................................. 2, 317
Mode dial  ................................................. 4
Monitor ............................. 142
, 170
, 235
Monitor brightness  ......................... 235
Monochrome .................................... 269
Monochrome (Set Picture Control) ...
135
Mounting mark .......................... 16
, 353
MOV ...................................................... 250
Movie quality  .................................... 158
Movie settings  .................................. 158
Movie-record button  ............... 38, 156
Movies .......................................... 37, 155
NNEF (RAW)  ................................... 85
, 275
NEF (RAW) processing .................... 275
Neutral (Set Picture Control)  ....... 135
Nikon Transfer 2  ............................... 204
No. of copies (PictBridge)  ............. 209
Noise reduction  ................................ 226
Non-CPU lens  .................................... 292
Normal-area AF  ................................ 145
Number of shots  .............................. 363
OOptional flash .......................... 230
, 299
Output resolution (HDMI) ............. 218 
						

							
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Technical Notes
Overview data  .................................. 178PPage size (PictBridge)  .................... 209
Panoramas ..................................... 63
, 66
Perspective control ......................... 282
Photo illustration ...................... 56, 281
Photo information  ................. 172, 220
PictBridge .................................. 208, 360
Picture Controls  ...................... 135, 137
Playback .............................................. 170
Playback display options  .............. 220
Playback folder ................................. 220
Playback information ............ 172, 220
Playback menu ................................. 219
Playback zoom  ................................. 182
Portrait (Set Pict ure Control)  ....... 135
Power connector  .................... 306, 311
Power switch ........................................17
Preset manual (White balance)  . 124
, 
129
Press the shutter-release button all  the way down  .................................... 28
Press the shutter-release button 
halfway .......................................... 27
, 28
Print (DPOF) .............................. 211, 214
Print date ............................................ 254
Print select  ......................................... 211
Printing ............................................... 208
Programmed auto  .......................... 102
Protecting photographs  ............... 184
QQuick retouch  ................................... 279
Quick-response remote (ML-L3)  .. 67
, 
97
Quiet shutter release ..................67
, 70
RRangefinder ................................ 84
, 248
Rating ......................................... 186, 200 Rear-curtain sync  ............................... 92
Recent settings  .................................288
Red intensifier (Filter effects) .......270
Red-eye correction  ..........................267
Red-eye reduction  ...................... 90
, 92
Release mode  ...................................... 67
Remote control  ................ 97
, 258
, 308
Remote cord  ...................110
, 258
, 309
Remote on duration (ML-L3)  .......247
Remote shutter release ..................258
Reset ........................................... 224, 233
Reset setup options  ........................233
Reset shooting menu  .....................224
Resize ...................................................277
Retouch menu  ..................................263
Retractable lens barrel button  ..... 17
, 
24, 26, 353
RGB .............................................. 174
, 225
RGB histogram  ..................................174
Rotate tall ............................................221
SSave selected frame  ........................168
Scene auto selector ........................... 34
Scene mode  ......................................... 47
Select to send to smart device  ....189
Selective color ............................61
, 284
Self-timer ..............................67
, 71, 246
Sensitivity ....................................95, 226
Sepia .....................................................269
Set clock from satellite ...................259
Set Picture Control  ..........................137
Setup menu  .......................................231
Shade (White balance)  ...................124
Shooting data  ...................................176
Shooting menu .................................222
Shutter-priority auto .......................104
Shutter-release button  ...28
, 81, 116
, 
252
Side-by-side comparison  ..............286
Single frame (Release mode)  ......... 67 
						

							
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Single-point AF (AF-area mode)  ... 78
Single-servo AF  ......................... 74
, 144
Size ................................................ 87, 158
Skylight (Filter effects) ................... 270
Slide show .......................................... 198
Slot empty release lock  ................. 253
Slow sync  ....................................... 90, 92
Small (Image size)  .............................. 87
Soft (Filter effects)  ........................... 270
Special effects mode ......................... 50
Speedlight ......................................... 299
Spot metering  .................................. 114
sRGB ..................................................... 225
Standard (Set Picture Control)  ... 135
Standard i-TTL fill-flash for digital 
SLR ...................................................... 230
Standby timer ................... 31
, 245
, 259
Start printing (PictBridge)  ... 210, 212
Storage folder ................................... 257
Straighten .......................................... 279
Subject-tracking AF  ........................ 145
TTelevision ........................................... 215
Thumbnail playback  ...................... 180
Time ..................................................... 110
Time stamp (PictBridge)  ............... 209
Time zone  ................................... 18
, 242
Time zone and date ........................ 242
Timer ....................................................... 71
Toning ........................................ 139, 141
Transition effects  .................... 200, 220
Trim ...................................................... 268
Trimming movies  ............................ 164
Type D lens  ........................................ 291
Type E lens  ......................................... 291
Type G lens  ........................................ 291
UUSB cable  .........................204
, 208
, 309
UTC .............................................. 179, 259
VVibration reduction .................. 23
, 355
Video mode  ............................. 216, 260
Viewfinder .............................. 6
, 20, 343
Viewfinder eyepiece cap ................. 73
ViewNX 2 ................................... 201, 204
Vivid (Set Picture  Control) ............ 135
Volume ...................................... 163, 199
WWarm filter (Filter effects)  ............. 270
WB ......................................................... 124
White balance  ................................... 124
Wide-area AF  ..................................... 145
Wind noise reduction ..................... 159
Wireless mobile adapter  ..... 260
, 309
Wireless remote controller  ... 99, 258
, 
309