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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 333280" data-attributes="member: 13090">Just now I took my girlfriends D5300 and tried to see this red light being discussed. I was able to see it and I don't think anything is broken. I'm thinking the light is a reflection of some kind. I say this because not only can I see a sort of gradient red glow, I can also see the selected focus point and the compositional &quot;grid lines&quot; that display in the viewfinder as well. I have to think this is a reflection off the camera's mirror or prism or... Something. I certainly don't think it's anything to worry about though. EDIT: It seems the D5300 use a pentamirror viewfinder as opposed to a pentaprism viewfinder like you find on the D7100. The differerce being that a pentaprism is a single, solid piece of solid glass whereas the pentamirror is basically a box composed of three mirrors that work together to perform the same task. The fact we're dealing with three separate mirrors in the viewfinder just strengthens my suspicions that a reflection is what we're seeing here with our D5300's....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 333280, member: 13090"] Just now I took my girlfriends D5300 and tried to see this red light being discussed. I was able to see it and I don't think anything is broken. I'm thinking the light is a reflection of some kind. I say this because not only can I see a sort of gradient red glow, I can also see the selected focus point and the compositional "grid lines" that display in the viewfinder as well. I have to think this is a reflection off the camera's mirror or prism or... Something. I certainly don't think it's anything to worry about though. [b]EDIT[/B]: It seems the D5300 use a penta[I]mirror[/I] viewfinder as opposed to a penta[I]prism[/I] viewfinder like you find on the D7100. The differerce being that a pentaprism is a single, solid piece of solid glass whereas the pentamirror is basically a box composed of three mirrors that work together to perform the same task. The fact we're dealing with [i]three separate mirrors[/I] in the viewfinder just strengthens my suspicions that a reflection is what we're seeing here with our D5300's. [COLOR=#ffffff]...[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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