User manual NIKON COOLPIX 8400

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA (En) Trademark Information Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Microdrive is a registered trademark of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in the United States and / or other countries. All other trade names mentioned in this manual or the other documentation provided with your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Symbols and Conventions To make it easier to find the information you need, the following symbols and conventions are used: This icon marks cautions, information that should be read before use to prevent damage to the camera. [. . . ] If movie is paused, movie will advance one frame each time multi selector is pressed. Four levels are available: high ( ), medium ( ), low ( ), and mute ( ). Quick Review / Full-Screen Review Movies can not be played back in quick review or full-screen review ( Direct Print Movies can not be printed via direct USB connection ( 64 80). 23). More on Playback Viewing Pictures on the Camera Full-Frame Playback To view the pictures on the memory card full-frame in the monitor or electronic viewfinder (full-frame playback), rotate the mode dial to . 10. 01. 2004 10:20 100NIKON Pressing the center of the multi 0001. JPG selector in full-frame playback 0001 JPG or full-screen review magnifies the current picture about 3 × ( 24). 8M 1 1 Viewing Additional Pictures Press the multi selector down or right to view pictures in the order recorded, up or left to view pictures in reverse order. Keep the multi selector pressed to scroll rapidly to the desired frame number. Quick Edit To create a copy of the current picture at a different size or with enhanced brightness and contrast, press the shutter-release button ( 72). Photo Information Press the button to hide or view photo information. 10. 01. 2004 10:20 100NIKON 0001. JPG 0001 JPG 8M 1 1 Battery indicator is displayed when battery is low, even when photo information is hidden. More on Playback Deleting the Current Picture To delete the current picture, press the button. A confirmation dialog will be displayed; press the multi selector up or down to highlight an option and then press the center of the multi selector to make a selection. · Yes: Delete the picture and return to playback mode · No: Exit to playback mode without deleting the picture Quick Review / Full-Screen Review To view pictures without leaving shooting mode, press the Erase 1 image (s)?65 Creating HI-Quality Copies of RAW Images (Full-Frame Playback) HI-quality (TIFF) copies can be created from RAW-quality images, allowing the pictures to be viewed in any application that supports TIFF. The copy will be named by adding one to the highest file number in the current folder, with ". TIF" in place of the extension ". NEF" (e. g. , "DSCN0002. TIF"). To create a copy, rotate the mode dial to and follow the steps below. 1 10. 01. 2004 10:20 100NIKON 0001. NEF 0001 NEF 2 Convert RAW to HI?No Yes 8M RAW 1 1 Display RAW-quality original. Confirmation dialog displayed. 3 Convert RAW to HI? * To exit without creating copy, highlight No and press center of multi selector. · No: exit without deleting original · Yes: delete original Press center of multi selector to select highlighted option and return to fullframe playback. More on Playback Creating HI-Quality Copies Before creating a copy, switch to shooting mode, select HI image quality, and check the number of exposures remaining to confirm that there is space on the memory card for at least one additional HI-quality image. 66 Viewing Multiple Pictures: Thumbnail Playback Pressing the ( ) button in full-screen review ( 23) or full-frame playback ( 65) displays the pictures on the memory card in "contact sheets" of four thumbnail images. The following operations can be performed while thumbnails are displayed: To Highlight pictures Page through pictures Change number of pictures displayed Use Description Press multi selector up, down, left, or right to highlight pictures. Rotate the command dial to scroll through thumbnails a page at a time. With four thumbnails displayed, press ( ) button once ( ) / to view nine thumbnails. Press ( ) to "zoom in" from ( ) nine- to four-thumbnail view or, when four thumbnails are displayed, to view highlighted picture full frame. Press multi selector up or down to highlight option, press center to select. · Select No to exit without deleting picture No Yes 1 3 2 4 Delete highlighted picture View highlighted picture full frame Exit to current mode View picture highlighted in thumbnail list full frame. More on Playback Return to full-frame playback with highlighted picture displayed full frame (full-frame playback) or return to shooting mode (full-screen review; 23). Create copy of highlighted picture at new size ( 72) or with Perform quick Shutter enhanced brightness and contrast ( 73). Not available in edit button full-screen review ( 23). 67 Photo Information In full-screen review ( 23) and full-frame playback ( 65), information about each picture is superimposed on the image. Rotate the command dial to cycle through photo information as follows: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 1. [. . . ] · Subject not in focus area when shutter-release button was pressed halfway or AE /AF-L button was pressed. If shutter speed can not be increased without causing underexposure: Use flash Raise sensitivity (ISO equivalency) Select larger aperture (smaller f/-number) To minimize blur at slow shutter speeds: Use Best Shot Selector (BSS) Mount camera on tripod and use self-timer 4 134 146 65 17 21 20 112 12 37 19 38 44 47 48 44 47 48 100 22 47 37 51 48 91 41 Technical Notes Pictures contain randomlyspaced bright pixels ("noise") Bright specks in picture · Sensitivity (ISO equivalency) too high. At shutter speeds of ¼ s or slower, turn 109 noise reduction on. 18 37 152 Problem Flash does not fire Digital zoom unavailable ML-L3 remote control can not be used Colors are unnatural File can not be played back Can not use quick edit or crop options Can not zoom in on picture No picture displayed on TV Solution · Flash is off. [. . . ]