User manual NIKON COOLPIX L14

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA User's Manual En Trademark Information · Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. · Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Inc. · Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. · 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. Introduction First Steps G A C H c D Basic Photography and Playback: Easy Auto Mode Auto Mode Shooting Suited for the Scene One-touch Portrait Mode More on Playback Movies Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers d Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus Technical Notes i For Your Safety To prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or to others, read the following safety precautions in their entirety before using this equipment. [. . . ] Enhanced copies are stored as separate files. 1 Select the desired picture from full-frame (A 24) or thumbnail (A 42) playback mode and press d. The playback menu is displayed. 2 Use the multi selector to choose [D-Lighting] and press k. · The original picture is displayed at left and the picture applied with D-lighting enhancement is displayed at right. Playback menu D-Lighting Print set Slide show Delete Small pic. Exit More on Playback 3 Choose [OK] and press k. A new copy with enhanced brightness and contrast is created. To cancel D-Lighting, choose [Cancel] and press k. D-Lighting OK Cancel D-Lighting copies can be recognized by the c icon displayed during playback. 15/11/2007 15:30 0004. JPG 3 4 D More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 95) for more information. 45 Editing Pictures Creating a Cropped Copy: Crop This function is only available when u is displayed in the monitor with playback zoom (A 43) enabled. Cropped copies are stored as separate files. 1 Press g (i) in full-frame playback mode to zoom in on the image. 2 Refine copy composition. · Press g or f to adjust the zoom ratio. · Press the multi selector H, I, J or K to scroll the picture until only the portion you want to copy is visible in the monitor. X4. 0 More on Playback 3 Press d. 4 Use the multi selector to choose [Yes] and press k. · A new picture, containing only the portion visible in the monitor, is created. · Choose [No] to cancel the creation of a new picture and press k. Save this image as displayed? No Yes Depending on the size of the original picture and the zoom ratio in effect at the time the copy was created, the camera will automatically select one of the following image-mode settings for cropped copies (unit: pixels). · e 2, 592 × 1, 944 · h 1, 600 × 1, 200 · k 640 × 480 · f 2, 288 × 1, 712 · i 1, 280 × 960 · l 320 × 240 · g 2, 048 × 1, 536 · j 1, 024 × 768 · m 160 × 120 When the image-mode setting for cropped copies is [m 320 × 240] or [n 160 × 120], these pictures are displayed with a gray frame. D 46 More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 95) for more information. Editing Pictures g Resizing Pictures: Small Picture Create a small copy of the current picture. Small copies are stored as JPEG files with a compression ratio of 1:16. The following sizes are available. Option l 640×480 m 320×240 n 160×120 Description Suited to television playback. Suitable for e-mail attachments. 1 Select the desired picture from full-frame (A 24) or thumbnail (A 42) playback mode and press d. The playback menu is displayed. 2 More on Playback Use the multi selector to choose [Small pic. ] and press k. · Press d to return to the playback mode without creating a new picture. Playback menu D-Lighting Print set Slide show Delete Small pic. 640×480 320×240 160×120 3 Choose the desired copy size and press k. Exit 4 Choose [Yes] and press k. · A new, smaller copy is created. · Choose [No] to cancel the creation of a new picture and press k. · The copy is displayed with a gray frame. Create small picture file? No Yes D More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 95) for more information. 47 Movies Recording Movies To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting mode and follow the steps below. 1 Press the shooting mode button in shooting mode to display the shooting-mode selection menu and use the multi selector to choose D and press k. · The maximum length of the movie that can be recorded is displayed in the monitor. Movie 2 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. A progress bar at the bottom of the monitor shows the amount of recording time remaining. To end recording, press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time. 13s Movies B Recording Movies · Flash mode (A 26) and exposure compensation (A 30) can only be used for stop-motion movies (A 50). · Flash mode, macro mode, and exposure compensation settings cannot be applied or changed while movies are being recorded. · Once movie recording begins, optical zoom cannot be adjusted. Digital zoom (up to 2×) can be applied while movies (except for the stop-motion movie) are being recorded. C Autofocus Camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway and locks the focus (AF lock) at this position by holding the shutter-release button halfway down. The focus is set to this position during recording. D 48 Changing Movie Settings · Movie options can be changed (A 49). · When [Movie options] is set to [Stop-motion movie], movies are recorded without sound. The Movie Menu [Movie options] setting can be changed from the movie menu. Press d in movie mode to display the movie menu and use the multi selector to modify and apply settings. Selecting Movie Options The movie menu offers the options shown below. Option J TV movie 640P (default setting) L Small size 320P D Small size 320 M Smaller size 160 O Stop-motion movie (A 50) Image size and frame rate Image size: 640 × 480 pixels Frame rate: 30 frames per second Image size: 320 × 240 pixels Frame rate: 30 frames per second Image size: 320×240 pixels Frame rate: 15 frames per second Image size: 160 × 120 pixels Frame rate: 15 frames per second Pictures can be taken and joined into a silent movie. Image size: 640 × 480 pixels Frame rate for playback: 15 frames per second Movies C Movie Options and Maximum Movie Length and Frames Option Internal memory (approx. 1, 800 frames per movie J TV movie 640P (default setting) L Small size 320P D Small size 320 M Smaller size 160 O Stop-motion movie * All figures are approximate. When the memory card of 4 GB or more is used, the remaining time up to 2 GB is displayed as recordable time, because the maximum file size that can be recorded is 2 GB. D More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 95) for more information. 49 The Movie Menu Stop-Motion Movies Take a number of still pictures, at no specified interval, and join them for recording as a movie. [. . . ] · Select picture that supports D-Lighting, crop, or small picture. · The COOLPIX L14 editing functions cannot be available for pictures taken with non-COOLPIX L14 digital cameras. · Other cameras may be unable to play back pictures recorded with this camera. Remove memory card to play back pictures from internal memory. 105 Technical Notes Troubleshooting Problem Nikon Transfer does not start when camera is connected. [. . . ]