User manual NIKON COOLPIX L4

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the NI K R KO 3X OPTICA LZ O OM 3- 18 . 8 . 9 6. -4 Trademark Information Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 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. [. . . ] Pictures taken at slow shutter speeds are processed to reduce noise ( 16); to prevent blurring, mount the camera on a tripod or rest it on a flat, stable surface. Scene Mode Other Scenes To take pictures in other scene modes: 1 2 SCN BEACH/SNOW MENU Exit OK Confirm ?Help Scene modes Select mode. Press the MENU button. 3 6 4 6 Make selection. Frame the picture and take the picture. 28 The following modes are available: PARTY/INDOOR Captures the effects of candlelight and other indoor background lighting. Hold camera steady to prevent blurring. BEACH/SNOW Captures the brightness of such subjects as snowfields, beaches, or sunlit expanses of water. Camera focuses on subject in center of frame. Scene Mode SUNSET Preserves the deep hues seen in sunsets and sunrises. Camera focuses at infinity. * Hold camera steady to prevent blurring. DUSK/DAWN Preserves the colors seen in the weak natural light before sunrise or after sunset. Camera focuses at infinity. * Use of a tripod recommended to prevent blurring; pictures may be processed to reduce noise ( 16). NIGHT LANDSCAPE Slow shutter speeds are used to produce stunning night landscapes. Camera focuses at infinity. * Use of a tripod recommended to prevent blurring; pictures may be processed to reduce noise ( 16). CLOSE UP Photograph flowers, insects, and other small objects at close range ( 22). Camera focuses continuously until shutter-release button is pressed halfway to lock focus. 29 MUSEUM Use indoors where flash photography is prohibited (for example, in museums and art galleries) or in other settings in which you do not want to use the flash. Camera focuses on subject in center of frame; BSS ( 69) turns on automatically. FIREWORKS SHOW Slow shutter speeds are used to capture the expanding burst of light from a firework. Focus is fixed at infinity. * Use of a tripod recommended to prevent blurring. Scene Mode COPY Provides clear pictures of text or drawings on a white board or in print. Camera focuses on subject in center of frame; use macro close-up ( 22) to focus at short ranges. BACK LIGHT Use when light is coming from behind a portrait subject, throwing their features into shadow. The flash fires automatically to "fill in" (illuminate) shadows. PANORAMA ASSIST Use when taking a series of pictures that will later be joined side-by-side in PictureProject to form a panorama ( 31). * Focus indicator ( 15) is always displayed in green when shutter-release button is pressed halfway; note, however, that foreground objects may not always be in focus. 30 Taking Pictures for a Panorama ( 30) The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. Use a tripod for better results. 1 5 2 5 Highlight (Panorama assist) and press the center of the multi selector. Highlight the desired pan direction and press the center of the multi selector. The arrow showing the selected direction turns white. · Scene Mode · The direction can be re-selected by pressing the center of the multi selector again. If the first shot is taken without deciding the pan direction, it will be automatically set for the right. 3 4 4 4 Take the first picture. AE-L icon is displayed to show that white balance and exposure have been locked at values for first shot. Compose the next shot to overlap with the previous picture and take the second picture. [. . . ] Original white balance is restored when Standard color or Vivid color is selected. Self timer Continuous BSS White balance Image File and Folder Names Pictures and movies are assigned file names with three parts: a four letter identifier, a four-digit file number assigned automatically by the camera in ascending order, and a three-letter extension (e. g. , "DSCN0001. JPG"). Originals Still picture Movie Identitier DSCN DSCN Extension . JPG . MOV Copies Cropped copy Small copy D-lighting copy Technical Notes Identitier RSCN SSCN FSCN Extension . JPG . JPG . JPG Pictures are stored in folders named with a three-digit folder number followed by a five-character identifier: "P_" plus a three-digit sequence number for pictures taken using panorama assist (e. g, "101P_001"; 30) and "NIKON" for all other pictures (e. g, "100NIKON"). Folders can hold up to 200 pictures; if a picture is taken when the current folder contains 200 pictures, a new folder will be created by adding one to the current folder number. If a picture is taken when the current folder is numbered 999 and contains 200 pictures or a picture numbered 9999, no further pictures can be taken until the medium is formatted ( 63) or a new memory card inserted. 92 Files copied using Copy>Selected images are copied to the current folder, where they are assigned new file numbers in ascending order starting from the largest file number in memory. Copy>All images copies all folders from the source device; file names do not change but new folder numbers are assigned in ascending order starting from the largest folder number on the destination device ( 75). [. . . ]