User manual NIKON COOLPIX S1

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA (En) Attaching the Camera Strap Attach the camera strap as shown below. 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. This icon marks notes, information that should be read before using the camera. [. . . ] Voice memos can not be recorded for movies or during thumbnail playback ( 41) or playback zoom ( 42). To Press 04. 20. 2005 15:30 100NIKON 0001. JPG 1/ 1 Record Shutter memo button Play Shutter memo button Change volume Delete picture or voice memo Description icon is displayed on current picture, memo will be recordIf ed while shutter-release button is held down. Recording ends after about 20 s or when shutter-release button is released. Pictures for which voice memo exists are 04. 20. 2005 100NIKON 0001. JPG (voice memo playback 15:17 marked by guide) and icons. Playback ends when voice memo ends or shutter-release button is 1/ 1 pressed again. Press multi selector up or down to highlight option, press center to select. · Select No to exit without deleting picture or Erase 1 image (s)?voice memo · Select Yes to delete both picture and voice No memo Yes · Select to delete voice memo only Confirm More on Playback Voice Memos See the Appendix for more information on how voice memos are stored ( 44 93­94). Viewing Pictures on TV The MV-11 COOL-STATION and EG-E5000 audio / video (A / V) cable included with the camera can be used to connect the camera to a television or videocassette recorder (VCR). Choosing a Video Mode The Interface > Video mode item in the setup menu offers a choice of NTSC and PAL ( 80). Be sure that the mode selected matches the standard used in the video device. 1 2 Place the camera in the COOL-STATION Turn the camera off and place it in the COOL-STATION. Connect the A / V cable Insert the black plug into the COOL-STATION's A / V out connector. Insert the yellow plug into the video-in jack on the television or VCR. Connect the white plug to the audio-in jack. 3 4 Tune the television to the video channel If in doubt, consult the documentation for your television or VCR. Turn the camera on Press the button for about a second to turn the camera on. The camera monitor will remain off and the television will show the image normally shown in the monitor. More on Playback Viewing Pictures on TV To reduce the drain on the battery when viewing pictures for an extended period, use the supplied EH-63 AC adapter. PAL If PAL is selected for Video mode and the camera connected to a video device, video output will be suspended and the camera monitor will turn on when the camera is in movie mode. 45 Viewing Pictures on a Computer The supplied MV-11 COOL-STATION, UC-E10 USB cable, and PictureProject software can be used to view photographs and movies on a computer. Before pictures can be transferred (copied) to your computer, PictureProject must be installed. For more information on installing PictureProject and transferring pictures to a computer, see the documentation on the reference CD and the Quick Start Guide. Before Connecting the Camera: Choosing a USB Option Pictures can be copied from the camera to the computer by: button) · Pressing the center of the multi selector ( / · Clicking the button in PictureProject Which method you will use depends on your computer's operating system and the USB option selected in the camera setup menu. After consulting the follow- Center of multi selecing table, select the appropriate option using the USB tor ( / button) item in the camera setup menu. The default option is Mass Storage. Pictures transferred using: Camera multi selector PictureProject (/ button) button Operating system Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Mac OS X 10. 1. 5 or later More on Playback Choose Mass Storage. 1, 2 Choose PTP. Choose Mass Storage 1 or PTP. 1 The center of the multi selector can not be used to transfer pictures from internal memory or from "locked" (write-protected) memory cards ( 10) when Mass Storage is selected. If PTP is selected when the camera is connected to a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows 98SE, the Windows hardware wizard will be displayed. Under Windows Me, the hardware wizard will be displayed after a message stating that the hardware information database is being updated. [. . . ] It does not perform well if the subject is very dark or moving rapidly, if there are objects of sharply differing brightness in the scene (e. g. , the sun is behind your subject and their features are in deep shadow), or if there are several objects at different distances from the camera at the center of the frame (e. g. , your subject is inside a cage). 92 Technical Notes File Storage The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored in internal memory and on a 256-megabyte memory card in different image modes. Image mode High (2592) Normal (2592) Normal (2048) PC screen (1024) TV screen (640) Internal memory (12 MB) 5 10 17 57 123 256 MB memory card 99 195 308 1025 2200 * All figures are approximate. File size of pictures depends on scene recorded, producing wide variations in number of images that can be stored. [. . . ]