User manual NIKON NUVIS V

[. . . ] · 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. AVC Patent Portfolio License This product is licensed under the AVC Patent Portfolio License for the personal and noncommercial use of a consumer to (i) encode video in compliance with the AVC standard ("AVC video") and/or (ii) decode AVC video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider licensed to provide AVC video. See http://www. mpegla. com. Introduction First Steps Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode More on Shooting More on Playback Editing Images Movie Recording and Playback Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers Basic Camera Setup Caring for the Camera Technical Notes and Index 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. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read them. This icon marks warnings, information that should be read before using this Nikon product, to prevent possible injury. WARNINGS Turn off in the event of malfunction Should you notice smoke or an unusual smell coming from the camera or Charging AC Adapter, unplug the Charging AC Adapter and remove the battery immediately, taking care to avoid burns. [. . . ] The pre-shooting cache icon lights in green while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. Press down halfway Press down fully Images saved by pressing halfway Images saved by pressing all the way 84 · If the number of exposures remaining is less than five, shooting with the pre-shooting cache is not possible. Before shooting, check that there are five or more exposures remaining. Applying Effects When Shooting (Special Effects Mode) One of the following effects can be applied to images during shooting. Option Soft Nostalgic sepia High-contrast monochrome High key Low key Selective color Description Softens the image by adding a slight blur to the entire image. Adds a sepia tone and reduces the contrast to simulate the qualities of an old photograph. Creates a black and white image in which only the specified color remains. More on Shooting 1 Rotate the mode dial to u (special effects). The camera enters special effects mode. 25 2 Press the d button to display the special effects menu, use the rotary multi selector to choose Special effects, and then press the k button. The screen for selecting the desired special effect is displayed. Special effects Image mode Special effects 85 Applying Effects When Shooting (Special Effects Mode) 3 Press H or I to choose an effect and press the k button. Press the d button after changing the settings and return to the shooting screen. Special effects Soft Nostalgic sepia High-contrast monochrome High key Low key Selective color 4 More on Shooting Frame the subject and shoot. The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. · When Selective color is selected in step 3, rotate the rotary multi selector or press H or I to select the desired color from the slider. To change settings for any of the following functions, first press the k button to cancel color selection, then change the settings as desired. - Flash mode (A 32) Slider - Self-timer (A 35) - Macro mode (A 39) - Exposure compensation (A 44) To return to the color selection screen, press the k button again. Save Select color 25 C Functions Available in Special Effects Mode 86 · Press the d button to display the R (special effects) menu and select Image mode to choose the image mode (combination of image size and compression rate) used when saving images. Changes made to the image mode setting apply to all shooting modes (A 47). · Flash mode (A 32), self-timer (A 35), macro mode (A 39), and exposure compensation (A 44) can be set. Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously Some settings in the A (auto) mode (A 24) shooting menu (A 46), the continuous shooting mode (A 80) shooting menu (A 82), and the continuous menu cannot be used with other functions. Restricted function Self-timer Macro mode Setting AF area mode (A 53) AF area mode (A 53) Descriptions When AF area mode is set to Subject tracking, self-timer is not available. When AF area mode is set to Subject tracking, macro mode is not available. When using Continuous H: 120 fps, image mode is fixed at M (image size: 1280 × 960 pixels). Display the menu and select the N (playback mode) tab to switch to favorite pictures mode, auto sort mode, or list by date mode. The b (e movie-record) button can also be used to switch to shooting mode. A Delete images l 31, 93 Display menus Switch to another playback mode d d c 115 99 More on Playback Switch to shooting mode 30 b C 90 Changing the Orientation (Vertical/Horizontal) of Images After shooting, image orientation can be changed during playback with Rotate image (A 124) of the playback menu (A 115). Operations in Full-frame Playback Mode Displaying the Histogram and Shooting Information Press the k button in full-frame playback mode to display the highlight, histogram, and the shooting information. Press the k button again to return to full-frame playback mode. 1 15/05/2011 15:30 0004. JPG 2 1 0 0 N I KO N 0004. JPG 3 4 5 6 7 8 k 4/ 4 1/250 F 3. 5 +1. 0 160 4 ISO 4/ 9 1 Highlight1 6 Exposure compensation 7 ISO sensitivity 8 Current frame number/ total number of frames More on Playback 2 Folder name 3 File name 4 Aperture 5 Shutter speed 1 2 9 Histogram2 Areas of the image that are extremely bright (highlight areas) blink. Use as a guide when using exposure compensation to adjust image brightness. A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. The horizontal axis corresponds to brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels. B Notes on Histogram and Shooting Information Not displayed for the following: · Images in a sequence (when only the key picture is displayed to represent all images) · Panoramas captured with easy panorama · Movies 91 Operations in Full-frame Playback Mode Playing Images Captured Using Continuous Shooting Mode (Sequence) Each series of images captured using the following settings is saved in a sequence. · Continuous shooting mode (A 80) - Continuous H - Continuous L - Pre-shooting cache - Continuous H: 120 fps - Continuous H: 60 fps · Scene mode (A 64) - Sports - Pet portrait mode (when Continuous is selected) In full-frame playback mode or thumbnail playback mode (A 94), the first image of a sequence is used as the "key picture", i. e. , it is displayed to represent the images in the sequence. · F is displayed in the playback screen for images captured in a sequence (A 8). While the key picture of a sequence is displayed in fullframe playback mode, press the k button to display each image in the sequence individually. To return to key picture only display, press the rotary multi selector H. Sequence display 15/05/2011 15:30 0004. JPG More on Playback 1/ 5 15/05/2011 15:30 0004. JPG 1/ 5 The following operations are available when each image in a sequence is displayed individually. [. . . ] If the desired category already contains 999 images or movies in total, new images or movies cannot be added. A 152 47 Cannot use quick retouch, D-Lighting, skin softening, filter effects, frame, small picture, or crop. 131 130 186 155, 158 22 Images not displayed on television. Album icons are reset to their default icons, images added to albums cannot be displayed in favorite pictures mode. Technical Notes and Index ­ 109 111 The saved images are not displayed in auto sort mode. ­ 111 210 Troubleshooting Problem · · · · · · Cause/Solution Camera is off. For more information on Nikon Transfer 2, refer to help information contained in ViewNX 2. A 19 24 158 ­ 157 161 Nikon Transfer 2 does not start when camera is connected. With some PictBridge-compatible printers, the PictBridge startup screen may not be displayed The PictBridge startup screen is and it may be impossible to print images when not displayed when the Auto is selected for the Charge by computer camera is connected to a option in the setup menu. [. . . ]