Nikon Coolpix 7900 User manual

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Check the Package Contents
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Take Pictures
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Install PictureProject Software
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Transfer Pictures to the Computer

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Check the Package Contents
Check that you have all the items listed below.
Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories
Nikon COOLPIX cameras are designed to the highest standards and include complex electronic
circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery chargers, batteries, AC
adapters, and Speedlights) certified by Nikon specifically for use with this Nikon digital camera
are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this
electronic circuitry.
THE USE OF NON-NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE THE CAMERA AND
MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARRANTY. The use of third-party rechargeable Li-ion batteries not
approved by Nikon could interfere with normal operation of the camera or result in the batteries
overheating, igniting, rupturing, or leaking.
For more information about Nikon brand accessories, contact a local authorized Nikon dealer.
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Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide
Check the Package Contents
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P. 2
Take Pictures
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Install PictureProject Software
P. 22
Transfer Pictures to the Computer
COOLPIX 7900
COOLPIX 5900
digital camera
EN-EL5 rechargeable
Li-ion battery (with terminal cover)
MH-61 battery charger
(with power cable)
UC-E6 USB interface cableCamera strap EG-CP14 Audio/Video cable
Guide to Digital Photography with
the COOLPIX7900/COOLPIX5900
Quick Start Guide
(this guide)
Warranty
PictureProject Reference Manual CDPictureProject Software CD
•SD memory card is not contained.
•This guide will abbreviate the COOLPIX7900/COOLPIX5900 product name to E7900/E5900.

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Take Pictures
Charge the battery
Connect the power cable to the MH-61 battery charger ( ) and in-
sert the wall plug into a power outlet ( ). The CHARGE lamp will
light ( ).
Remove the terminal cover from
EN-EL5 and insert the battery
into the MH-61, making sure
that the small projection on the
battery is inserted into the
matching pit on the charger.
Charging will begin immediate-
ly.
The CHARGE lamp will start to
blink.
Charging is complete when the
CHARGE lamp stops blinking.
About two hours are required
to charge a fully depleted
battery.

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Attach the camera strap
Insert the battery
Read Battery Warnings
Read and follow the battery warnings and notices on pages i - v and
140 in the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography, together with any
warnings and instructions supplied by the battery manufacturer.
Attach the camera strap securely to the eyelet on the camera body as shown
below.
Open the Battery-chamber Cover
•Slide the cover in the direc-
tion shown in ( ) until it
stops and open the cover
().

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Turn the camera on
Insert the battery
•Insert the battery as shown in the label at the
entrance to the battery chamber, making sure
the positive “+” and negative “–” terminals
are in the correct orientation. The small pro-
jection on the EN-EL5 battery is on the same
side as the negative terminal.
Inserting the battery upside down or
backwards could damage the camera.
Check to be sure the battery is in the correct
orientation.
•The orange battery latch is pushed aside as the
battery is inserted. The latch will close when
the battery is fully inserted.
Close the Battery-chamber Cover
•Close the cover ( ) and slide it in until it
latches ( ).
•Ensure the cover is closed firmly.
Rotate the Mode Dial to

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Choose a language and set the
clock
The first time the camera is turned on, a language-selection dialog will be dis-
played in the monitor. Follow the steps below to choose a language and set
the time and date.
Turn the camera on
Auto Power Off (Standby Mode)
If no operations are performed for one minute (default setting), the monitor will
turn off automatically and the camera will enter standby mode to reduce the drain
on the battery. The camera will be reactivated from standby mode when you:
•Press the Power Switch
•Press the Shutter-release Button halfway
For more information on Auto power off, see page 15 in the Nikon Guide to Digital
Photography
.
Move cursor up.
Move cursor down.
Return to previous
menu, or move cursor
left.
Display sub-menu,
move cursor right, or
make selection.
Press
to make selection.
The Multi Selector is used to navigate through the camera menus.

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Take Pictures
Highlight Deutsch (German), English,
Español (Spanish), Français (French),
Italiano (Italian), Nederlands (Dutch),
Svenska (Swedish), (Japanese),
(Simplified Chinese),
(Traditional Chinese) or (Korean),
and press .
Confirmation dialog displayed.
Highlight Yes.
* To turn daylight saving time on or off,
press to highlight DaylightSaving
and press . When DaylightSaving
is checked, time will automatically be
advanced one hour. To return to Step
, press to highlight current time
zone.
TIME ZONE menu displayed.*
Display map of world time zones. Select home time zone.
Display DATE menu. Edit Day (order of Day, Month, and
Year may differ in some areas).
EnglishEnglish
FrançaisFrançais
EspañolEspañol
ItalianoItaliano
SvenskaSvenska
DeutschDeutsch
NederlandsNederlands
ConfirmConfirm
Cancel
DATEDATE
No
Ye s
Set time and date?
ConfirmConfirm
TIME ZONE
DaylightSaving
London, Casablanca
TIME ZONE
ConfirmConfirm
HOME TIME ZONE
London, Casablanca
HOME TIME ZONE
Confirm
Back Confirm Back
HOME TIME ZONE
London, Casablanca
HOME TIME ZONE
Confirm
Back Confirm Back
DATE
01 01 . 2005
00 : 00
DATE
DM Y
DATE
01 01 . 2005
00 : 00
DATE
DM Y

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Take pictures
Select Month. Repeat steps - to
edit Month, Year, hour, and minutes.
Highlight D M Y.
Choose order in which Day, Month,
and Year will be displayed.
Exit to shooting mode.
Check the indicators in the monitor.
The battery level is shown in the monitor as follows:
DATE
01 03 2005
00 : 00
DATE
DM Y
DATE
01 03 . 2005
10 : 00
DATE
DM Y
ConfirmConfirm
DATE
03 01 . 2005
10 : 00
DATE
MD Y
ConfirmConfirm [ 10][ 10]
Battery level indicator
Shown when the battery is low.
Number of
exposures
remaining
Display Description
NO ICON Battery fully charged.
Low battery. If flash fires, monitor turns off while Speedlight recharges.
WARNING!!
BATTERY
EXHAUSTED
Replace with new or fully charged battery.

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Storing Pictures
Pictures will be stored in the camera’s internal memory (capacity: about
13.5MB) unless a Secure Digital (SD) memory card is inserted in the camera,
in which case pictures will be stored on the card. For information on insert-
ing a memory card, see the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography (see pages
12 - 13).
Ready the camera.
•Hold the camera steadily with both hands.
Don’t Block the Shot
To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep your fingers and
other objects away from the lens, flash window, AF-assist Illuminator,
and microphone.
Frame the subject.
•Frame the subject in the center of the monitor.
•Pictures can be framed in the monitor or the viewfinder.
Zoom Buttons
Press T to zoom in on your subject so that it fills
a larger area of the frame.
Press
W to zoom out, increasing the area visible
in the frame.
Zoom out Zoom in

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Focus.
•Press the Shutter-release Button halfway to set focus and exposure.
With the Shutter-release Button pressed halfway, check Red ( )
Lamp, Green (AF) Lamp, focus area, and focus indicator:
Take the picture.
•Press the Shutter-release Button the rest of the way down to
take the picture.
•To prevent blur, press the Shutter-release Button down
smoothly.
•
Focus
indicator
Green (AF)
Lamp
Red ( ) Lamp Focus area
The camera automatically se-
lects a focus area containing
the subject closest to the cam-
era from five focus areas (de-
fault setting in auto shooting
mode). Focus area will appear
when the Shutter-release But-
ton is pressed halfway. The
selected focus area will be dis-
played in green when the
subject is in focus.
Red ( ) Lamp
On Flash will fire when picture is taken.
Blinks Flash charging.
Off Flash off or not required.
Green (AF) Lamp/focus area and focus indicator
On: green/green Subject in focus.
Blinks: green/red Camera unable to focus on subject. Recompose the
picture and try again.
The E7900/E5900 has a two-stage Shutter-release Button. Pressing
the Shutter-release Button halfway focuses the camera. Pressing the
rest of the way down releases the shutter to record a picture.

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View pictures
Press the button.
•The picture will be displayed in the monitor.
View additional pictures.
•/ : view pictures in reverse order.
•/ : view pictures in the order recorded.
•To return to shooting mode, press the
button again.
Turn the camera off.
•Press the Power Switch.
•The camera is off when the Power-on Lamp
is off.
This completes the explanation how to use the E7900/E5900. The next step
is to install the PictureProject as described on the following page.
button
When the camera is off, pressing the button for about two sec-
onds will turn the camera on with a picture displayed in the monitor.

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Install PictureProject Software
Install PictureProject Software
Using PictureProject software, you can transfer pictures and movies to your
computer to save and view them on your computer.
If PictureProject Is Already Installed
If PictureProject is already installed, the dialog about version of PictureProject
may be displayed while installing PictureProject 1.1. Follow the on-screen in-
structions.
Note to Users of Other Nikon Software (Nikon View/Nikon
Capture)
Uninstall Nikon View before installing PictureProject. For information on using
PictureProject with Nikon Capture, see “Getting Started: System Requirements”
on the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD).
Supported Operating Systems
Windows
•Windows XP Home Edition/Professional
•Windows 2000 Professional
•Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
•Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
– Preinstalled versions only
– Only computers with built-in USB ports supported
Macintosh
•Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later)
– Only computers with built-in USB ports supported
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pg. 18
For the latest information on the supported operating systems, see the Nikon websites listed in
the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD).

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Install PictureProject Software
Installing PictureProject (Windows)
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional,
Windows 2000 Professional
When installing or uninstalling PictureProject, log on as a “Computer
administrator” (Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional)
or “Administrators” (Windows 2000 Professional).
Turn the computer on and wait for Windows to start up.
•Turn off any virus-checking software
•Exit all other applications that may be running
Insert the PictureProject installer
CD into the CD-ROM drive. The In-
stall Center program will launch
automatically and a “Select Re-
gion” dialog will be displayed. Se-
lect a region and click Next. (The
“Select Region” dialog is not dis-
played in the European release of
PictureProject. European users can
proceed directly to Step ).
A language selection dialog will
be displayed. Select a language
and click Next.
If the Install Center Program Does Not Launch Auto-
matically
Select My Computer from the Start menu (Windows XP Home Edi-
tion/Windows XP Professional; in other versions of Windows, double-
click the My Computer icon on the desktop) and double-click the CD
(PictureProject) icon in the My Computer window.

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Install PictureProject Software
Windows
Click Easy Install. The standard
install includes:
•PTP drivers for COOLPIX-series
cameras (Windows XP only)
•Nikon Mass Storage Camera Driv-
ers (Windows 98 SE only)
•Panorama Maker
•Apple QuickTime 6
•Nikon FotoShare (Europe only)
•PictureProject
•Microsoft DirectX 9
The first components to be installed are the camera drivers. What drivers
are installed depends on the computer’s operating system.
Windows XP Home Edition/Professional
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the PTP driver (on some systems
the driver may be installed by a wizard).
Windows 2000 Professional/
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
No drivers are installed. Proceed to Step .
Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the
Mass Storage Drivers.

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Install PictureProject Software
Windows
The Panorama Maker install wiz-
ard will start. Follow the on-
screen instructions to complete
installation.
Click Yes to install QuickTime.
The Nikon FotoShare* setup pro-
gram will start. Follow the on-screen
instructions to complete installation.
* Nikon FotoShare is available only
in the European release of
PictureProject.
The PictureProject setup program
will now start. After reading the
license agreement, click Yes to
accept the agreement and pro-
ceed with installation.
If the Dialog about Version of PictureProject Is Displayed
•If an earlier version of PictureProject is already installed, follow the on-
screen instructions to update the latest version of PictureProject.
•If the latest version of PictureProject is already installed, follow the on-
screen instructions to stop the installation of PictureProject.

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Windows
The destination folder for
PictureProject will be displayed
under “Destination Folder.” Click
Next to install PictureProject to
this folder, or click Browse to
select another destination.
After clicking Next, the “Con-
firm New Folder” dialog will be
displayed. Click Yes to create a
new folder for PictureProject.
After creating a new folder, the
“Question” dialog will be dis-
played. Click Yes to create a
shortcut to PictureProject on the
desktop.
After creating a shortcut, the
“PictureProject Setup” dialog will
be displayed. Click Finish to exit
the PictureProject installer.
Panorama Maker requires DirectX
version 8.1 or later. If an earlier
version is installed, the dialog
shown below will be displayed.
Follow the on-screen instructions
to install DirectX 9.
Click Finish or Yes to restart the computer.
Dialog displayed
if DirectX is installed
Dialog displayed
if DirectX is not installed

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Install PictureProject Software
Windows
* - Not available in Spain or Italy.
- User registration is required to take advantage of this feature (Europe
only). When PictureProject starts for the first time, a license agreement will
be displayed. After reading the agreement, click Accept its term. Enter
the supplied user ID, password and e-mail address you used to registered.
Check that the computer is connected to the Internet and click Active
Nikon Message Center. If you do not have an account or do not re-
member your user ID or password, click European Support Centre
and register your account.
When the computer restarts, the PictureProject Import Assistant will be
displayed.
To transfer the pictures as they are taken using PictureProject, click
Close to exit the Import Assistance.
The Import Assistant is used to catalog pictures already on the computer
for display in PictureProject. For more information on importing pictures
into PictureProject, see the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD).
After exiting the Import Assistant, remove the PictureProject installer CD
from the CD-ROM drive.
Software Updates*
If the computer is connected to the Internet, a Nikon Message Center
update dialog may sometimes be displayed when PictureProject starts. Fol-
low the on-screen instructions to update to the latest version of
PictureProject.
This completes installation of PictureProject. The next step is to transfer pic-
tures to the computer as described on page 22.

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Installing PictureProject (Macintosh)
Mac OS X
When installing or uninstalling PictureProject, log in to the “Admin”
account.
Turn the computer on and wait for it to start up.
•Turn off any virus-checking software
•Exit all other applications that may be running
Insert the PictureProject installer
CD into the CD-ROM drive. Dou-
ble-click the PictureProject install-
er CD icon on the desktop, then
double-click the Welcome icon.
The “Select Region” dialog will be
displayed. Select a region and
click Next. (The “Select Region”
dialog is not displayed in the Eu-
ropean release of PictureProject.
European users can proceed di-
rectly to Step ).
A language-selection dialog will
be displayed; select a language
and click Next.
Click Easy Install to begin instal-
lation of the following software:
•PanoramaMaker
•PictureProject
•Apple QuickTime 6 (QuickTime 6
will not be installed if QuickTime
6 or later is already installed on
the computer)
Once installation is complete,
European users can install Nikon
FotoShare by copying the “FotoShare”
icon to the hard disk (Step ).

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Macintosh
The PanoramaMaker installer will
start. Follow the on-screen in-
structions to complete installa-
tion.
The message shown at right will
be displayed (Europe only; users
in other areas can proceed direct-
ly to Step ). Click OK.
Enter your administrator name
and password and click OK.
The PictureProject license agree-
ment will be displayed. After
reading the license agreement,
click Accept to accept the terms
and conditions of the agreement.
After clicking Accept, view the
ReadMe file, which may contain
important information that could
not be included in this manual.
After viewing the ReadMe file,
click Continue to proceed
with installation.
If the Dialog about Version of PictureProject Is Displayed
•If an earlier version of PictureProject is already installed, follow the on-
screen instructions to update the latest version of PictureProject.
•If the latest version of PictureProject is already installed, follow the on-
screen instructions to stop the installation of PictureProject.

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Macintosh
The PictureProject installer will
start. Click Install.
After clicking Install, the “Do
you want to use PictureProject
Transfer when you connect your
digital camera?” dialog will be
displayed. Click Yes.
After setting PictureProject Trans-
fer, the “Add to Dock” dialog
will be displayed. Click Yes to
add PictureProject to the Dock.
After adding PictureProject to the
dock, the “The software was suc-
cessfully installed” dialog will be
displayed. Click
Quit to complete
installation of PictureProject.
Apple QuickTime 6
If an earlier version of QuickTime is in-
stalled, the QuickTime 6 installer will start
automatically. Follow the on-screen in-
structions to complete installation. When
the dialog shown at left is displayed, click
Continue.
Do not complete the
“Registered To,” “Organization,”
and “Registration Number” fields.
On some systems, the QuickTime install-
er may require considerable time to complete installation.
Click Restart to restart the computer.
Dialog displayed
if QuickTime 6 is not installed
Dialog displayed
if QuickTime 6 is installed