Nikon Coolpix 950 User manual

Nikon
DIGITAL CAMERA
COOLPIX 950
Reference Manual
Contents
Overview
First Steps
Putting Batteries in Your
Camera
lnserting and Removing Memory Cards
Choosing a
Language for the Menus
Setting
the lime and Date
laking Your Fi rst Photograph
Using the But
to ns (A-REC, M-REC)
Flash Settings
FocusSettings
Us ing the Self-limer
Ima
ge Quality and Size
Sensitivity
Exposure
Mode
Using the Buttons (PLAY)

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The Camera Menus
The A-REC Menu
Using Folders (A-REC, M-REC)
LCD Brightness
Sound Settings
Auto Off
Formatting Memory Cards
The M-REC Menu
Digital Zoom (DIGITAL TELE)
Black-and-White Photography
Lens Converter Settings (LENS)
Making a Panorama—Tips (AE-LOCK)
User Settings
Restoring Default Settings
LCD On/Off
The Controls Menu (M-REC)
SEQ.XFER
The Playback Menu
Deleting Multiple Photographs
Using Folders (Playback)
Slideshow
Protecting Photographs from Deletion
Hiding Photographs During Playback
Preparing Photographs for Printing
The Controls Menu (PLAY)
Connections
Connecting to a Television or VCR
Viewing Photos on a Computer
Caring for Your Camera
Cleaning
Storage
Accessories
What’s in the Box
Optional Accessories
Troubleshooting
General Problems
Error Messages
Specifications
Contents
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Overview
Th ank you for buy in g a COOL PIX 950. This Reference Manual
exp iains how to useand care foryo ur COO LPI X950. ltis int ended
as a supp l ement to the Fast T rack Guide and Pocket Guide ,to w hi ch
you
ca n referfor gu id ance on topics not covere d he re. This manual
is co
mp osed of the follow in g chapters:
First Steps
li sts the steps in vo lved in setting up your ca me ra and taking
photographs
Using the Buttons (A-REC, M-REC)
covers the sett in gs th at ca n be changed using the ca mera 's
co ntr ol buttons and dial s: fl ash, sens iti vi ty , f oc us , exposure
co mpen sa tion, exposure mode , and im age qua li ty and s iz e
Using the Buttons (PLA Y)
outlines basic playback func ti ons: vi ew in g photographs and
de l et in g s in gle im ages
The Camera Menus
describes ca mera se tti ng sth at ca n be accessedfrom th e A-REC,
M-RE C, and PLAY menus
Connections
describes ho w to u se the ca mera with a compute r or tele vision
Caring for Y our Camera
exp la in s the pr oced uresforclea ni ng and stor in gyo ur COO LPI X
950
Accessories
id ent ifi es it ems provi ded with the ca mera and ava il able sepa -
rately
T roubleshooting
out lin es steps to take when things go wro ng
Ple ase read a li in struct ions care full y to get the m ost from yo ur
ca me ra.
Notes on illustrations
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The illustrations in this manual are composites. Photographstakenwith the
COOLPIX 950 may differ from those shown here.
The illustrations in this manual show the LCD monitor used in the NTSC-
compatible model
of the COOLPIX 950. Owing to differences in video
standards,
the PAL-compatible model will display items in positionsslightly
different from
those shown here.

First Steps
This cha pter gu id es you thr o ugh the steps you w ill take after
remov in g the ca mera from the box ,from in se rting the batteriesto
making yourfirst photographs and play
in g them back. Bef ore you
w
ill be ab le to u se your ca me ra, you w ill need to co mplete the
follow in g steps:
• a
tta ch the ca mera strap (see For Your Sa(ety )
• in sert batteries or co nnect the AC adapter (sold separatel y;
f or inf ormat ion on using the AC a dapter , see the d oc umen-
tat i on provi ded with the adapter)
•
in sert the co mp act fla sh memory card
• ch
oose the language to be used in the sett in g and playback
menus
•
set the ca me ra's clock- ca l endarto the c urrent date and ti me
Hav in g completed the se steps, you w ill be ready to take photo -
graphs as
descr i bed at the end of this ch ap ter.
Jt. Important! Before inserting batteries or handling
~ memory cards, be sure to read the warnings and
cautions in For Your Sa(ety.
Putting Batteries inYour Camera
1 Turn the camera off
T um the mode dial to OF F( if the ca me ra
is on a trip
od, deta ch the tripod before
in se rting batteries).
2 Open the battery cover
T um the ca mera upside d ow n and open
the batterycham ber bys li di ng the latchto
the open position, s li pp in g the cover out
from
the ca mera , and then open in g the
lid .
3 lnsert batteries
ln sert the batteries with the po s iti ve (+)
and negative (-) pol es a li gned as s ho wn in
the diagram at the entrance to the battery
chamber.
4 Close the battery cover
Close the cover and s lid e it back into
p
os iti on , then si id e the latch button back
to latch
the cove r.
Thecamera'sclock-calendar is powered byaseparaterechargable battery.
When you put batteries in your camera for the first time or after a long
period
of storage,waitafew hoursforthe dock batteryto rechargebefore
removing
the main batteries. The dock battery will remain charged for
sorne time after
the main batteries have been removed.
Photographs
stored on the flash memory card are not affected when the
batteries
are removed. Ali manual-mode settings, with the exceptions of
the date and language, will however be reset.

lnserting and Removing Memory Cards
1 Turn the camera off
T um th e mode dial to O FF .
2 Open the card slot
T um th e camera upsi de d ow n ( if th e
ca m era is on a trip od , de tach it from th e
tri
pod fi rst) , th en ope n th e cardslot cover.
3 lnsert the memory card, or ...
ln se rt th e cardas sh ow n at ri ght, s lidin g it
in until it is firml y in pl ace at th e back of th e
slot and
th e car d- re l ease b utt on po ps u p.
N ext , fold th e car d- re l ease b utt on ove r.
... remove the memory card
Flip th e card -r el ease b utt on up and push
it
dow n until th e car d ca n be rem oved by
han
d.
4 Close the card slot cover
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Memo ry cards c an be removed from thecamera without loss of datawhen
the camerais off.
Once removed fr om the camera, cards can be read by
a computer equipped with a CompactFiash card reader and photographs
printed
on suitably-equipped printers. Cards c an also be inserted in a PC
card adapter (sold separately) to be read by any c omputer with a Type Il
PC- card slot.
Wh ile your camera co rnes with an eight-megabytecard,additional cards of
up to sixty-fo ur megabytes c an be purc hased separately.
Choosing a Language for the Menus
The ca meras menus and messages ca n be di s pl ayed in En g li sh,
Ge rman, F re nch, or Japanese. To se l ec t a langu age f or th e di sp lay,
fo
ll ow th ese steps:
1 T um th e m ode di al to PLA Y.
2 Press th e MENU b utt on to di s pl ay th e
pl ayback menu.
3 Us in g th e z oom bu tto ns, hi g hli g ht th e l ast
item (S ET UP ) in th e menu and press th e
s
hutt er - re le as e butt on ( th e exact a pp ear -
an
ce of the menu w ill depend on th e
language currently
se l ecte d; th e illu stra-
ti
on s at ri g ht sh ows th e En g li sh menus).
4 Use th e z oo m butt onsto hig hl ig ht th e l ast
item in th e S ET UP menu, th en pr ess th e
s
hutt e r-r el ease butt o nt o di s pl ay th e LAN-
GU
AG E menu.
5 Se l ect th e d es i red se tting from th e LAN-
GU
AG E menu.
Using the menus
PLAY BACK
DELETE
SLIDESHOW
PROTE CT
HIDE IMAGE
PRINT SET
AUTO OFF
CARDFORMAT
DATE
l ANGUAGE
<) BK LANGUAGE
D DEUTSCH
E ENGLISH
F FRANÇA I S
J B:$11!
SET-+ S HU T T ER~
If the menu do es not appear when you press the MENU butten, press the
MONITOR butt en until the LCD mo nitor co rnes on. Items c an be
highlighted
using the zoom butt o ns and selected using the shutter-release
butten.
To clear a menu from the screen, highlight BK and press the
shutter-release butten, or press the
MENU butt en until the menu disap-
pears.

Setting the Ti me and Date
When you tum on yo ur ca me ra for the fi rstti me , you wi Il need to
set the time and date as follows:
1T um the mode di al to PLA Y.
2 Press the MENU button to di sp lay the
playback menu .
3 Usi ng the z oo m buttons, highlightS ET UP
and press the shutter - re l ease button.
4 ln the S ET UP menu , use the z oo m
buttons to highlight DATE and press the
shutter-rele ase buttonto displ ay the DA TE
menu.
Using the menus
PLAY BACK
DELETE
FOLDERS
SLIDESHOW
PROTE CT
HIDE IMAGE
SET U P
LCD BRIGHT
SOUND
lfthe menu does not appear when you press the MENU button, press the
MONITOR button until the LCD monitor comes on. Items can be
highlighted
using thezoom buttons and selected using the shutter-release
button.
To clear a menu from the screen, highlight BK and press the
shutter-release button,
or press the MENU button until the menu disap-
5 Rotate the co mmand dial to se l ect the
it em you w ish to change, then ed it the
it em us in g the zoom-in button (T/ • ) to
in c re ase it sva lue orthe z oo m-o ut button
(:NIT ) to decrease i ts va lu e. After ed it-
in g, rotate the co mmand dial to m ove to
the next it em or press the shutter -r el ease
button. Highlight Y M D and u se the
z oo m buttons to change the order in
w hi ch the year , month, an d d ay are dis-
played.
Pr ess ing the s hutter-relea se but -
to n w
he n th is it em is highlighted sets the
time and da te to the spec ifi ed va lues.
If th e date has not be en set, a fl as hing clock
i
co n w ill appear at upper right in the LCD
mon it orwhen the m ode di alis se t to A-REC
or M-REC. Pho tog rap hs taken w hen this
i
co n appears w ill ha ve a ti me sta mp of "99/
0 1 /0 1 00:00"; set the ti me and date as
de scribed above before shooting.
1 999 . 03 . 20
\1
2 3 : 0 5
AD J. +Z OOM SW
SET + SHU T TER ~
The clock-calendar is powered bya separate, rechargeable battery, which
is charged as necessarywhen themain batteries are installed. lfthe camera
has been stored with the main batteries removed fora long period of time,
the
dock may need to be reset. Once the main batteries have been
reinserted, the clock batterywill recharge
in several hours, during which
time the batteries should be left
in the camera.

TakingY our First Photograph
Thi ssection o utli ne sthe basicsteps in volved in tak in ga photograph
in A-REC mode.
Ste p 1-Remove the lens cap
Remove the lens cap as shown below.
Sleepmode
The LCD monitor turns offautomatically if no operations are performed
for a certain period
oftime (the length oftime before the camera enters
sleep mode can be
set using the AUTO OFF item in the setup menu; see
" The Camera Menus: The A-REC Menu," below). To turn the monitoron
again, half-press
the shutter-re le ase butten.
Ste p 2- Turn the mode dial to A-REC
To enterautomaticrecordi ng mode,tumthe
sel
ector dialto A-R E C. After a short pause
wh
il e thecamera initi a li zes,a beepw ill sound
a
nd current sett in gs w ill be displayed in the
LCD monit
or and the control panel.
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....
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-
AUTO~
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The MONITORbutten controls the LCD monitor. Press the MONITOR
butten
once to hi de settings, a second ti me to tum the monitoroff, and a
third
ti me to turn the monitor on with settings showing.

Ste p 3-Ch ec k the number of exposures remaining
Th e con trol pane l and L CD mon it or s ho w the number of expo -
sures
rema ining at the c urrent im age qua li ty sett in g.
-
AUTO ~
16)
When th is number reaches zero , you w ill need to in se rt a ne w
memory card or de l ete it ems already in memory before you w ill
be able to take more photographs. lt may be possible to record
more photographs at a d if ferent im age qua li ty sett in g.
Ste p 4-Adjust camera settings
ln automatic m ode, the user ca n adju st fl ash, focu s, exposure
compe nsation, and im age qua li ty and size. Th e default sett in gs ,
w
hi ch produce the best resul ts in m ost circumstances, are a ut o-
matie
fl as h,autofocus, no exposure compen sat i on ,an im age qua lit y
of "normal," and an im age s iz e of " full " (1,600 x 1, 200 pi xe ls).
- AUTO~ r Flash (a ut o)
P '!. l 161
Th ese set tings a ll ow the ca mera to set fo cus automat i ca ll y at any
di
stance grea ter th an 30cm (one foot ). Th e ca mera me asures the
ava il ab le li ght and ad justs shutter speed and ape rture accord in gly,
firing
the fl ash to provi de add iti ona l li ght as nece ssary.
Ste p 5-Com p ose a p hotogra ph
In formati on on com pos ing photographs may be found on pages 2-
4
of the Pock et Guide.

Ste p 6-Half- p ress the shutter-release button
When the shutter -rel ease button is pressed half way , the camera
w ill automat i ca ll y adjust focus accord in g to the distance to the
subject. If the focus operat i on is successful, the green autofocus
lamp
next to the viewfi nderwi Il glow. Th e focus sett in gwi Il re main
unchanged as long as
the shutter button is half-pressed (see the
sect i on "Focus Lock" in the Fast Track Guide ). Th e zoom ratio
cannot be changed wh il e focus l ock is in effect.
If the camera is unable to determ in e the distance to the subject, the
autofocus l amp w ill b lin k rap idl y. ln this case you canuse fo cus l ock
to focus on another ob j ect at the same distance, th en re co mpose
your photograph (see the Pocket Guide ,page 4, for more in forma-
ti
on on autofocus).
Note
When using the viewfinder at ranges of less than 90cm (one 1
yard), frame your photographs using the smaller of the two
frames in the viewfinder display (thearea shaded in purple in the
1
illustration on the right).
When li ght in g is poor , the flash l amp next to the viewfinderw ill
gl ow red. If the flash is off , set the flash to "Auto" for a photo in
wh ich ob jectsw ithi n the range of the flash are full y exposed. If the
red fl ash l amp blinks, the flash is charg in g,andyou w ill need to take
your finger off the shutter - re l ease button and wa it a few seconds
before tak in g a photograph.
Ste p 7-T ake a p hotogra ph
To takea photograph , press the shutter - re l ease button al i the way
down.
Note
lfthe LCD monitor is off, you will n ot be able to take photographs when
the autofocus lamp is flashing. When the monitor is on, however,
photographs can be taken even
if the camera is not properly focused.
Check focus
in the LCD monitor before pressing the shutter-release
butten
ali the way down.

Ste p 8-Check the results
After a photograph has been taken, the
autofocus l amp w ill b lin k and an hourglass
icon (i)w
ill be di sp layed in the L CD monitor
wh il e the photograph is recorded. Before
the photograph istransferred to the memory
card, it w ill be displayed briefly in the L CD
monitor.
If the photo was taken at an im age-s iz e sett in g of " fu ll ," you can
press
the 833 button to pause the display forten seconds; shooting
can
be resumedbypressing the button aga in . If you are not pleased
with
the photograph, you can delete it before it is transferred to
memory by pressing the iiii1 button. The
dialog
at right w ill be displayed; using the
zoom buttons, se l ect YES and press the
shutter -r el ease button to erase the photo-
graph. To cont inue shooting w ith out de l et -
DEL ETE
1 IMAGE
Y ES
in g the photograph, se l ect NO and press the SET-+SH uTT E R ~
shutter -r el ease button. The photo w ill then
be saved to the memory card and the camera
w ill retum to shoot in g mode.
Notes
Do not remove the batteries while photos are being recorded to, or
deleted from, memory.
The pause and delete functions described above
are only available when
photos
are taken at an image size of ''full" (1,600 x 1,200 pixels).
The delete dialog disappears
if no action is taken for ten seconds. ln this
case
the image will be saved and the camera will return to shootingmode.
First Steps: Taking Y our First Photograph
Ste p 9-Turn the camera off
When you have finished using the camera , be sure to tum the
mode dial to OF F.
To avo
id wast in g batter ies, check that the camera is off before
putting it away.
Ste p 1 O-R ep lace the lens cap
Replace the lens cap as shown be low.
Note
The camera may become warm during use, but this does not indicate a
malfunction.

Using the Buttons (A-REC,M-REC)
This ch ap ter d eta ils so me of th e ca m era se tt ings th at ca n be
cessed wi th o ut using th e ca m era menu s: fl ash, f oc us, image
ac
qu
co
ali
ty , image size, se nsitivity, and expos u re mode. E
xpos u re
m pe nsation is covere d in th e Fast T rack Guide .
Flash Settings
The fo ll ow ing fl as h se tt ings are ava il ab le:
Setting How it works
Auto
Camera fires flash whenever lighting is poor.
AUTO ~
Flash Cancel (off)
éi)
Flash will not fire even when lighting is po or.
A
uto with red-eye Pre-flash lamp
fi res before the main flash to minimize
reduction
@
the
If
red-eye
If
effects a flash can sometimes cause.
AU T O ~
Anytime Flash
(forced on)
Flash fires wh e ne v er photo is taken.
~
Slow synchroniz ed
A uto flash combined with low shutter speed.
SLOW ~
When to use it
B est for general use.
Use where flash is prohibited or to capture natural
lighting un
der dim light. lt is a good idea to use a tripod
wh en lighting is poor, as shutter speed will be slowed.
Use
for portraits(works best if subjects are weilwithin
range
of flash and are looking directly at the camera).
Use
to "fill-in" (illuminate) a back-lit subject.
Use
to capture poorly-lit backgrounds; ideal for night-
ti me photography. Use of a tripod is advised.
Lh Important! Be fore using the fl as h, be s ur e to read th
war nin gs in For You r Safe ty. e

When the m ode dial is set to A-REC or M-RE C, the current fl as h
setting can be changed
using the button nextto the
control panel. Thesetting changes each ti methe button is pressed,
cycl ing through the different fl as h modes in the following order:
AUTO
/ ~
S L OW ~
ti)
/
@
AUTO~
Tips
When lighting is poor and the flash is set to " Off"( ®) or "Slow Synchro"
(so.ow ~). shutter speed is slowedand photos may beblurred. If possible, use
a tripod when lighting
is poor.
The built-in flash
will automatically be set to "Off' when:
•you use autofocus with a setting
of "lnfinity" (~)
•you choose a multi-shot setting of "Continuous," "16-shots" or "VGA
sequence" (an extemal
flash can still be used with these settings)
•you use best-shot selection
(BSS)
•you use lens converter (LENS) settings
•
the AE LOCK option in the M-REC menu is on
When using the flash, be sure the flash window is unobstructed.
Fl as hstatus is indi ca ted by the red fl as hlamp nextto thev iewfi nd er.
Flash lamp glows red: The camera is ready to fi re the fl as h
w
hen the shutter-release button is
full y pressed.
Flash lamp blinks:
Using an Extemal Fias
The fl as h is c hargin g. Wait until the
lamp
glows stead il y before taking a
picture.
A flash bracket (the SK-E900 Multi-Fiash Bracket Unit) is available sepa-
ratelyforconnect
ing external flash units to the COOLPIX950. When the
bracket is connected to the camera'ssynchro-flash terminal, external flash
units moun
ted on the bracket are synchronized with the camera's built-in
fla sh, increasing the size of the area illuminated and allowing sophisticated
flash techniques such as bounce-flash photography.
You can use flash
settings such as "Auto," "SlowSynchro," and
"O n" with both the external
and built-in (internai) flash units,
or you can turn the built-in flash offand
use
the extemal flash only (to tum off the built-in flash, use the CON-
TROLS item in the M-REC setup menu). When the flash is fired, the
brightness of the external and built-in flash units is controlled by the
camera.
Instructions for attaching
the optional SK-E900 flash bracketand connect-
ing external flash units may be found in the SK-E900 instruction manual.
When the SK-E900 is in place, the following Nikon flash units (available
separately) can be used: SB-28, SB-26, SB-25, SB-24,
SB-22S, and SB-22.
The use
of non-Nikon flash units is not recommended.
Once the extemalflash unit has been mounted on the flash bracketand the
bracket's lead connected to the camera's synchro-flash terminal, you are
ready to use the external flash for synchro-flash photography. Turn the
flash unit on (do not set the flash to "sta nd-by" -S TBY-as the flash may
turn off unexpectedly), set the metering mode to TTL and choose an
illuminating angle
of less than 28mm. The intensity of the light produced
by
the flash will be controlled by the camera's built-in photocell.

Focus Settings
W ith the mode dial set to A -RE C, a choi ce of three autofocus
modes is ava il ab le. ln add iti on , M-REC mode offers a se lection of
manual focus sett in gs.
Autofocus settings
Th e following autofocus sett in gs are ava il ab le in M-RECand A-REC
modes:
Setting How it works When to use it
Autofocus
NOI CO N
Camera automatically adjusts focus according to dis- Use
when subject is 30cm (1ft) or more from lens.
tance to subject
lnfinity
~
Focus is fixed at infinity. Flash is disabled. Use for photographing distant
scenes in daylight (a
manual focus setting
of"lnf' is available forwhen you
want to use the flash)
Macro Close-up Focusadjustedautomaticallyforsubjects 2cm (0.8in.)
or more from lens. Use for close-up photography.
~
When the mode dial is set to A-REC or M-REC, the autofocus
mode can be changed using the button. Th e
setting changeseach
ti me the button is pressed,c ycl ing th rough the
focus modes in the following order:
/ NO ICON (AUTO)
&
When using macro close-up, it is recommended that you frame photo-
graphs
in the LCD monit or.
Ma cro close-up can be used at ranges as short as 2cm (O.Sin.) when the
cameraiszoomed
to the middle optical zoom position. When the ca mera
is zoomed to a position suited to such close-range photography, the macro
i
co n (~) in the LCD monitor will turn yellow.
While the flash can beused with a focus m ode of" Ma cro Close-up," it may
sometimes be unable
to light the entire subject. When using the flash ,take
a test picture and verify
the results in the LCD monitor.

Ma nu al fo cus
ln M-REC mode, focus distance ca n be se -
lectedma
nu a ll yfrom a li stof preset distan ces
ranging from 0. 1m (4in .) to infinit y. To se t
focus distance ma
nu a ll y:
1 M eas ur e the distan ce to your subject.
2T um the mode dial to M- RE C.
3 T um the command dial wh il e holding
dow n the b utt on to se -
l
ec t a focus distan ce.
Not es
itAl~/~ ~ SZ M·FOCUS
+
Ata manualfocus settingofO.Im (4in.), the cameramay no tfo c us proper ly
when
zoomed out.
Wh en manuaifoc us is usedwith the lensconvertersavailabie separately for
the COOLP IX 950 , the actual focus distance may differ fr om the setting
chosen.
Check foc us in the LCD monitor when using a lens c onverter.
Focusdistan ce is displayed in th e LCD monit or ,wh il e the co nt rol
panel shows the focus distan
ce together wi th a fl as hing ~~ icon.
A sho
rt focusdistan ce ca n be u se d to focusthe ca mera on ab jects
at thesp
ec i fi ed distan cew h il e bl urr ing b ac kground deta il s. Choose
a
se tt ing of lnf f or af oc usdistan ce of i nfi nit y. Uniikethe a ut ofocus
se tt ing of lnfinity, ma nu al infinity a ll ows u se of the fl as h. Ma nu al
focus
ca n be ca nce ll ed by pr ess ing the butt on.
Foc us distance is measured from the cover that pr otects the lens.
Foc
us distance c an be shown in either meters or feet. To change the units
used,
se l ect CONTROLS from the M -REC menu. To displ ay distanc es in
feet , check the DI ST FT item and press the shutter-release butten. If this
item
is not checked, distances are displayed in meters.

Using the Self- Ti mer
T he COO L PIX 950 is equ ipped with an automat ic ti mer with t wo
settings: three seco nd s, use fu lwhen maki ng group photograph s,
a nd ten seconds, i dea l for self-portrai ts . To use the self-ti mer ,
fo ll ow these steps:
1 For self-portraits, mount the camera on a trip od (recom-
mended)
or rest it on a flat, stable surface.
2 Press the button unt il the~ icon a ppe ars in
the co ntr ol panel or L CD monitor.
3 Co mp ose the photograph.
4 Fu ll y depress the s hutter -release button to act iva te the timer.
Press
the s hutter -release button on ce for a ten -second de l ay.
For a three -second de l ay, press the shutter -release button
tw ice.
T
he red-eye reduction la mp next to the viewfinder w ill start to
b
li nk one second before the pic ture is taken.
Tips
To stop the automatic timer before a photograph is taken, tu rn the mode
dial to a different setting. The timer will stop and the indicator will
disappear from the control
panel and LCD monitor.
Using the Buttons (A-REC, M-REC): Using the Self-Timer

Image Quality and Size
The image qua li ty/ image si ze setti ng determi nes how many photo -
graphs
can be stored on a si ng le memory card. The fo ll ow i ng
combinations of image qua li ty and si ze are ava il ab l e:
Size
Quality
Full
BASIC
NORMAL
(1,600 x 1,200 FINE
pixels) Hl (M-REC only)
XGA
BASIC
(1 ,024 x 768 NORMAL
pixels) FINE
VGA
BASIC
(640 x 480
NORMAL
pixels) FINE
To choose a combination
of image qua li ty
and si ze , hold the • · button and tum the
command dial (note that an image qua li ty of
Hl isonly ava il ablewhen the mode dial isset
to M-REC). Image qua li ty and size are
di
sp layed in the control panel and L CD
moni tor (no icon for image size indicates a
setting
of 1,600 x 1,200).
Approx. No.
Photos/card
(8MB)
32
16
8
1
78
39
19
200
100
50
+
Image Quality
At setti ngs of BASIC, NORMAL, and FI NE, the camera uses JP EG
compression
to reduce the amount of memory required to store
photographs.
JP EG compression resu l ts in a s li ght l oss in image
qua
li ty , wh i ch grows more not iceable at highercompression ratios.
The difference in qua
li ty is ill ustrated below:
BA SIC
(high compression) NORMAL
(medium compression)
\ \ \ \
FINE
(l ow compression)
Wh il e a setti ng of NORMAL represents the best trade- off be-
tween
memory and image quaii ty in most cases ,a setti ng of BASIC
can be used to save memory. A setti ng of FI NE is su itable for
photographs that w ill be enlarged or printed at hi gh resolution.
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Photographs taken at an image qua li ty sett ing of Hl are stored in
uncompressed TIF F format and show no loss in qua li ty. An 8MB
memory card is however suffici ent to store on ly one such photo -
graph
at atime. To take photographs at an image i ty of H1, tum
the mode di al to M- REC. then ho ld down the button and
tum the command dial until Hl is di sp layed in the contro l panel.
Image Size
Use the image si ze sett ing to adjust the si ze of photographs to suit
your purposes. The default si ze of 1, 600 x 1, 200 pi xe ls is sui tab le
for pri nting images at high resol ut i ons or forv i ew ing fine deta il s on
a computer. Sma ll er sizes can be used to save space on the
memory card orto shoot photos dest ined for di sp lay on web pages
or on sma ll er computer mon itors.
Not e
Hl image qua l ity is not avai l ab le ata mu lti-shot(CONTINUOUS) setting of
"16-shots" orwhen BSS is on(see the Pock.etGuide, "Taking Photographs").
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Sensitivity
ln A-REC mode , automat ic ga in contro l is used to produce
sensitivi ty roughly equ ival ent to ISO 80 fi l m. ln M- REC mode ,you
can
choose a fixed va l ue for sens itivi ty equ ival ent to an ISO rat ing
of 1 00 , or increase sensitivi ty further by a factor of +1.0 or +2.0.
lncreasi
ng sensitivi ty reduces the ti me needed to make an expo -
sure,a
ll ow ing increased shutterspeed. This can be used to reduce
biurring caused camera mot i on when li ght i ng is po or , orto "freeze"
mov ing objects. To increase sensitivity:
1 T um the mode di al to M-RE C. -
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2 Hold down the button and
tum the command di al to se l ect the de -
sired sensitivity.
Choos i ng a va l ue of dEF +
restores norma lsensitivi ty ,roughly equ iva-
l
entto ISO 80. T he chosen settingw ill be
di sp layed in the contro l pane l wh il e the
button is he ld down.
At sett ings otherthan dEF , a~ i con appears in the contro l pane l
and L CD mon itor.
No te
A sl ight amou nt of noise may appear in photostaken at setti ngs ether than
" dEF ."

Exposure Mode
When the mode dialis set to M-REC,you can choosean exposure
mode from the fo ll ow i ng opt ions:
Setting
Program
p
How it works
Camera automatically sets shutter speed and aper-
ture to produce the best exposure.
Y
ou choose the aperture (f-number) using the cam-
Aperture Priority mand
dial. Shutter speed is set automatically by the
A
Shutter Priority
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camera.
Choose the shutter speed using the command dial.
Aperture is set automatically by the camera.
When to use it
Best for general use.
A wide aperture (low f-number) can
be used to blu
details of the background. A sm ali aperture (high f-
number ) brings both your subject and the back-
ground into focus.
Use a
high shutter speed to freeze a fast-moving
subject. Lower shutter speeds can be used to blu
moving objects, suggesting motion.
ln A-REC
mode , the camera is automat ica ll y set to Program.
sel ect another exposure mode:
1Tum the mode dial to M-RE C.
To 2 Hold down the •· buttonand tum the
commanddial to sel ect an exposuremode.
The chosen mode w ill be indicated by an
icon in the control paneland L CD mon i-
tor. +
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Aperture Priority
An exposure mode of Aperture Priority a ll ows you to choose an
aperture
sett i ng from three pre - determ ined f- va lues. To choose
a va lue for aperture:
1 Set the exposure mode to Aperture Pri -R
or i ty.
2Tum the command dial to choose an
aperture
sett i ng (if the aperture sett i ng
does not change when you rotate the
command dial, press the button
and
then turn the command dialagai n).
T he chosen f- numberw ill be shown in the controlpaneland L CD
monitor. Note that in addition to increasi ng focus depth , small
apertures (h igh f-numbers) produce l ower shutter speeds. Larger
apertures (low f-numbers) can
be used to bl ur background details
and also increase
the effecti ve range of the flash.
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Shutter Priority
Wh en the exposure mode is Shutter Priority, shutter speed can be
chosen from sett i ngs rangi ng from 1
/500 sec.
to Bsec. To set the
shutter speed:
1 Set the exposure mode to Shutter Pri or -5
ity.
2 Turn the command dial to choose a
shutter speed (if the shutter speed does
not change when you rotate the com -
mand di
al , press the button and
then
tum the command di al again).
T
he s hutter speed w ill be shown in the control panel and L CD
monitor. ln the control panel, fractions of a second are shown
wi
thout a numerator, wi th the result that a speed of
1
/2 sec. is
shown as 2, a
speed of
1
/4 sec. as 4, etc.
Note that hi gh shutter
speeds result in large apertures.

Using the Buttons (PLAY)
This ch ap ter describes the fo ll ow in g playback func ti o ns :
• vi
ew in g photographs
•
de l et in g un wa nted photographs indi vi dua ll y
Th ese functions ca n be accessed us in g the z oo m (YW!T ..â. )
buttons , the co mmand dial, and the three buttons be l ow the
control panel. The opt ions ava il ab le in the playback menu are
described in the fo ll ow in g c hapter .
Fo
ll ow these steps to vi ew or de l ete photographs stored on the
mem ory card:
By default, onlyphotographs in the current folder are displayed in playback
mode. To select
another fol der for viewi ng, or to viewphotos in ali folders,
use
the FOLDERS item in the playbackmenu (see "The Camera Menu s: The
Playback Menu," below).
If there are no photographs in the current folder, the message, "card
contains
no image data" will be displayed. Select another fol der u si ng the
FOLDERS item in the playback menu. If there are no photographs in any
folder, you
will beable to use the playback menu (see below). but you will
not be able to play images back.
Photographs selected
for full-size display are shown briefly at low resolu-
tion while they
are being read from memory. This feature allows you to
page rapid ly th rough the photographs in memory without waiting for every
item
to be displayed at full resolution. Before the image is displayed at full
resolution, the screen will briefly go black.
The first and last photographs in memory are linked. Pressing the T/Jt.
butten when
the last photo in memory is selected takes you to the first
photo ;pressing the W fT buttenwh en the first photo is selectedtakesy ou
to the last photo.
Using the Buttons (PLAY)
1 T um the mode dial to PLA Y. Th e m ost A
recent ly recorded im agewi Il be di sp layed -
in the LCD monitor. PVoV . ~® ·m
2 Vi ew the other photos in memory one at a t im e, or se l ect the
photo you wa nt to vi ew from a menu of previ ew im ages.
• To view photos one at a ti me:
Use the zoom ( ""f W!T ..â. ) buttons to vi ew photos one at a
time . Press the z oo m-o ut (W/ ""f ) button to vi ew photo -
graphs
recorded before the c urrent photo , or press the
zoom -in (T/ ..â. ) button to vi ew im ages recorded after the
c urrent photo. Hold e ith erbutton down to scro ll qu ic kl y to
a part icular fra me number w ith out vi ew in g interven in g
photos.
Th e photograph di sp layed w ill not change, but the
frame number at the bottom ri g ht comer of the LCD
mo nit orw i Il increase or decrease rap idl y. Relea se the z oo m
button when the des ired fra me num ber is reached to di sp lay
the photo.
The MONITOR butten controls the LCD monitor. Press the MONITOR
butten once to hide photo information,a second ti me to turn the monitor
off, and a third time to tu rn the monitor on with information showing.