Nikon COOLPIX P100 User manual

Nikon
DIGITAL CAMERA
COOLPI,2"C PIO0
User's Manual

Users of PictBridge compatible (J_[_198) printers can connect the camera directly
to the printer and print pictures without using acomputer. The steps for printing
are as follows.
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k_ Notes on Power Source
• When connecting the camera to a printer, use a fully charged battery to prevent the camera from
turning off unexpectedly.
• The AC Adapter EH 62A (available separately from Nikon) can be used to power the camera using an
electrical outlet, Do not, under any circumstances, use another make or model of AC adapter. Failure to
observe this precaution could result in overheating or in damage to the camera,
_1_ Printing Pictures
In addition to printing pictures transferred to a computer and printing over a direct ca mera to printer
connection _r images recorded in the memory card, the _llowing options are also available for
printing pictures:
• insert a memory card into a DPOF compatible printer's card slot.
• Take a memory card to a digital photo lab.
For printing using these methods, sped_ the pictures and the number of prints each using the
Print set (_108) option in the playback menu.

Connecting the Camera and Printer
1 Turn offthe camera. T_ \
2Turn on the printer.
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3Connect the camera to the printer using the supplied USB cable. _.
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_1_ Connecting the USBCable
When connecting the USBcabb, be sure that the connectors are oriented correctly. Do not use _rce when
connecting the USB cable. When disconnecting the USB cable, do not pull the connector at an angle,
_1_ lithe PictBridge Screen is not Displayed
Turn off the camera and disconnect the USB cahie, Set Charge by computer (_ 168) in the camera's
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[] More Information
See "Printing images of Size 1:1" (_78) for more information.
Printing Pictures One at a Time
After connecting tile camera to tile printer correctly ([_147), print pictures by
following the procedure below.
_. 1 Use the multi selector to choosethe picture to
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• Picturescanalsobechosenby rotating thecommand
__ dial.
o • Rotatethezoom control to W(_;;_)to display12
"_ thumbnails,or to T (q)to switch backto full frame
playback.
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2Choose Copies and press the _) button.
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3Choose the number of copies (up to nine) and
press the _) button.
4 Choose Paper size and press the _) button.
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5Choose the desired paper size and press the
_) button.
• To specify paper size using printer settings, choose
Default in the paper size menu.
6Choose Start print and press the _) button.
7Printing starts.
• Monitor displayreturnsto that shown in step 1when
printing iscompWete.
• Tocancd beforeaHcopieshavebeenprinted, pressthe
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Printing Multiple Pictures
After connecting tile camera to tile printer correctly ([_147), print pictures by
following the procedure below.
1When the Print selection screen is displayed,
press the MI:NUbutton.
• ThePrint menu isdispWayed.
2Use the multi selector to choose Paper size
and press the _) button.
• Toexitthe print menu, pressthe MENUbutton.
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3Choose the desired paper size and press the
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• To specify paper size using printer settings, choose
Default in the paper size menu.
4Choose Print selection, Print all images or
DPOF printing and press the _) button.
Print selection
Choose the pictures (up to a maximum of 99) and
number of copies (up to nine per picture).
• Press the muWtiselector _ or i_ to choose the
pictures, and press • or • to set the number
of copies for each.
• Pictures can aJso be chosen by rotating the
command dial.
• Pictures sdected for printing can be
recognized by the check mark icon and the
numeraJ indicating the number of copies to be printed. A check mark is not
dispJayed with pictures for which no copies have been specified and these
pictures will not be printed.
• Rotate the zoom control to T (0_)to switch to full-frame playback, or W (_;_)
to switch to 12 thumbnails dispJay.
• Press the _) button when setting is complete.
• The menu shown at right wilJ be dispJayed. To
print, choose Start print and press the _)
button.
• Choose Cancel and press the _) button to
return to the print menu.
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Print all images
All pictures stored in tile internal memory, or on
the memory card, are printed one at a time.
• The menu shown at right will be displayed. To
print, choose Start print and press the _)
button.
• Choose Cancel and press the _) button to
return to the print menu.
DPOF printing
Print pictures for which a print order was created
in Print set option ([_108).
• The menu shown at right will be displayed. To
print, choose Start print and press the _)
button.
• Choose Cancel and press the _) button to
return to the print menu.
• To view the current print order, choose View
images and press the _) button. To print
pictures, press the _) button again.
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• Monitor display returns to that shown in step 2 when
printing is compWete.
• To cancd before all co )ies have been printed, press the
_) button.
Current print/total
number of prints
[] Paper Size
The camera supports the following paper sizes: Default (the default paper size for the current
printer), 3.5x5 in., 5x7 in., 100x150 mm, 4x6 in., 8x10 in., Letter, A3, and A4, Only sizes
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The setup menu contains the following options.
I,i_l Welcome screen [_154
Choose whether or not to display the welcome screen on the monitor when the
camera is turned on.
_ Date
Set camera clock and choose home and destination time zones.
II-ll Monitor settings [_]158
Adjust post shooting image review and monitor brightness settings,
[] Date imprint ........ _[_]159
Imprint the date on pictures.
_} Vibration reduction [_[ZJ160
Choose whether or not vibration reduction is enabled when shooting still pictures.
_ Motion detection [_[ZJ162
Enable motion detection to reduce the effects of camera shake and subject
movement when shooting still pictures.
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Enable or disable AF assist illumination.
_,_ Red-eye reduction E_]163
Choose the red-eye reduction method when the flash mode is auto
with red eye reduction.
[] Digital zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
Sound settings
Adjust sound settings.
Auto off [_]! 65
Set time before camera enters standby mode to save power,
I_/_ Format memory/Format card
Format internal memory or memory card.
iU Language [_]167
Choose language used for camera monitor display.
I_ TV settings [_]167
Adjust settings necessary for connection to TV.
Charge by computer [_]168
Choose whether or not the battery is charged when the camera is
connected to a computer via USB cable.
Blink warning [_]169
Choose whether or not to detect blinking eyes when shooting
pictures using face priority,
[] Reset all [_ZJ171
Restore camera settings to default values.

I_l Resetfilenumbering J_]lZ4
Resetthefilenumbering.
Vg[ Firmwareversion _[:]174
Displaycamerafirmwareversion.
Displaying the Setup Menu
Switch to the Y tab in the menu screen.
1 Press the MENUbutton to display the
menu screen. _.
2Press _ on the multi selector.
• Tabwill beselectable.
•See"TileMulti Selector"(_]12).
3Press • or • to select the Y tab. illl
4Press i_ or the _) button.
• The setup menu items will be sdectable.
• Press tile multi selector to select items and set functions
on menus (_]]12).
• To exit the setup menu, press tile MENUbutton or press •
and switch to another tab.
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I_1 Welcome Screen
Press the MENUbutton ") V (Setup menu) (_153) -') Welcome screen
Choose whether or not to display the welcome screen on the monitor when the
cameraisturned on.
None (default setting)
Displays the shooting or playback screen without displaying the welcome screen.
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Displays the welcome screen before displaying the shooting or playback screen,
select an image
Select a picture that you have shot to display as the welcome screen. Display the
picture selection screen, choose a picture (_112), and press the _) button to
register it.
• As tile selected picture is stored in the camera, tile picture will appear in tile
welcome screen even if the original picture is deleted.
• Pictures shot with Image size ([_76) of [_ 3648x2432, _3584x2016, and
[_ 2736x2736 cannot be stored.
• Pictures reduced to 160x120 or smaller using small picture editing (_124) and
cropping (_126), cannot be selected.
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Date
Press the MENUbutton "_ III (Setup menu) (_153) -'_ Date
Set tile camera's internal clock.
Date
Set camera clock to the current date and time.
Use the multi selector to set the date and time.
• Highlight an item (day, month, year, hour, minute, and the order in which day,
month, and year are displayed): Press• or I_.
• Edit the highlighted item: Press• or V.
• Finish setting: After selecting the order in which the day, month, and year are
displayed, press the _) button (_[_23).
Timezone
(home time zone) can be specified and daylight saving enabled or disabled from
time zone options.
When _ (travel destination) is selected, the time difference (_ 157)from the home
time zone (_') is automatically calculated and the date and time in the selected
region are recorded. Useful when travelling.
Setting the Travel Destination Time Zone
1Use the multi selector to choose Time zone
and press the _) button.
• The Time zone screen is displayed.
2Choose _I_ Travel destination and press the
_]_ button.
• The date and time displayed on the monitor changes
according to the region currently selected.
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3 Press i_.
• Thetime zoneselection screenisdisplayed.
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4Press _ or i_ to choose the travel destination
time zone.
• When using the camera in an area where daylight
saving time is in effect, press • to set the clock to
daylight saving time. When daylight saving time is
turned on, the _., icon is displayed and the clock
advances by one hour. To turn off the daylight saving
time option, press V.
• Press the _) button to choose the travel destination
time zone.
• While the travel destination time zone is selected, the
icon will be displayed in the monitor when the
camera is in shooting mode.
_1_ The Clock Battery
The camera's internal clock uses a different battery from the camera's battery. The clock battery
charges when the main battery is installed or the AC adapter is connected, and _rovides several days
of clock battery power after about ten hours of charging.
[] _" (HomeTime Zone)
• To switch to the home time zone, choose 1_ Home time zone in step 2 and )tess the _ button.
• To change the home time zone, choose "_" Home time zone in step 2 and perform the steps for
Travel destination to set the home time zone.
[] Daylight SavingTime
When daylight saving time starts or ends, turn on or off the daylight saving time option from the time
zone selection screen displayed in step 4.
[] Imprinting the Date on Pictures
After setting the date and time, set the Date imprint setting in the setup menu (_ 15g). Once Date
ij_ imprint is set, the shooting date and time car/be imprinted on the pictures.

[] Time Zones
The camera supports the time zones listed below.
Fortime differences not )istedbelow, setthe camera clock using Date.
_:_T_]W-'_:':"'°_!!°° _atio-'-7 .... UTC+/- °_°_ati°o_
11 Midway, Samoa
10 Hawaii, Tahiti
-9 Alaska, Anchorage
-8 PST(PDT): Los Angeles,
Seattle, Vancouver
-7 MST (MDT): Denver, Phoenix
-6 CST(CDT): Chicago,
Houston, Mexico City
-5 EST(EDT): New York,
Toronto, Lima
-4.5 Caracas
-4 Manaus
-3 Buenos Aires, %0 Paulo
-2 Femando de Noronha
-1 Azores
+0 London, Casablanca
+1 Madrid, Paris,Berlin
+2 Athens, Helsinki, Ankara
+3 Moscow, Nairobi, Riyadh,
Kuwait, Manana
+4 Abu Dhabi, Dubai
+5 Islamabad, Karachi
+5.5 New Delhi
+6 Colombo, Dhaka
+7 Bangkok, Jakarta
+8 Beijing, Hong Kong,
Singapore
+9 Tokyo, Seoul
+10 Sydney, Guam
+11 New Caledonia
+12 Auckland, FUi
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lUl Monitor Settings
Press the MENUbutton ") V (Setup menu) (_153) --) Monitor settings
Change tile settings for tile options below.
Image review
On (default setting): Picture isautomatically displayed in the monitor immediately
after it istaken and the monitor display returns to shooting
mode.
Off: Picture is not displayed after it is taken.
Brightness
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness. The default setting is 3.
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[] Date Imprint
Press the MENUbutton _ V (Setup menu) (_153) _ Date imprint
The shooting date and time can be imprinted in
pictures atthe time of shooting.This information can be
printed even from printers that do not support printing
of date and time (l_[_10%.
Off (default setting)
Date and time are not imprinted in pictures.
Date
The date is imprinted in pictures.
Date and time
The date and time are imprinted in pictures.
At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting isdisplayed in the
monitor ([_[_8).
_1_ Notes on Date Imprint
• Imprinted dates cannot be deleted from the image, nor car/dates be imprinted after the picture
has been taken,
• Dates cannot be imprinted in the following situations.
When Night landscape, Museum, Backlit scene HDR or Panorama assist is selected for
scene mode
When Continuous H, Continuous L or BSS is selected for the Continuous setting (_86)
When Auto bracketing (_89) is used
When Smile timer or Blink proof (_58) in smart portrait is set to On
When sport continuous mode is selected
During movie recording
• Dates imprinted at Image size (_76) setting of,VIA, 640x480 may be difficult to read, Choose
E_ 1024x768 or larger when using date imprint,
• The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu's Date option (_22, 1SS).
[] Date Imprint and Print Set
When printing from DPOF compatible printers that support printing of shooting date and photo
information, the date and information can be printed on pictures without the date and time being
imprinted on them, using options in the Print set menu (_108).
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_11_Vibration Reduction
Press the MENUbutton _ V (Setup menu) (_153) _ Vibration reduction
Specify the vibration reduction setting for taking still pictures. Correct blur, caused
by slight []and movement known as camera shake, that commonly occurs when
shooting with zoom applied or at slow shutter speeds.
When tile camera is stabilized for still picture shooting with a tripod, set vibration
reduction to Off.
On(hybrid)
Records with optical compensation for camera shake during still picture recording
using the image sensor shift method, and under the following conditions, also
)erforms electronic VR using image enhancement.
When the flash does not fire
When the shutter speed is slower than 1/60 second
When the self timer is off
When Single is selected for the Continuous setting
When Off is selected for the Auto bracketing setting
When the ISOsensitivity is 200 or less
On (default setting)
Compensates for camera shake during still picture recording using the image
sensor shift method. Camera automatically detects the panning direction and only
corrects for vibration due to camera shake.
When the camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reduction only
reduces vertical shake. If camera is panned vertically, vibration reduction only
compensates for horizontal shake.
off
Vibration reduction is not enabled.
When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed during
shooting (when Off is selected, an icon for tile current setting is not displayed)
(1_8, 27).
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[] Compensating Movies with Electronic VR
To reduce the effects of camera shake when recording movies, enable Electronic VR (_136) from
the movie menu (_132),

Notes on Vibration Reduction
It may take a few seconds to activate vibration red uction after the power is turned on or the ca mera
enters shooting mode from playback mode. Wait until the display stabilizes he.re shooting,
Due to characteristics of the vibration reduction function, images displayed in the camera's
monitor immediately after shooting may appear blurry.
Vibration reduction may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of camera shake in some
situations,
When the camera shake is extremely high or low, picture corn pensation with electronic VR may not
be possible even when On (hybrid) is set,
When the shutter speed is fast or extremely slow, electronic VR may not operate even when On
(hybrid) is set,
When electronic VR in On (hybrid) operates, saving the picture takes longer than nom]al, because
when the picture is shot, the shutter is released twice automatically to perform picture
compensation, Shutter sound (_165) only sounds once. Only one frame is recorded,
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_-_ Motion Detection
Press the MENUbutton ") V (Setup menu) (_153) --) Motion detection
Enable motion detection to reduce the effects of camera shake and sub]ect
movement when shooting still pictures.
Auto
When tile camera detects the movement of the subject or camera shake, the ISO
sensitivity is raised and the shutter speed is increased to reduce their effects.
However, motion detection does not function in tile following situations.
• When the fill flash fires
• In the following scene modes: Night portrait, Dusk/dawn, Night landscape,
Museum, Fireworks show and Backlight
• When shooting modes P,S,A, M orUisused
• When subject tracking mode is selected.
• When sport continuous mode is selected.
Off idefault setting)
Motion detection will not be applied.
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The motion detection icon will glow green when the camera detects any vibration
and increases the shutter speed. When Off is selected, the icon for the current
setting is not displayed.
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Notes on Motion Detection
• Motion detection may be unable to completely reduce effects of camera shake and subject
movement in some situations,
• Motion detection may not function if the subject exhibits significant movement or is too dark.
• The pictures taken may become grainy.

-'Ill AF Assist
Press the MENUbutton "_ V (Setup menu) (_153) -_ AF assist
Enable or disable the AF-assist illumination that assists the auto focus when the
lighting is poor.
Auto (default setting)
AF assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is
poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 10 m (32 ft.) at the maximum wide
angle position and about 3.5 m (11 ft.) at the maximum telephoto position.
However, note that for some focus areas or scene modes, the AF-assist illuminator
may not light even if Auto is set.
Off
Disable this func:tion. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.
_) Red-eye reduction
Press the MENUbutton "_ V (Setup menu) (_153) -_ Red-eye reduction
Choose the red eye reduction method when the flash mode ([_]]34) is _@ (auto
with red-eye redclction).
Pre-flash 0n (defa ult setting)
The flash repeatedly fires pre flashes at low intensity before the main flash to reduce
the red eye effect, and it then performs the red eye reduction process using picture
compensation.
The time from when the shutter-release button is pressed to when the shutter is
actually released is longer than normal.
Pre-flash 0ff
Pre flashes will not fire.The shutter is released immediately when the shutter-release
button isfully pressed, and the red-eye reduction process isperformed using picture
compensation.
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[] Digital Zoom
Press the MENUbutton _ V (Setup menu) (_153) _ Digital zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
On (default setting)
When the camera iszoomed in to the maximum opdcal zoom position, rotating and
holding the zoom control at T (00 triggers digital zoom (_[_]29).
crop
Limit zoom magnification up to the position of _ (except when shooting a movie).
Also limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality of shot still pictures does
not deteriorate.
The digital zoom is not available when the image size is _ 3648x2736, E_
3264x2448, [_ 3648x2432, I_ 3584x2016 or I"1,I 2736x2736
Digital zoom will not be activated (except when shooting a movie).
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_1_ Notes on Digital Zoom
• When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (_90).
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations
When the focus mode (_38) is set to MF (manual focus)
When Portrait, Night portrait, Night landscape, Fireworks show or Backlit scene HDR is
selected for scene mode
When scene auto selector mode is selected
When smart portrait mode is selected
When subject tracking mode is selected
When Multi-shot 16 is selected for the Continuous (_86) setting
• At magnifications of 12× to 1 8x, Metering is set to Center-weighted, and at magnifications of
20x to 40x, it is set to Spot