Nikon COOLPIX S6500 User manual

Nikon
DIGITAL CAMERA
COOLPI.X $6500
Reference Manual

Reference Section
Tile Reference Section provides detailed information and hints about using tile camera.
Shooting
Using Easy Panorama (Shooting and Playback) .............................................. _2
Playback
Favorite Pictures Mode ............................................................................................. _6
Auto Sort Mode ......................................................................................................... _10
List by Date Mode .................................................................................................... _12
Viewing and Deleting Images Captured Continuously (Sequence) ...... _13
Editing Still Images .................................................................................................. _16
Connecting the Camera to a TV (Viewing Images on a TV) ....................... _26
Connecting the Camera to a Printer (Direct Print) ....................................... _29
Editing Movies ........................................................................................................... _38
Menu
The Shooting Menu (for I_ (Auto) Mode) ...................................................... _40
The Smart Portrait Menu ........................................................................................ _57
The Playback Menu .................................................................................................. _60The Movie Menu ....................................................................................................... _74 _
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The Setup Menu ........................................................................................................ _82
Additional Information
File and Folder Names ......................................................................................... _'_111
Optional Accessories ............................................................................................ _113
Error Messages ....................................................................................................... _114

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Shooting with Easy Panorama
Enter shooting mode -) _ (shooting mode) button -) _ (second icon from the top*)
-) i_ -) A, V, 4, i_ -') _ (easy panorama) -) _) button
The icon of the last scene selected is displayed.
1Choose Normal (180 °) or Wide (360 °) as the ..........
shooting rangeand pressthe _) button. I I
• When the camera is readied in the horizontal position, the I I
image size (width × height) is as follows,
Normal (180°): 4800 x 920 when moved horizontally, I I
1536 X 4800 when moved vertically I I
Wide (360°): 9600 x 920 when moved horizontally, 1536 x [ J
9600 when moved vertically
When the camera is readied in the vertical position, the direction and the width and height
are switched.
2 Frame the first edge of the panorama scene,
and then press the shutter-release button
halfway to focus.
• The zoom position is fixed at the maximum wide angle
position.
• A grid is displayed in the monitor,
• The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
• Exposure compensation (_64) can be set.
• If the focus and exposure are not correct, try using focus lock (_77},
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3Press the shutter-release button all the way,
and then remove your finger from the
shutter-release button.
• _)is displayed to indicate the direction of camera
movement.
shooting ends. Guide
Example of camera movement
•The operator, without shifting position, moves the camera horizontally or vertically in an
arc so that the guide travels from one edge to the other.
• Shooting stops ifthe guide does not reach the edge within about 1Sseconds (when
Normal (180 °) is selected) or within about 30 seconds (when Wide (360 °) is selected)
after shooting starts. _-B3
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_1_ Notes About Easy Panorama Shooting
•The range of the image seen in the saved image will be narrower than that seen in the monitor at
the time of shooting,
• If the camera is moved too quickly or shaken too much, or if the subject is too uniform (e,g. walls or
darkness), an error may occur.
• if shooting is stopped before the camera reaches the halfway point in the panorama range, a
panorama image is not saved,
• if more than half of the panorama range is captured but shooting ends before reaching the edge
of the range, the range not captured is recorded and displayed in gray.
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Viewing Images Captured with Easy Panorama
Switch to playback mode ([_]]32), display an image captured
using easy panorama in full-frame playback mode, and then
press the _) button to display the short edge of the image
using the entire monitor and automatically move (scroll) the
displayed area.
• The image scrolls in the direction that was used when
shooting.
Playback controls are displayed at the top of the monitor
during playback. Press the multi selector _ or _ to choose a
control, and then press the _) button to perform the following
operations.
_°°_'i'U'Functi_'_"_'n'_ [_lc'o_ _° Descriptio'n ....
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Rewind i""""""U..................Hold down the Q button to scroll backward quickly.
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Advance ru ..................HolddowntheQ buttontoscrollforwardquickly.
The following operations can be performed while playback is
paused using the controls displayed at the top in the monitor.
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Pause [ []
End _ Switch to full frame playback mode.
_1_ Notes About Easy Panorama Scroll Playback
The COOLPIX$6500 may not be able to scroll the playback of, or zoom in on, easy panorama images
captured with another make or model of digital camera.

Youcansortyourimages(exceptmovies)intoninealbumsandaddthemasfavoritepictures
(addedimagesarenotcopiedormoved).Afteryouaddimagestoalbums,youcanchooseto
playbackonlytheaddedimagesbyusingfavoritepicturesmode.
• Bycreatingalbumsforcertainsubjectsorevents,youcanfindyourfavoriteimageseasily.
• Thesameimagecanbeaddedtomultiplealbums.
• Upto200imagescanbeaddedtoeachalbum.
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Adding Images to Albums
Press the ]-_'1button (playback nqode) _ MEN[Jbutton -_ Favorite pictures -_ _) button
• Images cannot be added to albums in favorite pictures playback mode.
1Press the multi selector _ or i_ to choose an
image and press • to display t_11,
• You can add D to multiple images.To remove 1_1,press
V,
• Rotate the zoom control (_3) to 1" (C{)to switch back to
full frame playback or W (_;;_ to six image thumbnail
display,
• Pressthe _) button to display the album selection screen,
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_I Use the multi selector to select the desired
album and press the _ button.
• The selected images ate added and the camera switches to
the playback menu,
• To add the same image to multiple albums, repeat from
step l,
Playing Back Images in Albums
Press the I_] button mode) --_ [] button -_ _ Favorite
(playback
Use the multi selector to select an album and then press the
_) button to play back the images that have been added to
tile selected album.
• Tile following operations are available from tile album
selection screen.
MENU button: Changes tile album icon (_g).
"_ button: Deletes all images in tile selected album.
• When viewing images in fu]Pframe playback mode or
thumbnail playback mode, press tile MENUbutton to select a
feature from tile favorite pictures menu (_84).
_1_ NotesAbout Deletion
If an image is deleted while using favorite pictures mode, the image will not only be removed from
the album, but the corresponding image file will also be permanently deleted from the internal
memory or the memory card.
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Removing Images from Albums
Enter _ Favorite pictures mode -) select tile album containing the image you want to
remove -_ _) button -_ MENU button -) Remove from favorites -) _) button
1Press the multi selector _ or i_ to choose an
image and press • to hide t_11.
• You can hide the D icons for multiple images. To display
the icons again, press V.
• Rotate the zoom control (_3) to T (% to switch back to
full frame playback or W(_;i_ to six image thumbnail
display,
• Press the _) button to display a removal confirmation
screen.
2Select Yes and press the _ button.
• To cancel removal, select No.
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Changing the Favorites Album Icon
Press the I%'1 button (playback nqode) -_ F_l button -_ L_II Favorite pictures -_ _ button 1
1 Usethe multi selector to select an album and pressthe MENUbutton.
2Press _ or _ to select an icon color and press
the _) button.
3Press A, V, 4, or i_ to select an icon and
press the I_) button.
• The icon changes and the monitor display returns to the
list of albums screen,
_1_ Notes About Album Icons
• Set the album icons separately for the internal memory and for the memory card,
• To change the album icons for the internal memory, first remove the memory card from the
camera,
• The default setting for the icon is the number icon (black),
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Images are automatically sorted into categories, such as portraits, landscapes, and movies.
Press the I-_'1button mode) _' [] button -_ _ Auto sort _' _) button
(playback
Use the multi selector to select a category and then press the
_) button to play back the images in the selected category.
• The following operation is available while the category
selection screen isdisplayed.
button: Deletes all images in the selected category.
• When viewing images in full-frame playback mode or
thumbnail playback mode, press the MENUbutton to select a
feature from the auto sort menu (_84).
Auto Sort Mode Categories
Option Description
[] Smile Images captured in smart portrait mode (_53) with the smile timer
setting set to On (single), On (continuous}, or On (BSS)
Images captured in O (auto) mode (_26) with facedetection
(_73)
Images captured in Portrait _,Night portrait _,Party/indoor, or
Portraits Backlighting _scene mode (_40)
images captured in smart portrait mode (_53) with the smile timer
setting set to Off
fll Food Images captured in Food scene mode (_40)
[] Landscape Images captured in Landscape _scene mode (_40)
Images captured in Night landscape _,Sunset, Dusk/dawn, or
[] Dusk to dawn Fireworks show scene mode (_40)
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Option Description
Close-ups Images captured in I_1 (auto) mode with macro mode (_62)
Images captured in Close-up _ scene mode (_40)
Pet portrait Images captured in Pet portrait (_48) scene mode
4J_ Movie Movies (_96).
Retouched copies Copies created using editing functions (_16)
All other images that cannot be defined by the categories described
I_] Other scenes above
images captured in scene auto selector scene mode (_41) are also sorted into the appropriate
categories,
_1_ Notes About Auto Sort Mode
•Up to 999 images and movie flies can be sorted into each category in auto sort mode, If999
images or movies have already been sorted into a specific category, new images and movies
cannot be sorted into that category nor can they be displayed in auto sort mode, You can play
back images and movies that could not be sorted into a category by using normal playback mode
(_32) or list by date mode (_'_ 12).
• images and movies copied from the internal memory to a memory card, or vice versa, cannot be
played back in auto sort mode (_71).
• images or movies saved by a camera other than the COOLPIX $6500 cannot be played back in
auto sort mode,
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Press the [] button mode) -_ [] button -_ _!I List date -_ _) button
(playback by
Use the multi selector to select a date and then press the _)
button to play back the images captured on the selected date.
•Tile first image that was captured on the selected date is
displayed.
• Tile following operations are available while tile shooting
date selection screen is displayed.
MENU button: You can select one of tile following
functions in the list by date menu (_84) and apply it to
all images captured on the selected date.
print order, slide show, protect
"_ button: Deletes all images captured on tile selected date.
• When viewing images in full frame playback mode or thumbnail playback mode, press the
MENUbutton to select a feature from tile list by date menu (_84).
• Calendar display (_81) cannot be used in list by date mode.
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_1_ Notes About List by Date Mode
• Up to 29 dates can be selected, If images exist for mote than 29 dates, all images saved earlier than
most recent 29 dates will be combined under Others.
• The 9,000 most recent images can be displayed in list by date mode.
• images captured when the camera's date is not set are treated as images captured on January 1,
2013,
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Viewing Images in a Sequence
Each series of images captured using tile following settings is saved in a sequence.
•IPl (auto) mode (_38)
Continuous H
Continuous L
Pre shooting cache
Continuous H: 120 fps
Continuous H: 60 fps
• Scene mode(_40)
Sports
Pet portrait (when Continuous is selected)
• Smart portrait mode (_S3)
When Smile timer is set to On
(continuous)
By default, only the first image of a sequence (key picture) is
displayed to represent the images in the sequence in full
frame playback mode or thumbnail playback mode (_81).
• When only the key picture is displayed for a sequence, the
image cannot be zoomed in on.
When only the key picture is displayed for a sequence, press
the _) button to display each image in a sequence
individually.
• To display the previous or next image, press the multi
selector • or Ib-.
• To return to key picture only display, press the multi selector
A
• To display images in a sequence as thumbnails, set
Sequence display options to Individual pictures in the
playback menu (_73).

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_1_ Sequence Display Options
•Select Sequence display options (_73) in the playback menu to set all sequences to be
displayed using their key pictures or to display them as individual images.
• images captured continuously with cameras other than the COOLPIX $6500 cannot be displayed
as a sequence.
[] Changing Key Picture in Sequence
A sequence's key picture can be changed using Choose key picture (_73) in the playback menu,
[] Playback Menu Options Available When Using Sequence
VVhen the MENU button is pressed, the following menu operations are available for the images in that
sequence.
Quick retouch I (6"_20)
Glamour retouch 1 (6"_21)
Slide show (6"_64)
Rotate image 1 (6"_68)
Voice memo 1 (6"_69)
Sequence display options (6"_73)
Favorite pictures 2 (6"_6)
D Lighting 1 (6"_20)
Print order 2 (6"_60)
Protect 2 (6"_65)
Small picture 1 (6"_23)
Copy 2 (6"_71)
Choose key picture (6"_73)
This operation is not available when only a key picture is displayed, Display the images in the
sequence individually and then press the MENUbutton.
if the MENUbutton is pressed when only a key picture displayed, the same settings can be applied
to all images in that sequence. Press the MENUbutton after displaying individual images to apply
settings to each displayed image.
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Deleting Images in a Sequence
If Sequence display options (_73) in the playback menu is set to Key picture only, images to
be deleted vary as described below. To display the screen fbr selecting the deletion method, press
tile "_ button.
• If only key pictures are displayed for sequences when the "_ button is pressed:
Current image: When a key picture is selected, all images in that sequence
are deleted.
Erase selected images: When a key picture is selected in tile erase selected images
screen (_35), all pictures in tile sequence are deleted.
All images: All images are deleted, including the sequence represented
by tile currently displayed key picture.
• If the _) button has been pressed and each individual image in the sequence is displayed
before pressing the "_ button:
Deletion methods change as follows.
Current image: The image currently displayed is deleted.
Erase selected images: When multiple images in the sequence are selected in the
erase selected images screen (_35), the selected images
are deleted.
Entire sequence: All images in the sequence, including the image currently
displayed, are deleted.
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Quick retouch (_'_20)
D-Lighting (8"520)
Glamour retouch (_'_21)
Small picture (_'523)
Crop (8"524)
Editing Features
Use tile COOLPIX $6500 to edit images in camera and save them as separate files (_111).
Tile editing functions described below are available.
Editing function ° Description
Quick effects (_18) Apply a variety of effects to images.
Easily create retouched copies in which contrast and saturation have
been enhanced,
Create a copy of the current image with enhanced brightness and
contrast, brightening dark portions of the image,
Detect faces in images and retouch detected faces using eight
effects. The effect levels can be adjusted,
Create a small copy of images suitable for use as e mail attachments.
Crop a portion of the image. Use to zoom in on a subject or arrange
composition,
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_1_ Notes About Image Editing
•The editing functions of COOLPIX $6500 cannot be used for images captured with another make
or model of digital camera.
• Images captured using Easy panorama (_47) or 3D photography (_49) cannot be edited.
• if no face isdetected in an image, a copy cannot be created using the glamour retouch function
• Edited copies created with COOLPIX $6500 may not be displayed properly on another make or
model of digital camera, It may also be im possible to transfer them to a computer using another
make or model of digital camera,
• Editing functions are not available when there is not enough free space in the internal memory or
on the memory card,
• To edit an individual image in a sequence of images (_13) when only the key picture is
displayed, perBrm one of the procedures described below:
Press the Q button to display a sequence of images as individual images and select an image in
the sequence.
Set Sequence display options (8"573) in the playback menu to Individual pictures to
display them as individual images and select an image.
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]Restrictions on Image Editing
When an edited copy is further modified with another editing function, check the following
restrictions.
Editing function Used Editing functions to Use
Quick effects
Quick retouch The glamour retouch, small picture, or crop function can be used,
D-Lighting
Glamour retouch The quick effects, quick retouch, D Lighting, small picture, or crop
function can be used.
Small picture Another editing function cannot be used.
Crop
• Copies created with editin_ functions cannot be further edited with the same function used to
create them,
• When combining the small picture or crop function and another editing function, use the small
picture and crop functions after other editing functions have been applied.
• Retouch effects such as the glamour retouch function's skin softening effect can be applied to
images taken with the skin softening function (_'_57).
[] Original and Edited Images
• Copies created with editing functions are not deleted if the original images are deleted, The
original images are not deleted if copies created with editing functions are deleted,
• Edited copies are saved with the same shooting date and time as the original,
• Print order (_60) and protect settings (_65) do not remain effective in edited copies.
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m_I Press the multi-selector _ or i_ to select the
desired effect and press the I_) button.
• Rotate the zoom control (_3) to T (% to switch back to
full frame playback or W (_11_)to six image thumbnail
display,
• To exit without saving the edited image, press the MENU
button. When a confirmation screen is displayed, select
Yes and press the _) button.
Quick Effects
Select one of the 30 effects listed below.The effect results carl be previewed on tile screen
shown in step 2 (_18).
Effect " Description
Pop and Super vivid Mainly enhances the color saturation,
Painting, High key, Toy camera effect 1,
Toy camera effect 2, Low key, Cross Mainly adjusts hue and creates a different look
process (red), Cross process (yellow), for the image,
Cross process (green), and Cross process
(blue)
Soft, Fisheye, Cross screen, and Miniature Processes images with a variety of effects,
effect
High-contrast monochrome, Sepia, Turns multicolor images into single color images,
Cyanotype, and Selective color (12 colors) Selective color transforms all colors, except a
specified color, to black and white,
1 Display the image to which you want to apply
an effect in full-frame playback mode and _<_<,
press the _) button.
•The effect selection screen is displayed,
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3Select Yes and press the I_) button.
• A new, edited copy is created.
• Copies created with the quick effects function are indicated by the _ icon displayed during
playback (_ 10),