User manual NIKON COOLPIX L4

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the NI K R KO 3X OPTICA LZ O OM 3- 18 . 8 . 9 6. -4 Trademark Information Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. The SD logo is a trademark of the SD Card Association. [. . . ] FIREWORKS SHOW Slow shutter speeds are used to capture the expanding burst of light from a firework. Focus is fixed at infinity. * Use of a tripod recommended to prevent blurring. Scene Mode COPY Provides clear pictures of text or drawings on a white board or in print. Camera focuses on subject in center of frame; use macro close-up ( 22) to focus at short ranges. Colored text and drawings may not show up well. BACK LIGHT Use when light is coming from behind a portrait subject, throwing their features into shadow. The flash fires automatically to "fill in" (illuminate) shadows. Camera focuses on subject in center of frame. PANORAMA ASSIST Use when taking a series of pictures that will later be joined side-by-side in PictureProject to form a panorama ( 31). * Focus indicator ( 15) is always displayed in green when shutter-release button is pressed halfway; note, however, that foreground objects may not always be in focus. 30 Taking Pictures for a Panorama ( 30) The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. Use a tripod for better results. 1 5 2 5 Highlight (Panorama assist) and press the center of the multi selector. Highlight the desired pan direction and press the center of the multi selector. The arrow showing the selected direction turns white. · Scene Mode · The direction can be re-selected by pressing the center of the multi selector again. If the first shot is taken without deciding the pan direction, it will be automatically set for the right. 3 4 4 4 Take the first picture. The first picture is displayed in about 1/3 of the monitor. AE-L icon is displayed to show that white balance and exposure have been locked at values for first shot. Compose the next shot to overlap with the previous picture and take the second picture. Repeat until the entire series of pictures has been taken. 31 5 2 End series. The monitor returns to the screen in step 1. Scene Mode Panorama Assist Flash mode ( 18), self-timer ( 20) and macro close-up ( 22) cannot be adjusted after the first picture is taken. Pictures cannot be deleted, or zoom or image mode ( 65) cannot be adjusted until shooting is complete. 32 Movies Movie Mode Follow the steps below to shoot movies. Movies recorded to internal memory at the default setting of Small Size 320 can be up to 1 minute long; a 256MB memory card can hold up to 26 minutes 33 seconds. 1 Select mode. Exposure count display shows maximum total length of movie that can be recorded. 0h 1m 0s Movies 2 Start recording. Progress bar shows amount of memory remaining. 0h 0m45s 3 End recording. The monitor returns to the screen in step 1. 0h 0m30s See "Movie Options: The Movie Menu" ( and focus options. 35) for information on movie size Recording Movies The flash ( 18) and self-timer ( 20) are not available in movie mode. Optical zoom cannot be adjusted during recording. See the Appendix for information on the maximum total length of movie that can be recorded ( 91). 33 Movie Playback In full-frame playback ( 37), movies ( 33) are indicated by a icon. 10. 10. 2006 15:30 100NIKON 0001. MOV MOV OK START 0h0m9s To play a movie, display it in full-frame playback and press the center of the multi selector. [. . . ] Copies created using Copy ( 75) have the same protection marking as the original but are not marked for printing or transfer. The crop and small picture options cannot be used with copies created with crop or small picture; D-lighting is not available with copies created with D-lighting. Time Zones ( 9, 57) The camera supports the time zones listed below. Increments of less than one hour are not supported; when travelling to or from destinations at half- or quarter-hour increments from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), such as Afghanistan, Central Australia, India, Iran, Nepal, or Newfoundland, set the camera clock to local time ( 9, 57). GMT +/­ ­11 ­10 ­9 ­8 ­7 ­6 ­5 ­4 ­3 ­2 ­1 Location Midway, Samoa Hawaii, Tahiti Alaska, Anchorage PST (PDT): Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver MST (MDT): Denver, Phoenix, La Paz CST (CDT): Chicago, Houston, Mexico City EST (EDT): New York, Toronto, Lima Caracas, Manaus Buenos Aires, São Paulo Fernando de Noronha Azores GMT +/­ Location +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 Madrid, Paris, Berlin Athens, Helsinki Moscow, Nairobi Abu Dhabi, Dubai Islamabad, Karachi Technical Notes Colombo, Dhaka Bangkok, Jakarta Beijing, Hong Kong (HK), Singapore Tokyo, Seoul Sydney, Guam New Caledonia 93 GMT +/­ ±0 Location London, Casablanca GMT +/­ Location +12 Auckland, Fiji Refreshing Nikon EN-MH1 Rechargeable NiMH Batteries ( 6, 76) An MH-71 battery charger and rechargeable EN-MH1 NiMH batteries are provided with the camera in some regions and are also available as options ( 76). [. . . ]