User manual NIKON COOLPIX L24

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA User's Manual En Trademark Information · Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. · Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Inc. · Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. · SDXC, SDHC and SD Logos are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. [. . . ] Additional editing is not possible. The following limitations apply when editing pictures that were created by editing. Copies Created By: D-Lighting Small picture Crop · Copies created by the editing functions cannot be edited again using the same edit function. · To use D-Lighting together with small picture or crop, use the D-Lighting first. D Original Pictures and Edited Copies · Copies created with editing functions are not deleted if the original pictures are deleted. The original pictures are not deleted if copies created with editing functions are deleted. · Edited copies are stored with the same recording date and time as the original. · Print set (A 68) and Protect (A 104) settings configured for original pictures are not reflected in their edited copies. 49 Editing Pictures Enhancing Brightness and Contrast: D-Lighting Create a copy of the current image with enhanced brightness and contrast, brightening dark portions of the picture. Enhanced copies are saved as separate files. 1 Select the desired picture from full-frame (A 24) or thumbnail (A 46) playback mode and press d. The playback menu will be shown. 2 Use the multi selector to choose I D-Lighting and press k. The original version will be shown on the left and the edited version will be shown on the right. Playback menu D-Lighting Print set Slide show Delete Small picture Exit 3 More on Playback Choose OK and press k. A new copy with enhanced brightness and contrast is created. To cancel, select Cancel and press k. D-Lighting OK Cancel D-Lighting copies can be recognized by the c icon displayed during playback. 15/05/2011 15:30 0004. JPG 4 4 D 50 More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 110) for more information. Editing Pictures Resizing Pictures: Small Picture Create a small copy of the current picture. Suitable for uploading to web sites or sending by e-mail. The following sizes are available: l 640×480, m 320×240, and n 160×120. Small copies are saved as JPEG files with a compression ratio of 1:16. 1 Select the desired picture from full-frame (A 24) or thumbnail (A 46) playback mode and press d. The playback menu will be shown. 2 Use the multi selector to choose g Small picture and press k. Playback menu D-Lighting Print set Slide show Delete Small picture Exit 3 Choose the desired copy size and press k. Small picture More on Playback 640×480 320×240 160×120 Exit 4 Choose Yes and press k. A new, smaller copy is created. The copy is displayed with a gray frame. Yes No Create small picture file? D More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 110) for more information. 51 Editing Pictures Creating a Cropped Copy: Crop This function is only available when u is displayed in the monitor with playback zoom (A 48) enabled. Cropped copies are saved as separate files. 1 Rotate the zoom control to g (i) in full-frame playback mode to zoom in on the image. To crop a picture displayed in "tall" (portrait) orientation, zoom in on the picture until the black bars displayed on the both sides of the monitor disappear. The cropped picture will be displayed in landscape orientation. If you want to crop the portrait image in the captured position, use Rotate Image (A 105) to change the position of the portrait image to landscape before cropping it, and then return the image to the captured position. 2 Refine copy composition. Rotate the zoom control to g (i) or f (h) to adjust the zoom ratio. Press the multi selector H, I, J or K to scroll the picture until only the portion you want to copy is visible in the monitor. × 4. 0 4. 0 More on Playback 3 Press d. 4 Use the multi selector to select Yes and press k. A new picture, containing only the portion visible in the monitor, is created. To cancel, select No and press k. Save this image as displayed? Yes No C About the Size of the Original Image The smaller the cropped area of the image, the smaller of the cropped image size (number of pixels). When the image is cropped and the size of the cropped copy is 320 × 240 or 160 × 120, the image is displayed with a gray border on the playback screen, and the small picture icon l or m is displayed on the left of the playback screen. D 52 More Information See, "Image File and Folder Names" (A 110) for more information. Movies Recording Movies To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting mode and follow the steps below. 1 Press A in shooting mode to display the shooting-mode selection menu and use the multi selector H and I to select D, then press k. The maximum length of the movie that can be recorded is displayed in the monitor (A 54). Regardless of the remaining memory on the memory card, the maximum size of a single movie is 2 GB, and the maximum length of a single movie is 29 minutes. Movie 2 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. Camera focuses on subject in center of frame. A progress bar at the bottom of the monitor shows the amount of recording time remaining. To end recording, press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time. If recording time runs out, recording stops automatically. 4s Movies B Recording Movies · The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, and the focus remains locked while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. [. . . ] A 64, 65 122 Technical Notes Specifications Nikon COOLPIX L24 Digital Camera Type Effective pixels Image sensor Lens Focal length f/-number Construction Digital zoom Vibration reduction Autofocus (AF) Focus range (from lens) Focus-area selection Monitor Frame coverage (shooting mode) Frame coverage (playback mode) Storage Media File system File formats Compact digital camera 14. 0 million 1/2. 3-in. 14. 48 million total pixels 3. 6× optical zoom, NIKKOR lens 6. 7-24. 0mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 37-134 mm lens in 35mm [135] format) f/3. 1-6. 7 6 elements in 5 groups Up to 4× (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 536 mm lens in 35mm [135] format) Electronic VR Contrast-detect AF · Approx. 4 in. ) to (T) · Macro mode: 5 cm (2. 0 in. ) to (wide-angle position) Center, face detection 7. 5 cm (3-in. ), approx. [. . . ]