User manual NIKON COOLPIX 3100

[. . . ] En The Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA En Trademark Information Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac OS, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, and Quick Time are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Finder, Power Mac, iMac, and iBook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Internet is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. [. . . ] ENHANCE MENU Display menu selection screen. Select PIC. enhance menu SET Small pic Photo trim Display options. To make a selection from the picture enhance menu, press the multi selector up or down to highlight an option, then press the multi selector to the right. Copies are independent of the original image: deleting the copy has no effect on the original, deleting the original no effect on the copy. The copy will be created with the same transfer marking and date and time of creation as the original; print and protect attributes will be off. Movies Pressing the MENU button with a movie displayed in full-screen playback or highlighted in the thumbnail list will display a menu selection screen containing PLAYBACK MENU and MOVIE TRIM MENU options ( 54). Viewing Copies on Other Cameras Copies may not display or transfer correctly when viewed on other models of Nikon digital camera. 40 Retouching Pictures Selecting Pic. enhance menu from the picture enhance menu displays the following retouch options: Option Description Creates copy of picture in which objects in center Halo filter remain in focus, while other areas of the picture are lightened and softened. Monochrome filter Creates copy of picture in black-and-white. Sepia filter Creates copy of picture in sepia. More on Playback 1 Halo filter SET 2 Save edited image as a copy?Current selection shown by large icon and caption. Confirmation dialog displayed. Select Yes to create retouched copy, No to exit without creating copy. To view the new, retouched copy, press the multi selector down until the copy is displayed. The copy will be displayed after the last picture recorded. Copies are stored as NORMAL-quality JPEG files (compression ratio 1 : 8) with names of the form "FSCNnnnn. JPG, " where "nnnn" is a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera. Picture Enhance Picture enhance options can not be used with resized copies, cropped copies, or with copies created using the options in the PIC. ENHANCE MENU. 41 Small Picture To create a small copy of a picture, select Small pic from the picture enhance menu or press the shutter-release button while a still image is displayed in full-screen playback. The following resize options are available: Option Size (pixels) Description Copy can be displayed full-screen on television 640 × 480 640 × 480 or 13 monitor with no drop in quality. Small file size 320 × 240 320 × 240 reduces time needed to display picture in web browser. Copy can be sent and received quickly as email attachment. Where application supports 160 × 120 160 × 120 display of JPEG images, picture can be viewed in message window. 1 SMALL PIC 2 Save edited image as a copy?No Yes SET Highlight option. Confirmation dialog displayed. Select Yes to create resized copy, No to exit without creating copy. To view the new, resized copy, press the multi selector down until the copy is displayed. The copy will be displayed after the last picture recorded (in thumbnail playback, small pictures are indicated by a gray border). To reduce file size, copies are stored on the memory card as BASIC-quality JPEG files (compression ratio 1 : 16). Copies are stored in separate files on the memory card with names of the form "SSCNnnnn. JPG, " where "nnnn" is a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera. Copies can not be viewed or cropped using playback zoom. Small Picture Small pictures can not be created from resized copies, cropped copies, or from copies created using the options in the PIC. [. . . ] Pictures are too · Exposure compensation is too high. 62 bright (overexposed) · Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release 20 Pictures are out of button was pressed halfway. focus · Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. Blurring caused by camera shake can be reduced by: 24 Pictures are blurred Using the flash Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS) 65 Using the self-timer with a tripod 26 · Shutter speed too slow. [. . . ]