User manual NIKON COOLPIX P3

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA Trademark Information Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Finder is trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Internet is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. [. . . ] Displaying the Menus To display the Shooting menu (P. 78): White balance Rotate mode dial to M or E. Press m. Exit OK Help To display the Playback menu (P. 89): List by date Advanced Camera Settings Press i. Press m. Exit OK Help To display the Movie menu (P. 56): Movie options Rotate mode dial to S. Press m. Exit OK Help · Press m to return to Shooting or Playback mode from the Shooting, Playback and Movie menus. To display the Set-up menu (P. 98): Menus · Rotate the mode dial or press i to exit the Set-up menu. Rotate mode dial to a. OK Help 76 Navigating the Menus When navigating the menus, use the multi selector. Move cursor up Make selection Move cursor left Move cursor right Move cursor down Metering METERING Matrix Center-weighted Spot Spot AF area Exit OK Advanced Camera Settings Exit OK Help Highlight menu item. METERING Matrix Center-weighted Spot Spot AF area Exit OK Display options. Metering Exit OK Help Highlight option. Select highlighted option. 77 The Shooting Menu The Shooting menu includes the items in the following table. See "Using the Menus" (P. 76) for more information on displaying and using the Shooting menu. Exit White balance OK Help Advanced Camera Settings ­ The Shooting Menu d White balance m Metering q Continuous A BSS C Auto bracketing Match white balance to your light source. Take pictures one at a time or in a sequence. Use the Best Shot Selector (BSS) to select the sharpest picture. Take a sequence of pictures with gradually changing exposure or white balance. P. 46 P. 79 P. 80 P. 82 P. 83 P. 84 P. 84 P. 85 P. 45 P. 43 P. 43 P. 86 P. 87 P. 88 P. 88 F Image adjustment Adjust picture contrast. M Image sharpening Control how much outlines in your pictures are sharpened in the camera. P Saturation control Adjust vividness of the color of a picture. W Sensitivity X Image quality b Image size k AF area mode Y Auto-focus mode I Fixed aperture o Noise reduction Select ISO Sensitivity. Select an image size for displaying or printing. Maintains aperture as close as possible to a set f/-number when the camera is zoomed in and out. Reduce noise that may appear when long exposures are used. 78 Metering m The camera's built-in light metering system calculates the brightness of the subject to determine the best exposure to use. m Matrix (default setting) Analyzes the distribution of brightness over a wide area of the frame, producing optimal results for most situations. Meters the entire frame but assigns the greatest weight to the n Center-weighted center area. Use with AF lock (P. 87) to meter off-center subjects. Measures light in an area shown by a square in the center of the monitor. The subject in the metering target area will be correctly exposed even when the background is much brighter or darker. Use with AF lock (P. 87) to meter off-center subjects. Links spot metering to the active focus area when AF area mode is set to Auto or Manual (P. 86). Advanced Camera Settings ­ The Shooting Menu o Spot p Spot AF area Note on Metering When digital zoom is used, the camera automatically switches to a setting similar to Centerweighted. However, the metering target does not appear. Metering When Center-weighted or Spot is selected, the metering target is displayed in the center of the monitor. 1/60 F2. 7 120 Spot metering target Center-weighted metering target 79 Continuous Select one of the following six options. r Single (default setting) q Takes one picture each time the shutter-release button is fully pressed. While the shutter-release button is pressed, pictures can be taken continuously. The first five shots are taken at up to 1. 8 frames per second (fps). Each time the shutter-release button is fully pressed, the camera takes 16 shots at approximately 1. 7 fps. The camera arranges pictures in four rows to form a single picture measuring c 3264×2448 pixels. While the shutter-release button is pressed, the camera takes up to 100 pictures of i 640×480 pixels at up to 30 fps. [. . . ] · If there is not enough space in the destination memory, the edited image cannot be saved. · The recording date for the image data is the same as that of the original image. Technical Notes 150 Specifications Nikon COOLPIX P3 Digital Camera Type Effective pixels Image sensor Image size (pixels) Lens Focal length f/-number Vibration reduction Digital zoom Autofocus (AF) Focus range Focus area selection AF-assist illuminator LCD Monitor Frame coverage (Shooting mode) Storage Media File system File formats Exposure Metering Exposure control Through-the-lens (TTL) metering; · 256-segment matrix · Center-weighted · Spot · Spot AF area Compact digital camera 8. 1 million 1/1. 8 in. high-density CCD; total pixels: 8. 3 million · 3, 264 × 2, 448 [8M] · 2, 048 × 1, 536 [3M] · 640 × 480 [TV] 3. 5× Zoom-Nikkor lens 7. 5 - 26. 3 mm (Picture angle: Equivalent to 35 mm [135] format is approx. 36 - 126 mm) f/2. 7 - 5. 3 (Seven elements in six groups), with lens cover Lens shift Up to 4× (Picture angle: Equivalent to 35 mm [135] format is approx. [. . . ]