User manual NIKON COOLPIX S6700

[. . . ] · D-Lighting technology is provided by P Apical Limited. · All other trade names mentioned in this manual or the other documentation provided with your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Introduction First Steps A B C c D E Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode High-sensitivity Shooting Mode Shooting Suited for the Scene More on Playback Movies Voice Recordings Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers d Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus Technical Notes i For Your Safety To prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or to others, read the following safety precautions in their entirety before using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read them. The consequences that could result from failure to observe the precautions listed in this section are indicated by the following symbol: This icon marks warnings, information that should be read before using this Nikon product, to prevent possible injury. WARNINGS Turn off in the event of malfunction Should you notice smoke or an unusual smell coming from the camera or AC adapter, unplug the AC adapter and remove the battery immediately, taking care to avoid burns. [. . . ] · When [Movie options] is set to [Time-lapse movieP] or [Stop-motion movie], movies are recorded without sound. 55 The Movie Menu [Movie options] and [Auto-focus mode] (A 58) settings can be changed from the movie menu. Press d in movie mode to display the movie menu and use the rotary multi selector to modify and apply settings. Selecting Movie Options The movie menu offers the options shown below. Option J TV movie 640P (default setting) L Small size 320P D Small size 320 M Smaller size 160 Image size and frame rate Image size: 640 × 480 pixels Frame rate: 30 frames per second Image size: 320 × 240 pixels Frame rate: 30 frames per second Image size: 320 × 240 pixels Frame rate: 15 frames per second Image size: 160 × 120 pixels Frame rate: 15 frames per second The camera automatically takes pictures at intervals and joins them into a silent movie. Image size: 640 × 480 pixels Frame rate: 30 frames per second Pictures can be taken and joined into a silent movie. Image size: 640 × 480 pixels Frame rate for playback: choose from 5, 10, or 15 frames per second N Time-lapse movieP Movies O Stop-motion movie 56 The Movie Menu C Movie Options and Maximum Movie Length and Frames Option Internal memory (approx. 52 MB) 47 sec. 555 frames 555 frames Memory card (256 MB) 3 min. 1, 800 frames per movie 1, 800 frames per movie J TV movie 640P (default setting) L Small size 320P D Small size 320 M Smaller size 160 N Time-lapse movieP O Stop-motion movie * Movies can be as long as free space in the internal memory or on the memory card allows. Maximum movie length or frames varies with make of memory card. The maximum file size for movies is 4 GB. D More Information See, "Image/Sound File and Folder Names" (A 116) for more information. 57 Movies The Movie Menu Auto-focus Mode Choose how the camera focuses in movie mode. Option A Single AF (default setting) B Full-time AF Description Camera focuses when shutter-release button is pressed halfway and locks at this position during shooting. Camera focuses continuously until focus is acquired and locked. To prevent sound of camera focusing from interfering with recording, use of [Single AF] is recommended. Movies 58 The Movie Menu Time-Lapse Movies Record flowers opening or butterflies emerging from cocoons. 1 Use the rotary multi selector to choose [Movie options] from the movie menu and press k. Movie Movie options Auto-focus mode Exit 2 Choose [Time-lapse movieP] and press k. Movie options TV movie 640 Small size 320 Small size 320 Smaller size 160 Time-lapse movie Exit Set interval time 30s 1m 5m 10m 30m Exit 3 Choose the interval between shots and press k. Choose from intervals between 30 seconds and 60 minutes. Movies 4 Press d. The camera returns to shooting mode. 555 5 6 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. Monitor turns off and power-on lamp blinks between shots. Monitor reactivates automatically for the next shot. Press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time to end recording. Recording will automatically stop if the internal memory or memory card becomes full, or when 1, 800 frames have been recorded. Note that index points created with the camera cannot be used when voice recordings are played back on computers. 63 Playing Voice Recordings 1 Enter audio playback mode by pressing e in playback mode, selecting E (use the rotary multi selector), and then pressing k. Voice recordings can also be played back by pressing c in voice recording mode (A 62) to display the select sound file screen. Audio playback 2 Choose the desired file and press k. The selected file will be played back. Select sound file 001 15/11/2007 17:30 002 15/11/2007 18:30 003 26/11/2007 13:00 004 29/11/2007 16:40 005 03/12/2007 08:00 Copy Play Voice Recordings 64 Playing Voice Recordings Operations During Playback Control icons File number Playback time Progress indicator Index Audio playback 001 15/11/2007 17: 30 00: 00: 05/ 00: 00:20 Index 0 2 Date and time of recording Length of recording Index number Volume Use the zoom buttons to adjust playback volume. Playback controls appear at the top of the monitor. Press the rotary multi selector J or K to choose a control, then press k to perform the selected operation. The following operations are available. To Rewind* Advance* Skip to previous index Skip to next index Pause P End Q Press K L R S O Description Voice Recordings Rewind voice recording. The following operations can be performed while playback is paused: Resume playback. End playback and return to the sound file selection screen. * Rotating the rotary multi selector also advances or rewinds the voice recording. Deleting Sound Files Press l during playback or after selecting a sound file (use the rotary multi selector). A confirmation dialog will be displayed. To delete the file, choose [Yes] and press k. To cancel deletion, choose [No] and press k. Delete File will be deleted. OK? No Yes 65 Copying Voice Recordings Copy voice recordings between the internal memory and a memory card. This option is available only when a memory card is inserted. 1 Press d in the select sound file screen (A 64, step 2). 2 Use the rotary multi selector to choose the option and press k. q: Copy recordings from internal memory to memory card r: Copy recordings from memory card to internal memory Copy sound files Exit Camera to card Selected files Copy all files Voice Recordings 3 Choose the copy option and press k. [Selected files]: Proceed to step 4 [Copy all files]: Proceed to step 5 Exit 4 Choose the desired file. Press the rotary multi selector K to select the file (y). [. . . ] · · · · Camera is off. If the computer OS used is Windows 2000 Professional, the camera will not be able to connect. · Camera is not recognized by the computer. · Computer is not set to launch Nikon Transfer automatically. [. . . ]