User manual NIKON COOLPIX 700

[. . . ] Contents Overview First Steps Putting Batteries in Your Camera Inserting and Removing Memory Cards Choosing a Language for the Menus Setting the Time and Date Taking Your First Photograph Using the Buttons (A-REC, M-REC) Flash Settings Focus Settings Using the Self-Timer Image Quality Using the Buttons (PLAY) DIGITAL CAMERA COOLPIX 700 Reference Manual -1- The Camera Menus The A-REC Menu Using Folders (A-REC, M-REC) LCD Brightness Auto Off Formatting Memory Cards The M-REC Menu VGA Lens Converter Settings (LENS) Black-and-White Photography Making a Panorama--Tips (AE-LOCK) User Settings Restoring Default Settings LCD On/Off The Controls Menu SEQ. XFER The Playback Menu Deleting Multiple Photographs Using Folders (Playback) Slideshow Protecting Photographs from Deletion Hiding Photographs During Playback Preparing Photographs for Printing Connections Connecting to a Television or VCR Viewing Photos on a Computer Caring for Your Camera Cleaning Storage Accessories What's in the Box Optional Accessories Troubleshooting General Problems Error Messages Specifications Contents -2- Overview Thank you for buying a COOLPIX 700. This Reference Manual explains how to use and care for your COOLPIX 700. It is intended as a supplement to the Fast Track Guide and Pocket Guide, to which you can refer for guidance on topics not covered here. This manual is composed of the following chapters: First Steps lists the steps involved in setting up your camera and taking photographs Using the Buttons (A-REC, M-REC) covers the settings that can be changed using the camera's control buttons and the zoom buttons (vw): flash, focus, exposure compensation, and image quality Using the Buttons (PLAY) outlines basic playback functions: viewing photographs and deleting single images The Camera Menus describes camera settings that can be accessed from the AREC, M-REC, and PLAY menus Connections describes how to use the camera with a computer or television Caring for Your Camera explains the procedures for cleaning and storing your COOLPIX 700 Accessories identifies items provided with the camera and available separately Overview Troubleshooting outlines steps to take when things go wrong Please read all instructions carefully to get the most from your camera. Notes on illustrations The illustrations in this manual are composites. [. . . ] SEQ. XFER: Allows photographs to be assigned unique filenames, preventing photographs from being accidentally overwritten when copied to a computer. DATE: Set the camera's internal clock-calendar as described in "First Steps: Setting the Time and Date, " above. Refer to "First Steps: Choosing a Language, " above. The Camera Menus: The M-REC Menu - 26 - VGA In M-REC mode, you can adjust the size of photos to suit your purposes. The default size of 1, 600 × 1, 200 pixels is suitable for printing images at high resolution or for viewing fine details on a computer. The VGA size of 640 × 480 pixels, available in M-REC mode, can be used to save space on the memory card or to shoot photos destined for display on web pages or smaller computer monitors. The number of VGA photos that can be stored on at 8MB memory card at different image quality settings is shown below. 2 Press the MENU button to display the MREC menu. 3 Using the zoom buttons (vw), highlight VGA. BK CONCEPT SHOOTING WHITE BAL METERING CONTINUOUS IMG ADJUST DEF S E N S . BESTSHOT VGA S E T SHUTTER 4 Press the shutter-release button to display the menu at right. For an image size of 1, 600 × 1, 200 pixels, highlight NO and press the shutter-release button. Choose YES (VGA) for an image size of 640 × 480 pixels. BK VGA NO VGA YES Size VGA (640 × 480 pixels) Quality BASIC NORMAL FINE SET SHUTTER If an image size of 640 × 480 pixels is selected, a VGA indicator will appear in the LCD monitor whenever the mode dial is set to M-REC. The Camera Menus: The M-REC Menu - 27 - PRACTICE To switch between an image size of 1, 600 × 1, 200 pixels and VGA: Lens Converter Settings (LENS) With the UR-E1 step-up ring (available separately) attached, the COOLPIX 700 can be used with a variety of lens converters offering enhanced wide-angle or telephoto photography. The LENS option can be used to adjust zoom, flash, and other settings to the optimum values for the following converters (available separately): the WC-E24 wide-angle lens converter, the TC-E2 telephoto lens converter, and the FC-E8 fisheye lens converter. The following preset combinations of settings are available in the LENS menu: Option CONCEPT WIDE (for WC-E24 wide-angle converter) TELEFOTO (for TC-E2 telephoto lens converter) How it works Camera settings adjusted for enhanced wide-angle photography. Macro close-up can be used at ranges of 8cm (3. 1in) or more from the lens. Camera set to ×2 digital zoom for enhanced telephoto photography. Macro-close up can be used at ranges of 50cm (20in. ) or more from the lens. These options should only be used when the appropriate lens converter is attached. When using the camera without a lens converter, select NORMAL for normal camera operation. To change the lens converter setting: 1 Turn the mode dial to M-REC. 2 Press the MENU button to display the shooting menu, then press it again to view the second page. 3 Using the zoom buttons (vw), highlight LENS and press the shutter-release button. 1 FOLDERS LENS AE LOCK B&W USER SET CARDFORMAT RESET ALL SET UP S E T SHUTTER LENS NORMAL WIDE TELEFOTO FISHEYE 4 Use the zoom buttons (vw) to select the desired option from the menu shown at right, then press the shutter-release button to return to shooting mode. BK SET SHUTTER At settings other than NORMAL, a lens converter icon ( ) will appear in the LCD monitor, and settings will be optimized for the chosen converter as described at left. Choose NORMAL to cancel changes to settings and restore normal camera operation. Camera settings adjusted to take fisheye photographs with the four corners of the frame blacked out, creating a circuFISHEYE (for FC-E8 fisheye lar frame. Flash is disabled and focus lens converter) fixed at an autofocus setting of infinity. The Camera Menus: The M-REC Menu - 28 - PRACTICE Black-and-White Photography CONCEPT In M-REC mode, photographs can be taken either in color or in black-and-white (in A-REC mode, only color is available). Photographs taken in black-and-white have slightly better image quality than color photos. The chosen setting will be in effect whenever the camera is in MREC mode. [. . . ] Connect the camera to your computer's serial port as described in the Pocket Guide, "Nikon View: Connecting Your Camera to a Computer. " · Is Nikon View properly installed on your computer?· Is the PC-card adapter or CF card reader correctly connected to the computer and are the appropriate drivers installed?If you are using a PC-card adapter with Windows 3. 1, you may need to configure your computer for an ATA RAM card. Your computer can't read photographs recorded on the memory card Troubleshooting: General Problems - 49 - Error Messages When there is a problem with the flash-memory card or with the camera's internal programming and circuitry, an error message will appear superimposed on the image in the LCD monitor. Below is a list of error messages that may be displayed by the COOLPIX 700 and the steps that should be taken to deal with them. [. . . ]