User manual NIKON COOLPIX S4000

[. . . ] 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. · 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 Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode More on Shooting More on Playback Editing Pictures Movie Recording and Playback Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers Basic Camera Setup Caring for the Camera Technical Notes and Index 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. [. . . ] The flash fires automatically to "fill in" (illuminate) shadows. The area focused can be changed by the touch shutter (A 34) or touch AF/AE (A 37). m m n Off* p Off ­ n ­ p ­ * Default setting can be modified. 67 Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode) p Panorama assist Use when taking a series of pictures that will later be joined to form a single panorama using the supplied Panorama Maker software. m More on Shooting W* n Off* p Off* * Default setting can be modified. 68 Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode) Using the Draw Option Write a memo, or draw a picture, on the touch panel display and save it as an image. The image is saved at an image size setting of O 640×480. 1 Press the A button in shooting mode to display the shooting-mode selection menu and choose A (Draw) scene mode (A 59). Scene auto selector 2 Write a memo or draw pictures. Tap n to enlarge picture display by 3×, the optimum display size for writing text or drawing pictures. Tap A, D, B, or C to change the portion of the picture in the monitor. Tap I (pen) to write text or draw pictures, and tap J (eraser) to erase text or pictures (A 108). More on Shooting 3 Tap I. Tap J, before tapping I, to undo the last operation applied using the pen or erase tool (up to the last five operations can be undone). 4 Tap Yes. The memo is saved. To cancel saving the memo, tap No. Yes Save OK? No 69 Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode) Shooting for a Panorama The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. Use a tripod for the best results. 1 Press the A button in shooting mode to display the shooting-mode selection menu and choose p (Panorama assist) scene mode (A 59). Panorama direction icons are displayed to show the direction in which pictures will be joined. Scene auto selector More on Shooting 2 Tap a direction icon. Select the direction in which pictures will be joined in the completed panorama; right (D), left (C), up (A) or down (B). A different direction can be selected by tapping a different panorama direction icon. Apply flash mode (A 42), self-timer (A 44), and macro mode (A 45) settings with this step, if necessary. 11 3 Take the first picture. One third of the picture will be displayed as translucent. 11 4 Take the next picture. Frame the next picture so that one-third of the frame overlaps the previous picture. Repeat this process until the necessary number of pictures have been taken to complete the scene. 10 70 Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode) 5 Tap H when shooting is complete. The camera returns to step 2. 7 More on Shooting B Notes on Panorama Assist · Flash mode, self-timer, and macro mode settings cannot be adjusted after the first picture is taken. Pictures cannot be deleted, nor can zoom, Image mode setting (A 48), or Exposure comp. · Shooting for the panorama series is terminated if the auto off function (A 149) initiates standby mode during shooting. Setting the time allowed to elapse before the auto off function is enabled to a longer setting is recommended. D R Indicator In Panorama assist scene mode, exposure, white balance, and focus for all pictures in a panorama are fixed at the values for the first picture in each series. When the first picture is taken, R is displayed to indicate that exposure, white balance, and focus are locked. 10 D D Panorama Maker Install Panorama Maker from the supplied Software Suite CD. Transfer pictures to a computer (A 126) and use Panorama Maker (A 130) to join them in a single panorama. More Information See "Image/Sound File and Folder Names" (A 162) for more information. 71 Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode) At the default settings, the camera uses face priority to recognize human faces, and then automatically releases the shutter when a smile is detected (smile timer). The skin softening option can be used to smooth skin tones of human faces. 1 Press the A button in shooting mode to display the shootingmode selection menu and then tap F. The camera enters smart portrait mode. Smart portrait 2 Frame a picture. Point the camera at the subject. When the camera recognizes a human face, a yellow double border (focus area) is displayed around that face. When focus is acquired on that face, the double border will turn green for a moment and focus is locked. More on Shooting 1/250 F3. 2 Up to three faces can be recognized. When the camera detects more than one face, the double border is displayed around the face closest to the center of the frame, and single borders around the others. When a face framed by a single border is tapped, the single border changes to a double border and the camera focuses on that face. 3 The shutter is automatically released. If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, Smile timer (A 74) is activated and the shutter is automatically released. [. . . ] Paper size cannot be selected from the camera in the following situations, even when printing from a PictBridge-compatible printer: · The printer does not support the paper sizes specified by the camera. · The printer automatically selects the paper size. 152 24 24 69, 94, 137 Pictures to be printed are not displayed. Cannot select paper size with camera. 134, 135 ­ Technical Notes and Index 173 Specifications Nikon COOLPIX S4000 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 12. 0 million 1/2. 3-in. 12. 39 million 4× optical zoom, NIKKOR lens 4. 9-19. 6mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 27-108mm lens in 35mm [135] format) f/3. 2-5. 9 6 elements in 5 groups Up to 4× (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 432mm lens in 35mm [135] format) Electronic VR Contrast-detect AF · Approx. [. . . ]