User manual NIKON COOLPIX S9

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA Trademark Information Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 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: L (Auto) Mode Scene Modes: n Scene Mode One-Touch Portrait Mode More on Playback Movies Voice Recordings Connecting to Televisions, Computers, and Printers Shooting, Playback, and Setup Menus Technical Notes i Introduction 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. [. . . ] Movies are recorded at specified interval until the shutter-release button is pressed again, memory is full, or 1, 800 frames (60 sec. ) have been recorded. Pictures are taken at specified playback speed (frame/s) and are joined to create a silent movie. Record flowers opening or butterflies emerging from cocoons. Small size 320 S Movies Smaller size 160 U V Time-lapse movie640 652 frames 1, 800 frames E Stop-motion movie 200 frames 200 frames 54 * Movies can be as long as free space in the internal memory or on the memory card allows. Maximum movie length varies with make of memory card. The Movie Menu Time-Lapse Movies 1 Press the multi selector GH to choose [Movie options] > [Time-lapse movie640] and press d. Movie options TV movie 640 Small size 320 Smaller size 160 Time-lapse movie640 Stop-motion movie Exit 2 Press GH to choose the between shots and press d. interval Set interval time 10s 30s 1m 5m 10m Exit BM 3 Press m to return to shooting mode. i 652 Movies 4 Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start recording. Monitor turns off and indicator lamp blinks green between shots. To end recording, press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time. Camera will take pictures at specified interval until the shutter-release button is pressed again, memory is full, or 1, 800 frames have been recorded. 55 The Movie Menu Stop-Motion Movies 1 Press the multi selector GH to choose [Movie options] > [Stop-motion movie] and press d. Movie options TV movie 640 Small size 320 Smaller size 160 Time-lapse movie640 Stop-motion movie Exit 2 Press GH to choose the playback speed and press d. Playback speed 5fps 10fps 15fps Exit 3 Press m to return to shooting mode. BM 200 4 5 Press the shutter-release button to record the first frame. The recorded picture will be superimposed on the view through the lens. Movies Press the shutter-release button to record the second frame. The second frame will be superimposed on the first frame. The monitor turns off automatically if no operations are performed for 30 minutes (auto off), and recording of the stop-motion movie ends. To stop recording, wait until 200 pictures are taken, or press d. j k Time-Lapse Movie and Stop-Motion Movie Deleting Stop-Motion Pictures To prevent the camera from turning off unexpectedly during recording, use a fully charged battery. 56 You can delete the last picture (superimposed frame) by using T. A confirmation dialog will be displayed; press H to choose [Yes] and press d. After deletion of the last picture (for example, Picture C, when taking pictures A, B, and C), the immediately preceding frame (Picture B) will be superimposed on the frame (Picture A), and you can then continue recording. The Movie Menu Auto-Focus Mode Choose how the camera focuses in movie mode. Z Single AF (default) Camera focuses when shutter-release button is pressed halfway and locks at this position during shooting, preventing sound of camera focusing from interfering with recording. a Full-time AF Camera focuses continuously, even when shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. 57 Movies Movie Playback In full-frame playback (c 26), movies are recognized by the T icon. To play a movie, display it in full-frame playback and press d. 10. 10. 2006 15:31 E 100NIKON 0009. MOV M 0h00m05s Playback display Use the zoom control (x) to adjust playback volume. Press the multi selector IJ to choose a control, then press d to perform the selected operation. Pausing M 2s Volume indicator Q U Movies Rewind movie. End playback and return to full-frame playback. R W z S S End playback and return to full-frame playback. Deleting Movie Files Display a movie in full-frame (c 26) or thumbnail playback mode (c 46) and press T. Choose [Yes] and press d to delete the movie, or choose [No] and press d to return to the normal playback display without deleting the movie. Erase 1 image? No Yes 58 Voice Recordings Making Voice Recordings Audio voice recordings can be recorded over the built-in microphone and played back over the built-in speaker. 1 Enter voice recording mode by pressing p in shooting mode, selecting O (press the multi selector H), and then pressing d. Voice recording The length of recording that can be made will be displayed. Voice recording 001 10. 10. 2006 10:30 Max rec time 1 8 : 3 5 2 Press the shutter-release button fully to start recording. * 1 Recording indicator 5 Time remaining 2 File number 6 Index number 3 Length of recording 7 Progress indicator 4 Date and time of recording Voice recording 1 4 20 0 1 1 0 . 2 0 0 6 1 0 : 3 0 30 0 : 0 0 : 0 5 / 0 0 : 1 8 : 3 0 5 6 Index 0 1 7 * Camera enters standby mode (c 15) after about 30 seconds and indicator lamp turns red. Press d to reactivate display. 3 Press the shutter-release button fully a second time to end recording. Recording will end automatically if the internal memory or memory card becomes full, or after five hours of recording on the memory card (256 MB or more). Voice Recordings Use the following during recording: Pause/resume recording Create index Shutter button d Press d once to pause recording; indicator lamp will blink. Start of recording is index number 1; other numbers are assigned in ascending order, to a maximum of 98. Press the shutter-release button fully a second time to end recording. End recording 59 Playing Voice Recordings 1 Enter audio playback mode by pressing p in playback mode, selecting q (press the multi selector H), and then pressing d. Voice recording files will be listed. Audio playback 2 Press GH to choose the desired file and press d. The selected file will be played back. Select sound file 001 10. 10. 2006 10:30 002 003 10. 10. 2006 11 : 0 5 10. 15. 2006 10:05 Copy Play Operations During Playback To delete recording, press A. Press m to exit playback and return to recording mode. 1 Control icons* 2 File number 3 Playback time 4 Index number 5 Progress indicator 6 Date and time of recording 7 Length of recording 8 Volume 9 Index Audio playback 1 6 20 0 1 1 0 . 2 0 0 6 1 0 : 3 0 30 0 : 0 0 : 1 0 / 0 0 : 1 8 : 2 5 7 8 4 Index 0 2 5 9 * Press IJ to choose control, press d to select. End playback and return to voice recording list. Voice Recordings 60 Copying Voice Recordings To copy voice recordings between internal memory and a memory card, display the voice recording list shown in step 2 on the preceding page and press m. [. . . ] 103 No sound when shutter is released Optical zoom cannot be used Digital zoom cannot be used 53 34, 41, 82, 84 Unexpected results when flash set to A (auto with red-eye reduction) Technical Notes 28, 34, 37, 44 [Image mode] not available 36, 82 [Date imprint] not available Date not appearing on pictures 97 42, 58 120 Troubleshooting Problem File cannot be played back Cause/Solution c · Time lapse or interval timer photogra- 55, 83 phy in progress: pictures cannot be played back until recording is complete. · File has been overwritten or renamed ­ by computer or other make of camera. Playback zoom cannot be used with movies, small pictures, or pictures that have been cropped to below 320 × 240. ­ Cannot zoom in on picture Cannot record voice memo Cannot use crop, D-Lighting, or small picture options ­ These options cannot be used with mov- 58, 48 ies and may not be available with pictures created with other cameras. [. . . ]