Nikon 3142EB Digital Camera with 802.11b/g Transmitter User Manual 2 of 8

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Red-eye Reduction
The camera uses advanced red-eye reduction. Low-intensity light pulses cause the subject’s pupils to contract before the flash fires. If the camera still detects red-eye, it will process the image to further its effects (“In-Camera Red-eye Fix”; note that this may slightly
increase the time needed to record the picture). This mode is not recommended where
a quick shutter response is required; if the desired results are not achieved, try again at a
different flash setting.
When Lighting Is Poor
햲 The AF-assist illuminator may light
If lighting is poor, the AF-assist illuminator may light to assist the focus operation when the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway. The illuminator has a maximum range of
about 1.9 m/6 ft. 3 in. (W) to 1.1 m/3 ft. 7 in. (T). The AF-assist illuminator is not available
in some modes ( 84) and can also be turned off manually ( 75), although in this case
the camera may not focus when lighting is poor.
If the warning at right is displayed after a picture is taken,
the picture may be blurred. Select No to exit without recording the picture. If no operations are performed for
about twenty seconds, the picture will be recorded automatically.
Basic Photography and Playback
햳 A blur warning may be displayed
If the flash is off, a icon will be displayed to warn that pictures may be blurred as a result of slow shutter speeds. If
an ISO icon is displayed, sensitivity has been raised to compensate for poor lighting and pictures may be affected by
“noise” in the form of randomly-spaced, brightly-colored
dots ( 65). The camera may process pictures to reduce
noise, doubling recording times.
PICTURE IS BLURRED.
SAVE PICTURE?
No
Yes
Confirm
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Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer
The camera is equipped with a ten- and three-second timers for self-portraits and
to reduce blur. When using the self-timer, mount the camera on a tripod (recommended) or rest it on a flat, level surface.
Display self-timer menu.
Self-timer
Highlight option.
3 s: Use to reduce blur.
10 s: Use for self-portraits.
Self-timer
Confirm
Basic Photography and Playback
Make selection (to exit without setting
timer, wait five seconds).
icon appears in
display.
Frame picture and start timer; display in
monitor shows seconds remaining before
shutter is released. To stop timer before picture is taken, press shutter-release button
again.
The self-timer lamp will blink until one second before
the picture is taken, staying lit during the final second
to warn that the shutter is about to be released.
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Macro Close-up Mode
Macro close-up mode is used for taking shots of objects as close as 4 cm (1.6 in.).
Macro close-up
Macro close-up
Confirm
Confirm
Display macro close-up menu.
Make selection (to exit without changing
mode, wait five seconds). Selection is shown
by icon in display.
Frame picture. Minimum focus distance varies with zoom position; if zoom is adjusted to
▲ position and icon turns green, camera
can focus at distance of 4 cm (1.6 in.). Camera
focuses continuously until shutter-release
button is pressed halfway to lock focus.
Focus and shoot. Note that flash may be unable to light entire subject at distances of less than 30 cm (1 ft.); if flash fires, play picture back and check results.
The macro close-up mode option last selected for
next time mode is selected.
(auto) mode is restored the
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Basic Photography and Playback
Highlight ON.
One-Touch Portrait Mode
For portrait shots, press the button when the camera is in shooting mode. This
will automatically activate the following features:
• Portrait: Background details are softened, allowing the portrait subject to stand
out clearly.
• Face-priority AF: The camera automatically detects and focuses on faces.
• Advanced red-eye reduction: Reduces “red-eye” caused by the flash ( 21).
Macro close-up is not available in one touch portrait mode. To return to the previously selected shooting mode, press the button again.
Basic Photography and Playback
Press
button.
icon is displayed.
Frame picture using
icon as guide.*
* When camera detects face, will change to double yellow border. If camera detects multiple faces, it will focus on closest subject; other subjects are indicated by single border. If
camera can no longer detect subject (for example, because subject has looked away from
camera), borders will no longer be displayed; return to Step 2.
Set focus and exposure.
Double border turns green.
Take picture.
Face-Priority AF
The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not
the subject is facing the camera. The camera may be unable to detect faces that are hidden
by sunglasses or other obstructions or that take up too much or too little of the frame. If no
face is detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera will focus on
the center of the frame.
The camera will focus continuously until a face detected. If the double border flashes yellow
when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera is unable to focus; release the
button and try again.
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The One-Touch Portrait Menu
Pressing the
button in one-touch portrait mode displays the one-touch portrait
menu. With the exception of exposure compensation, the options chosen in this
menu are restored the next time one-touch portrait mode is selected.
Option
SET-UP
Image mode
Description
Display setup menu ( 70)
Choose image size and quality ( 61).
Alter exposure from the value selected by the camera. Choose from
Exp. +/–
values between –2.0 EV and +2.0 EV. Negative values produce darker
pictures, positive values brighter pictures.
Choose from Normal, Brighter (reduces vividness of skin tones), and
Portrait effect
Softer (soft effect).
Basic Photography and Playback
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Scene and Scene Assist Modes
The camera offers a choice of eleven “scene” and four “assist” options. Camera settings are automatically optimized for the selected subject type.
Scene mode: The following scenes are available.
Party/Indoor
Night Landscape
Copy
Beach/Snow
Close Up
Back Light
Sunset
Museum
Panorama Assist
Dusk/Dawn
Fireworks Show
Scene assist modes: These scenes offer framing assist to help compose shots.
Mode
Portrait
Landscape
Description
For portraits.
For landscapes.
Mode
Sports
Description
For moving subjects.
For portraits taken against
Night Portrait
a night backdrop.
Scene Mode
Scene and Scene Assist Modes
To take pictures in scene mode, select shooting mode and follow these steps:
Display shooting mode menu.
Highlight
Select and exit to last selected scene.
Display scene menu.
Highlight scene.*
* Select
to display setup menu ( 70),
adjust exposure compensation ( 31).
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Select and exit to selected scene.
to display image-mode menu (
61),
to
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Take pictures.
The following scenes are available:
Party/Indoor
AUTO
OFF
OFF
Use for shots that include details of the background, or to capture the
effects of candlelight and other indoor background lighting.
Beach/Snow
AUTO
AUTO
OFF
OFF
Captures the brightness of such subjects as snowfields, beaches, or
sunlit expanses of water.
OFF
Setting Icons
The icons to the right of the scene name indicate (in order from left to right) the default
flash ( 20), self-timer ( 22), macro close-up ( 23), focus (see below), and AF-assist
( 21) settings for that scene. White squares ( ) indicate settings that can be changed,
solid squares ( ) settings that are fixed at the values shown. Default values for the current
scene are restored when the camera is turned off or another scene or shooting mode is
selected. Focus is shown as follows:
Camera focuses on subject in center of frame
Camera focuses at infinity. Focus indicator is always displayed in green when shutter-release button is pressed halfway; note, however, that foreground objects may not
always be in focus.
The following icons indicate the precautions that may be needed to avoid blur:
Hold camera steady
Use tripod
icon indicates that pictures may be processed to reduce noise, resulting in increased
recording times.
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Scene and Scene Assist Modes
Sunset
OFF
OFF
OFF
Preserves the deep hues seen in sunsets and sunrises.
Dusk/Dawn
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
Preserves the colors seen in the weak natural light before sunrise or
after sunset.
Night Landscape
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
Slow shutter speeds are used to produce stunning night landscapes.
Close Up
AUTO
AUTO
OFF
ON
Use to photograph flowers, insects, and other small objects at ranges as close as 4 cm (1.6 in.), with the background artistically blurred.
Camera zooms to macro close-up position. Macro close-up icon ( )
turns green, indicating that camera can focus as close as 4 cm (1.6 in.)
to lens. Camera focuses continuously until shutter-release button is
pressed halfway to lock focus.
Scene and Scene Assist Modes
Museum
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
Use indoors where flash photography is prohibited (for example, in
museums and art galleries) or in other settings in which you do not
want to use the flash. BSS ( 65) turns on automatically.
Fireworks Show
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
Slow shutter speeds are used to capture the expanding burst of light
from a firework.
Copy
AUTO
OFF
OFF
ON
Provides clear pictures of text or drawings on a white board or in
printed matter such as a business card. Use macro close-up ( 23)
to focus at short ranges. Colored text and drawings may not show
up well.
Back Light
AUTO
OFF
OFF
Use when light is coming from behind a portrait subject, throwing
their features into shadow. The flash fires automatically to “fill in” (illuminate) shadows.
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Panorama Assist
OFF
OFF
OFF
AUTO
Use when taking a series of pictures that will later be joined together in PictureProject to
form a panorama.
Taking Pictures for a Panorama
Highlight
(Panorama assist) in scene
menu ( 26).
Right
to left
Top to
bottom
Default pan direction displayed.
Bottom Select how pictures will be joined together
to top in completed panorama. This is the direction in which camera will be panned after
Left to each shot.
right
Make selection (to return to step 3, press
button again). Pan direction displayed in
white.
Take first shot. About 1/3 of picture is superimposed on view through lens (if pan direction is left to right, picture will appear on side
of monitor). AE-L icon is displayed to show
that white balance and exposure settings for
this picture apply to all shots in series.
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Scene and Scene Assist Modes
6
Compose next shot to overlap with previous picture.
Take next shot. Repeat steps 6–7 until all
shots in series have been taken.
End series. Shooting will also end if a new
mode is selected or camera enters standby
mode ( 14).
The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. Use a tripod for better results.
Scene and Scene Assist Modes
Panorama Assist
Flash mode ( 20), macro close-up ( 23), and self-timer ( 22) can not be adjusted after
the first picture is taken. Pictures can not be deleted or zoom or image mode ( 61) adjusted
until shooting is complete. See page 89 for information on how panoramas are stored.
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Using Exposure Compensation in Scene Mode
Exposure compensation is used to alter exposure from the value selected by the
camera. Choose from values between –2.0 EV and +2.0 EV. Negative values produce darker pictures, positive values brighter pictures. To choose a value for exposure compensation, select a scene ( 27–29) and follow the steps below.
Display scene menu.
Highlight
(Exp. +/–).
Choose value for exposure compensation.
Select and exit to scene menu.
Return to previously-selected scene.
Exposure compensation for the current scene will be reset to 0 when the camera is
turned off or another scene or shooting mode is selected.
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Scene and Scene Assist Modes
Display exposure compensation menu.
Scene Assist Mode
Compose pictures with the help of framing guides displayed in the monitor.
Display shooting mode menu.
Highlight
Scene and Scene Assist Modes
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, or
Display framing assist menu.
Highlight composition type.*
: camera setup (
Select and exit to selected mode.
70);
Select and return to shooting mode.
: select image-mode (
61);
: adjust exposure (
31)
Take pictures. If framing guides are displayed, position subject in guides before
shooting.
*
Portrait Assist: Use for smooth, natural-looking portraits.
PORTRAIT
Portrait Left
Portrait Right
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
No guides are displayed. Camera sets focus
and exposure for subject in center focus area.
Compose shot with subject in left or right half
of frame.†
Portrait Close-up Compose shot with face in top half of frame.†
Compose shot with two subjects side-byPortrait Couple
side.†
Portrait Figure Compose shot in “tall” orientation.†
* AF-assist available in PORTRAIT mode.
† Camera sets focus and exposure for subject in framing guides.
Landscape Assist: Use for vivid landscapes or portraits that
feature a landmark in the background.
OFF
No guides are displayed. Use to focus on distant objects through foreground objects such
as windows or a screen of branches.†
Compose shot with sky in top third of frame.
Scenic View
Match skyline with wavy yellow guide.†
Photograph buildings. Framing grid helps
Architecture
keep verticals and horizontals aligned with the
frame.†
Compose shots with landmark to left or right
Group Right
of portrait subjects. Camera sets focus and exGroup Left
posure for portrait subjects.
* In Group Right and Group Left modes, flash mode is automatically set to AUTO; other
modes can be selected.
† Camera focuses at infinity. Focus indicator ( 16) is always displayed in green when shutter-release button is pressed halfway; note, however, that foreground objects may not always be in focus.
LANDSCAPE
Scene and Scene Assist Modes
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Sports Assist: Capture motion in a series of high-speed shots.
No framing guides are displayed. Focus, exposure, and white
balance for all pictures are determined by the first shot in each
series.
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
While shutter-release button is held down, camera shoots about 2.2 frames
per second (fps) until
icon is displayed. Camera focuses continuously
even when shutter-release button is not pressed.
Sport
As above, except that camera focuses at about 4.5 m/15 ft. (6 m/20 ft. at maxiSpectator mum zoom) to infinity for improved shutter response.
Each time shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes *
16 shots in about 2 seconds and arranges them in single
Sport
picture (1,600 × 1,200 pixels) in size. Camera focuses
Composite
continuously even when shutter-release button is not
pressed.
SPORTS
Scene and Scene Assist Modes
Night Portrait Assist: Use for a natural balance between the
main subject and background lighting in portraits shot at
night. This mode offers the same assist options as portrait assist mode. To prevent blurring, mount the camera on a tripod
or rest it on a flat, stable surface.
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OFF
OFF
OFF
Movies
Recording Movies
To shoot movies with sound recorded via the built-in microphone, select shooting
mode and follow the steps below (no sound is recorded for time-lapse movies).
Movies recorded to internal memory at the default setting of Small Size 320 can
be up to 1 minute 14 seconds long; a 256 MB memory card can hold up to 14 minutes 30 seconds.
Display shooting mode menu.
Select and exit to movie mode. Exposure
count display shows maximum total length
of movie that can be recorded.
Press shutter-release button all the way
down to start recording. Progress bar shows
amount of memory remaining. Press shutter-release button all the way down a second time to end recording.
Recording Movies
The flash ( 20) turns off in all modes except Time-lapse movie. The self-timer ( 22) can
not be used. Optical zoom can not be adjusted during recording; digital zoom is available to
a maximum of 2 × ( 15).
More on Movies
See the Appendix for information on how movie files are stored ( 89), the maximum total
length of movie that can be recorded at different settings ( 88), and movie menu defaults
( 87).
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Movies
Highlight
The Movie Menu
Pressing the
button in movie mode displays the movie menu. Options chosen
in this menu are restored the next time movie mode is selected.
Option
SET-UP
Movie Options
Auto-focus Mode
Electronic VR
Description
Display setup menu ( 70).
Choose type of movie that will be recorded (see below).
Choose how camera focuses in movie mode ( 37).
Reduce effects of camera shake ( 37).
Movie Options
The following options are available:
Option
Size (pixels)
Frames per second
TV movie 640★
640 × 480
30
Small Size 320★
320 × 240
30
Small Size 320
320 × 240
15
Pictmotion 320*
320 × 240
15
Smaller Size 160
160 × 120
15
Time-lapse movie★
640 × 480
30
* Maximum length is 60 s, making movie suitable for use with Pictmotion ( 48).
Movies
Time-Lapse Movie: Record flowers opening or butterflies emerging from cocoons.
The camera takes up to 1800 stills at specified intervals and joins them into a silent
movie up to sixty seconds long. Charge the battery before shooting begins.
Selecting Time-lapse movie★ displays the menu shown in Step 1, below.
Choose interval between shots.
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Select and exit to movie options menu.
Press
button to exit menu.
Press shutter-release button all the way
down to start recording. Camera will take
pictures at specified interval until shutterrelease button is pressed again, memory
is full, or 1800 frames have been recorded.
Monitor turns off and indicator lamp blinks
green between shots.
Auto-focus Mode
Choose how the camera focuses in movie mode.
Option
Description
Camera focuses when shutter-release button is pressed halfway and
Single AF
locks at this position during shooting, preventing sound of camera
focusing from interfering with recording.
Camera constantly adjusts focus, even when shutter-release button
Continuous AF
is not pressed.
Electronic VR
Choose On to reduce the effects of camera shake in all movie modes except Timelapse movie. An electronic VR indicator is displayed in the monitor when electronic VR is on ( 6–7).
Movies
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Movie Playback
In full-frame playback (
a icon.
41), movies are indicated by
100NIKON
0001.MOV
15.05.2006
10:20
Start
1m14s
14s
To play a movie, display it in full-frame playback and
button. Playback controls appear at the
press the
top of the display; press the rotary multi selector left or
right to highlight a control, then press the button to
perform the selected operation.
Control
Description
Movie rewinds while button is pressed.
Movie advances while button is pressed.
Pause playback. Rotate rotary multi selector for single-frame advance or rewind.
Go ahead one frame. Advance continues while button is pressed.
Go back one frame. Rewind continues while button is pressed.
Resume playback.
End movie and return to full-frame playback.
Movies
Volume is displayed when the zoom control is pressed. Select W to lower volume,
T to increase. Rotate the rotary multi selector to fast forward or rewind while the
movie is playing. To delete a movie, display it in full-frame playback or select it in the
thumbnail list and press the
button. A confirmation dialog will be displayed.
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Voice Recordings
Audio voice recordings can be recorded over the built-in microphone and played
back over the built-in speaker.
Making a Voice Recording
To make a voice recording, select shooting mode and follow these steps:
Display shooting mode menu.
Highlight
Select and exit to voice recording mode.
Display shows length of recording that can
be made.
Recording indicator
File number
Length of recording
Date of recording
5 Time remaining
6 Index number †
7 Progress indicator
to reacti* Camera enters stand-by mode ( 14) and indicator lamp turns green. Press
vate display. To pause recording, press button; self-timer and indicator lamps will blink.
Press again to resume.
† To create index, press rotary multi selector up, down, left, or right during recording. Camera
can skip to any index during playback. Start of recording is index number 01; other numbers
are assigned in ascending order, to maximum of 98.
Press shutter-release button all the way
down a second time to end recording. Recording will end automatically after five
hours or when no more memory is available.
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Voice Recordings
Press shutter-release button all the way down to start recording.*
The Voice Recording Menu
Pressing the
button in voice recording mode displays the following options.
The option selected for Sound quality is restored the next time voice recording
mode is selected.
Option
Description
SET-UP
Display setup menu ( 70).
Sound quality Select High for high quality, Normal for reduced file size.
Voice Recordings
Voice Recordings
PictureProject can not be used to transfer or play voice recordings. Select Interface > Mass
storage for USB, copy the files manually, and then play them back using QuickTime or any
other WAV-compatible audio player. Note that index points created with the camera can not
be used when voice recordings are played back on another device.
The COOLPIX S6 may be unable play or copy sound files created with other devices. See the
Appendix for information on how voice recordings are stored ( 89) and on the maximum
total length of voice recording that can be stored ( 88).
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