How To Use It-Camera Controls And Displays - Nikon COOLPIX 2500 Instruction Manual

How to Use It—Camera Controls and Displays
A The Mode Selector
The mode selector selects the operating mode and
turns the camera on and off. Choose
still pictures and movies (
mode) to play them back (
selector to OFF when you have finished using the
camera.
B The Monitor
The monitor is where you compose pictures before shooting. In
the monitor shows the view through the camera lens, together with icons
indicating the status of camera settings.
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1 Zoom indicator ...................... 57
2 Focus indicator
3 Recording indicator ............... 29
4 "Date not set" icon
5 Camera shake icon
1 Displayed only when shutter-release button is
pressed halfway.
2 Appears when clock-calendar has not been set.
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1 ..................... 28
2
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3
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to take
(playback
6 Battery level indicator
7 Self-timer indicator ................ 55
8 Number of exposures remaining
............................................. 25
9 Exposure compensation ......... 63
10 Flash mode ............................ 53
11 Image quality ........................ 61
12 Image size ............................. 62
13 Sensitivity gain indicator ........ 54
14 Best shot selector (BSS)/continu-
ous shooting mode .......... 67/66
15 Image sharpening .................. 68
16 White balance ....................... 64
17 Shooting mode ............... 25, 36
3 Appears only at slow shutter speeds.
4 Appears only when battery is running low.
mode
Playback mode
mode,
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