Nikon COOLPIX 2500 Instruction Manual page 50

Night Portrait
• Flash mode is set to
Beach/Snow
Landscape
• Focus is fixed at infinity, allowing the camera to focus on distant scenes
through foreground objects such as a window or a screen of branches.
The focus indicator (AF ) is not displayed.
• Flash turns off (
Noise Reduction
"Noise" in the form of randomly-spaced, brightly-colored pixels tends to ap-
pear in pictures taken at slow shutter speeds. This effect is particularly notice-
able in dark areas of the picture. At settings of Night Portrait and Night
Landscape, pictures taken at slow shutter speeds are processed to reduce
noise before being saved to the memory card. As result, more time is required
to save pictures to the memory card.
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Use for shots that provide a natural balance between the
main subject and the background when shooting portraits
against a backdrop of night scenery.
(auto with red-eye reduction;
Vividly captures the brightness of such subjects as snow-
fields, beaches, or sunlight expanses of water.
Use for vivid landscape shots that enhance outlines, colors,
and contrast in such subjects as skyscapes and forests.
) automatically.
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Camera Shake: