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Nikon CoolPix 950 Pocket Manual

Nikon coolpix 950: user guide
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  • Page 1 DIGITAL CAMERA COOLPIX 950 Pocket Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    The Playback Menu ... 19 Other Camera Functions ... 21 Camera Setup ... 21 Saving and Clearing Settings ... 24 Using Folders ... 25 Nikon View ... 27 Nikon View Software Manuals ... 27 Connecting Your Camera to a Computer ... 28...
  • Page 3 Contents of the COOLPIX 950 Refer- ence Manual (on CD) Overview ... 3 First Steps ... 4 Putting Batteries in Your Camera ... 4 Inserting and Removing Memory Cards ... 5 Choosing a Language for the Menus ... 5 Setting the Time and Date ... 6 Taking Your First Photograph ...
  • Page 4 The M-REC Menu ... 28 Digital Zoom (DIG TELE) ... 30 Black-and-White Photography ... 31 Lens Converter Settings (LENS) ... 32 Making a Panorama—Tips (AE-LOCK) ... 33 User Settings ... 34 Restoring Default Settings ... 35 LCD On/Off ... 36 The Controls Menu (M-REC) ...

  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview Thank you for buying a COOLPIX 950. This Pocket Guide offers advice concerning the most commonly used features of your camera. It has been designed for portability and ease of reference. The other docu- mentation for this product includes: •...

  • Page 6: Composition And Focus

    Composition and Focus The COOLPIX 950 is equipped with motor-driven, 3 optical zoom linked to the viewfinder. This feature can be used to frame photo- graphs either in the viewfinder or the LCD monitor. Photographs can be enlarged electronically a further 1.25, 1.6, 2.0, or 2.5 times using digital zoom Focus can be adjusted according to your composition.
  • Page 7 Automatic Digital Zoom At the maximum optical zoom position, hold the T button down for two seconds to trigger digital zoom. While digital zoom is in effect, the zoom indicator and the green AF lamp will blink, and the amount of magnification pro- duced by digital zoom will be displayed to the right of the zoom indicator.
  • Page 8 After framing your photograph, you can check autofocus by gently pressing the shutter-release button half way. If the camera is able to focus on the subject framed in the viewfinder focus brackets, the AF lamp will glow green. Focus will remain constant as long as the shutter- release button is held halfway down;...

  • Page 9: Lighting

    Lighting The COOLPIX 950 offers a number of functions for dealing with different lighting conditions. In addition to the flash, sensitivity, and exposure compensation settings discussed in the Fast Track Guide , you can use metering, white balance, and image adjustment to cope with different lighting conditions or produce a variety of lighting effects.
  • Page 10 Choosing a metering method When the mode dial is set to A-REC, the camera automatically uses matrix metering. To choose another metering method, follow these steps: 1. Turn the mode dial to M-REC. 2. Press the MENU button to display the shoot- ing menu.

  • Page 11: White Balance

    White Balance Different lighting conditions may change how the whites in your photographs look. This is called “white balance.” The COOLPIX 950 automatically adjusts white balance when the shutter-release button is half-pressed to produce natural coloration. If desired, a white- balance program suited to specific light sources can be selected.
  • Page 12 Choosing a white-balance program In A-REC mode, the camera uses automatic white balance. Follow the steps below to select another white-balance program: 1. Turn the mode dial to M-REC. 2. Press the MENU button to display the shoot- ing menu. 3.

  • Page 13: Image Adjustment

    Image Adjustment Although the sophisticated autoexposure control of the COOLPIX 950 produces excellent results in most cases, there may be some in- stances in which further adjustment to brightness and contrast can enhance the image. Brightness can be increased using the lighten...
  • Page 14 Using image adjustment Image adjustment is only available in M-REC mode. To change the image adjustment setting: 1. Turn the mode dial to M-REC. 2. Press the MENU button to display the shoot- ing menu. 3. Using the zoom buttons, highlight IMG ADJUST.

  • Page 15: Multi-Shot Photography (Continuous)

    Multi-shot Photography (CONTINUOUS) In M-REC mode, you can use the COOLPIX 950 to shoot frames one after the other while the shutter-release button is held down. Four settings are available: Setting Single Only one photograph is taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed.
  • Page 16 SEQUENCE is indicated by the indicator VGA and the image quality indicator NORMAL. The COOLPIX 950 is equipped with a memory buffer for temporary storage of photos during shooting. This allows you to take several photographs in succession, as you would with a traditional film camera, without waiting for the images to be transferred to the memory card.

  • Page 17: Best-Shot Selection (Bss)

    Best-Shot Selection (BSS) The COOLPIX 950 offers a “best-shot selection” (BSS) function that compensates for camera movement. When this function is on, the camera shoots photos as long as the shutter-release button is held down, to a maximum of ten. The camera then compares the images and selects the photo with the highest level of detail.

  • Page 18: Other Shooting Options

    Choose NO for color photography. Lens converter (LENS): This menu offers a choice of settings suited to the lens adapters available separately for the COOLPIX 950. These settings are described in the Reference Manual . AE-LOCK: Locks exposure and white balance, allow- ing you to produce a series of photographs with con- sistent color balance and exposure.

  • Page 19: Playback

    Playback In addition to the playback features described in the Fast Track Guide , the COOLPIX 950 offers a menu of playback options that can be used when viewing photographs stored in the memory card. This section outlines some of these options. Playback is described in greater detail in the CD Reference Manual .
  • Page 20 Delete: Delete selected pictures, folders, or all photos in memory. This menu can also be used to delete printer information files created using the PRINT SET option (see below). To delete selected images, choose SELECTED from the delete menu, then choose the photos to be deleted from a thumbnail menu.

  • Page 21: Other Camera Functions

    Other Camera Functions This chapter describes additional camera functions accessible from the A-REC, M-REC, and PLAY menus. These include camera setup, options for saving M-REC settings or restoring them to their default values, and file-management functions for organizing photographs as you shoot.
  • Page 22 SAVE (EXPOSURE COMPENSATION SAVE): As for FLASH MODE SAVE, but the camera saves the exposure-compensation setting. • INTL FLASH OFF: The COOLPIX 950 is equipped with an external flash connector that allows an external flash to be used in combination with the camera’s built-in flash.
  • Page 23 Card format (A-REC, PLAY): Formats compact flash-memory cards for use in the COOLPIX 950 ( note that this erases all data on the card ). The card format option for M-REC mode is located in the second page of the main M-REC menu, rather than in the setup menu.

  • Page 24: Saving And Clearing Settings

    Saving and Clearing Settings The M-REC menu provides the following options for saving camera settings and restoring settings to their default values. USER SET: The COOLPIX 950 can “memorize” up to three combinations of settings, including: • metering • white balance •...

  • Page 25: Using Folders

    Using Folders By default, photographs taken with the COOLPIX 950 are stored in the memory card in a folder labeled NIKON. To make it easier to locate photographs during playback, you can create additional folders and organize your photographs by theme. The FOLDERS menu enables...
  • Page 26 Renaming existing folders Choose RENAME from the OPTIONS menu to display a list of user-created folders (the folder name NIKON can not be changed). Highlight the folder you want to rename and press the shutter-release button. The name of the selected folder will be displayed, allowing you to change the name as described in “Creating New...

  • Page 27: Nikon View

    Nikon View This chapter describes how to connect your camera to a computer running Nikon View (version 2 or later required). Using Nikon View , you can view or print the photographs stored in your camera’s memory, or copy photographs to your computer for long-term storage.

  • Page 28: Connecting Your Camera To A Computer

    Connecting Your Camera to a Computer The COOLPIX 950 can be connected to an IBM-compatible computer (PC) using the serial cable provided. An adapter is also provided for connection to Macintosh computers. To connect the camera, follow these steps: 1. Connect the cable to the camera as shown at right.
  • Page 29 “marching ants” marquee. Do not unplug the serial cable while data transfer is in progress. Do not use Nikon View with the camera while battery power is low or the batteries are exhausted. If the battery indicator changes to low or starts to flash while the camera...

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