Nikon COOLPIX P520 Reference Manual page 58

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Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
SCENE-> _ sports
• The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
• While you continue to hold the shutter-release button all the way, up to 7 pictures are
shot at a rate of about 7 frames per second (fps) (when image quality is set to Normal
and image size is set to _ 4896x3672).
• The camera focuses on the subject even when the shutter-release button is not pressed
halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
• Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each
series.
• The frame rate with continuous shooting may become slow depending upon the current
image quality setting, image size setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
SCENE-_ [] Night
portrait
On the screen that is displayed when [] Night portrait is selected, select _ Hand-held
or @ Tripod.
• C:_ Hand-held: Select this mode to hold the camera by hand for shooting pictures.
• @ Tripod (default setting): Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a
tripod.
- Vibration reduction is not used even if Vibration reduction in the setup menu
(_103) is set to Normal or Active.
• The camera shoots a single picture at a slow shutter speed. Compared to using Tripod,
when Hand-held is selected the camera sets a slightly faster shutter speed in
accordance with the shooting conditions to prevent camera shake.
• The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting.
• The camera detects and focuses on a face (_80).
• The skin softening feature makes the skin tones in people's faces appear softer (_46).
• If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
• The digital zoom is not available.
SCENE-_ _._ Party)indo0r
• The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
• As images are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. Set Vibration
reduction to Off in the setup menu ([_103) when shooting using a tripod to stabilize
the camera.
SCENE -> -_ Beach
• The camerafocuses at the centerarea of the frame.
SCENE->I_1 snow
• The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
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