Nikon Coolpix 300 User Manual page 42

Check to see that the settings are appropriate to your subject, lighting
conditions and memory requirements. Touching an icon with the stylus
will bring up a menu which will allow you to change the settings for that
item (see "Settings"). In most circumstances the default settings shown
above (flash set to auto, single frame shutter mode, fine image quality, and
sound recorder and timer off) should be adequate to your needs; for
detailed information on how to change your camera's settings to suit
particular situations and tasks, refer to "Settings."
Step 5 - Ready the camera
The COOLPIX 300's design allows you to frame your shots using either
the viewfinder or the touch-panel display. Using the viewfinder with the
touch-panel display's cover closed saves battery power and allows you to
support the camera with both hands, which prevents the camera from
shaking and so blurring your photographs. When framing pictures through
the viewfinder, close the touch-panel cover and hold the camera as shown
below.
Because the touch-panel display presents a view directly through the lens,
composing photographs in the touch-panel's main window makes possible
precise framing of your subjects. It also, however, makes your
photographs more susceptible to blurring caused by hand shake. When
framing photographs in the touch-panel display, hold the camera and stylus
as shown below.
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First Steps : Taking Your First Photograph