Nikon CoolPix 950 Quick Start Manual

Fast Track Guide
COOLPIX 950
1 Insert the batteries
This Fast Track Guide
provides a brief introduction
The battery compartment may be
to the parts and functioning
found on the bottom of the cam-
era. To open the compartment,
of the COOLPIX 950. Please
unlatch the cover, slide it out, and
be sure to read all other
flip it open. Insert four LR6 (AA)
documentation fully.
batteries as shown on the inside
of the compartment, then close
and latch the cover.
FYS
1/30
5 Adjust viewfinder diopter 6 Compose a photograph
The dial next to the viewfinder Frame your subject in the view-
allows the viewfinder to be ad- finder or LCD monitor. When the
justed to accommodate individual LCD monitor is on, the camera
differences in vision. focuses continuously to give an
impression of how the final photo-
graph will look. If the LCD monitor
is off, the camera focuses only
when the shutter-release button is
pressed half way.
Understanding the Control Panel Icons
Current settings are displayed in the
Self Timer
control panel on top of the camera.
NO ICON Off
On
Image Size RM 16
NO ICON 1,600 1,200 pixels
Multi-shot Mode
XGA 1,024 786 pixels
NO ICON Single shot
VGA 640 480 pixels
Continuous
Continuous—16-shot
Image Quality RM 16
HI Fewer pictures, higher quality
Continuous—high speed
FINE
NORMAL
Flash Mode
BASIC More pictures, basic quality
Auto flash mode
Focus Mode RM 13
"Flash Cancel" (off)
NO ICON Autofocus (30cm/12in.– )
"Anytime Flash" (forced on)
Infinity ( )
Slow synchronized
Macro close-up (2cm/0.8in.– )
Red-eye reduction
Manual focus (10cm/4in.– )
2 Insert the memory card
The COOLPIX 950 uses compact
flash memory cards to store pho-
tographs, in much the same way
an ordinary camera uses film. The
memory card slot is on the bottom
of the camera. Open the cover,
slide the card in as shown above,
and fold the eject button over.
Then close the cover.
RM 4 FYS
7 Check the focus and flash
Gently depress the shutter-re-
lease button half way and check
the autofocus and flash indicators
next to the viewfinder. The cam-
era is ready to take a picture when
the autofocus lamp (green) glows
steadily and the flash lamp (red) is
not blinking.
PG 2–3 PG 3–4
RM 15 Exposure Mode RM 18
Programmed
Aperture priority
Shutter priority
PG 11
PG 5
Metering
Matrix
Spot
Center-weighted
Sensitivity RM 17
NO ICON Standard (ISO 80 equivalent)
RM 11
Sensitivity adjustment in effect
Compensation
NO ICON None ( 0EV)
Exposure compensation in effect
3 Select A-REC
Turn the mode dial to A-REC.
Check that the LCD display on top
of the camera is on and that the
battery indicator is not flashing.
RM 5
8 Take a picture
To take a picture, fully depress the
shutter-release button.
RM 9
Battery Level
Battery fully charged
Low battery
Battery exhausted
Number Display
Number of exposures remaining
No memory card detected
Card format error
Serial cable connected
Data transfer in progress
B K
D AT E
Y M D
AUTO
1 9 9 9 . 0 3 . 2 0
Using focus lock to focus on an off-center subject
2 3 : 0 5
A D J. Z O O M S W 1
S E T
S H U T T E R
If your subject is
4 Set the time and date
not inside the
focus brackets, you
Press the MENU button to display
can use focus lock
to focus on the
the A-REC menu. Choose DATE
subject while
and use the zoom buttons and
blurring distant
shutter-release button to set the
details of the
camera's internal clock to the background.
current time and date.
PG 19 RM 6
A-REC
You control:
• Zoom
• Flash and focus
modes
• Exposure compensa-
tion
• Image quality and
size
All other settings are
made automatically by
the camera.
9 Check the results
The picture just taken will be
displayed briefly in the LCD moni-
tor while the camera transfers it to
memory. Press the button to
freeze the display for ten seconds.
If you are not pleased with the DELETE
results, you can press to delete Select the current
photograph for deletion.
the photo before returning to
shooting mode. Photo info
When a photo is
RM 10 displayed full size, turn
the command dial to
display or hide photo
information.
Focus Lock
The brackets in the center of the viewfinder ( )
show the autofocus position.
2 3
To focus on an off- Keeping the shutter-
center subject, release button
position the subject slightly depressed,
in the focus brackets recompose your
and depress the picture, then press
shutter-release the shutter-release
button half way. button the rest of the
way down to take
the photograph.
The Mode Dial
The COOLPIX 950 offers a choice of three
operating modes.
RM 7 M-REC PG 5 PLAY RM 20
In addition to the items This mode allows you to
listed at left, you control: play back and delete
• Exposure and previously recorded
metering modes photographs (see
• Sensitivity below).
• White balance
• Brightness and
contrast
• Multi-shot mode
• "Best-shot" mode
• Color mode (black-
and-white or full
color)
• Other settings
Playback Mode
The zoom buttons and the three buttons under the
monitor have special functions in playback mode.
THUMBNAIL MAGNIFY
View nine photographs Zoom in on the current
at once. Use the photograph. Press once
command dial to page to view at 2, twice to
through photos nine at a view at 3. Use the
time. Use the W/T command dial to view
buttons to highlight different portions of the
individual photos. Press image. Press a third
the thumbnail button time to view photograph
again to view highlight- at full size.
ed photograph at full
W/T
size.
Scroll through photo-
graphs one at a time.
Using the Menus
Separate menus are available for
each operating mode.
To display and hide the menu
With the monitor on, press the MENU button.
In menus with more than one page, you can
move between pages by pressing the MENU
button. Pressing the MENU button when the
last page of the menu is displayed hides the
menu.
To highlight a menu item
Use the W/T buttons to move through menu
items one at a time.
To select a highlighted menu item
Press the shutter-release button. Where several different
settings are possible for an item in the main menu, you can
highlight the menu item and press the shutter release button
to display a submenu of options, or use the command dial to
make changes to settings directly from the main menu.