Basic Photography; Step 1 - Select Mode - Nikon COOLPIX S4 Manual

Basic Photography

This section describes how to take pictures in
"point-and-shoot" mode recommended for fi rst-time users of digital cam-
eras.
Step 1 — Select
Slide the mode selector to
The power-on lamp will light. The camera is ready to
shoot when the view through the camera lens is dis-
played in the monitor.
Shooting mode:
cates auto mode.
fi ve options depending on
how picture will be used
( 59). Default is
Flash mode: choose from fi ve modes according to light-
ing and creative intent (
The Battery Indicator
Display
NO ICON
WARNING!!
BATTERY EXHAUSTED
Shooting Options
(auto) mode offers fl ash (
20). In addition, a seven-item shooting menu gives full control over such settings as
white balance and exposure compensation (
12
Mode
and turn the camera on.
Battery indicator: ap-
pears when batteries
are running low.
indi-
.
17). Default is
Batteries fully charged.
Low battery; ready spare batteries. If fl ash fi res, monitor will turn
off while fl ash recharges.
Batteries exhausted. No pictures can be taken until batteries are
replaced. Power-on lamp fl ickers.
17), self-timer (
(auto) mode, an automatic,
Internal memory / memory card
indicator: indicates whether
internal memory (
memory card ( ) is used.
Number of exposures remain-
ing: depends on capacity of
AUTO AUTO AUTO 9 9
internal memory or memory
card and on option chosen
AUTO. for Image Mode (
Description
19), and macro close-up options (
58).
) or
92).