Nikon CoolPix S8200 Reference Manual page 58

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
W Backlighting
Use when light is coming from behind the subject, throwing features or details into shadow.
Press the d button to set HDR (high dynamic range) compositing using the HDR setting
according to the shooting conditions and subject.
• When HDR is set to Off (default setting): The flash fires to
prevent the subject from being hidden in shadow.
- The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
- One image is captured when the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way.
• When HDR is set to Level 1-Level 3: Use when taking
pictures with very bright and dark areas in the same frame.
Select Level 1 when there is less difference between bright
and dark areas, and Level 3 when there is more difference
between bright and dark areas.
- The P icon is displayed in the shooting screen.
- The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
- When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way,
the camera shoots images continuously at high speed,
and saves the following two images.
- A non-HDR composite image
- An HDR composite image in which the loss of details in highlights or shadows is
minimized
- The second image saved is an HDR composite image. If there is only enough memory to
save one image, an image processed by D-Lighting (A 80) at the time of shooting, in
which dark areas of the image are corrected, is the only image saved.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steadily without
moving it until a still image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera
off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.
- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image will be
narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.
- Depending on the shooting conditions, dark shadows may appear around bright
subjects and bright areas may appear around dark subjects. You can compensate by
lowering the level setting.
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