Nikon COOLPIX P500 User Manual page 64

_ Backlighting
Use when light is coming from behind the subject, throwing features or details into shadow.
Press the MENU button to adjust HDR (high dynamic range) composite settings in HDR for the
shooting scene.
• When HDR is set to Off (default setting): The flash fires to
prevent the subject from being hidden in shadow.
- Shoot pictures with the flash raised.
- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot a
single picture.
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• When HDR is set to On: Use when ta king pictures with very
bright and dark areas in the same frame.
- The _}j_ icon is displayed on the shooting screen. If
there are very bright areas and very dark areas in the
frame, the [] icon lights in green.
- The digital zoom is not available.
- When the shutter-rdease button is pressed all the way,
the camera shoots pictures continuously with a high
shutter speed, and saves the following two images.
- An image processed by D-Lighting (_149) at the time of shooting
- HDR composite image (the effects of over-exposure and under-exposure are
reduced)
- The second image saved is an HDR composite image. If only one image can be saved,
an image processed by D-Lighting is the only image saved.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steady without
moving it until a still picture is displayed. After taking a picture, it takes some time to
save the image. Do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting
screen.
- The angle of view (image area) seen in the saved image will be narrower than that seen
on the monitor at the time of shooting.
• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
1 When HDR is set to Off, the flash mode is fixed at _ (fill flash),
When HDR is set to On, the flash mode is fixed at @ (off'},
2 Other settings can be selected.
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