Nikon COOLPIX S550 User Manual page 50

Shooting in the Scene Mode
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Night landscape
Slow shutter speeds are used to produce stunning night
landscapes.
• Camera focuses at infinity. When the shutter-release button
is pressed halfway, the focus area or focus indicator (~ 6)
always glows green; however, focus may not be set for near
subjects, while the camera focuses at infinity.
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Photograph flowers, insects and other small objects at close
range.
Macro mode (~ 31) will be changed to
ON and the zoom
will automatically move to the closest possible shooting
position.
The camera can focus at distances as close as 10 cm (3.9 in.)
when the
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and the zoom indicator glows green. (zoom
position is positioned in the left side of
6)
The closest
possible shooting position may vary according to the zoom
position.
AF area mode is set to
Manual (~
94). When
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is pressed,
camera focuses on subject in active focus area.
While the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the
camera focuses continuously until focus is acquired and
locked.
As pictures are easily affected by camera shake, hold the
camera steadily.
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Other settings can be selected. Note that the flash
may
be unable to light entire subject at
distances of less than 30 cm (11.8 in.)
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For those scene modes with
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use of a tripod
is
recommended.
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For those scene modes with
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noise reduction is carried out automatically so the time taken to
save an image will be longer than usual.