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  • Page 1: Quick Start Guide

    D I G I T A L C A M E R A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Take pictures ..........pg. 8 Step 7 Step 7 View pictures ..........pg. 11 pp. 12–29 Install Nikon View and Transfer Pictures Step 1 Step 1 Install Nikon View ........pg. 13 Windows...........pg. 14 Macintosh .........pg. 19 Step 2 Step 2 Transfer pictures ........

  • Page 3: Check The Package Contents

    (with terminal cover) with power cable Camera strap UC-E6 USB interface cable EG-CP14 audio/video cable The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the D I G I T A L C A M E R A DIGITAL CAMERA Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 4: Take Pictures

    Take pictures Charge the batteries Step 1 Connect the power cable to the MH-61 battery charger ( ) and insert the wall plug into a power outlet ( ). The CHARGE lamp will light ( Remove the terminal cover from EN-EL5 and insert the battery into the MH-61, making sure that the small projection on the battery is...

  • Page 5: Step 2 Attach The Camera Strap

    Charging is complete when the CHARGE lamp stops blinking. An exhausted battery can be fully recharged in about two hours. Attach the camera strap Step 2 Attach the camera strap securely to the eyelet on the camera body as shown below.

  • Page 6: Step 3 Insert The Battery And Memory Card

    Insert the battery and memory card Step 3 Open the memory card slot/ battery-chamber cover Slide the cover in the direction shown in ( ) until it stops and the cover opens ( Insert the battery Insert the battery as shown in the label at the entrance to the battery chamber, making sure the positive (“+”) and negative...

  • Page 7: Step 4 Turn The Camera On

    Take pictures Insert the memory card Insert the memory card in the direction of the arrow, as shown in the label at the entrance to the memory card slot. Insert the memory card terminals fi rst. Inserting the card upside down or backwards could dam- age the camera or the card.

  • Page 8: Step 5 Choose A Language And Set The Clock

    Choose a language and set the clock Step 5 The fi rst time the camera is turned on, a language-selection dialog will be displayed in the monitor. Follow the steps below to choose a language and set the time and date. The multi selector is used to navigate through the camera menus.
  • Page 9 Take pictures HOME TIME ZONE HOME TIME ZONE HOME TIME ZONE HOME TIME ZONE London, Casablanca Back Back Display map of world time zones. Select home time zone. DATE DATE DATE DATE 2003 2003 Display DATE menu. Edit Day (order of Day, Month, and Year may differ in some areas).

  • Page 10: Step 6 Take Pictures

    Take pictures Step 6 Check indicators in the monitor. Battery level indicator Number of exposures remaining The battery level is shown in the monitor as follows: Display Description NO ICON Battery fully charged. Low battery. If fl ash fi res, monitor turns off while Speed- light recharges.
  • Page 11 Take pictures Ready the camera Hold the camera steadily in both hands. Don’t Block the Shot To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep your fi ngers and other objects away from the lens and fl ash window. Frame the subject Frame the subject in the center of the monitor.
  • Page 12 To prevent blur, press the shutter-release button down smoothly. The COOLPIX 3700 has a two-stage shutter-release button. Pressing the shutter-release button halfway focuses the camera. Pressing it the rest of the way down releases the shutter to record a picture.

  • Page 13: Step 7 View Pictures

    Take pictures View pictures Step 7 button When the camera is off, pressing the button for about one second will turn the camera on with a pic- ture displayed in the monitor. (playback) button View previous picture View additional pictures Press the multi selector down or right to view pictures in the order recorded, up or left to view pic-...

  • Page 14: Install Nikon View And Transfer Pictures

    Install Nikon View and transfer pictures Step 1 Step 1 Install Nikon View Windows pg. 14 Supported Operating Systems Windows XP Home Edition/Professional Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) • Preinstalled versions only • Only computers with built-in USB ports supported Macintosh pg.
  • Page 15 • Exit all other applications that may be running Uninstall Existing Versions of Nikon View and Nikon Capture Version 1.x • Before installing Nikon View, you will need to uninstall Nikon Capture version 1.x (if installed) and any earlier versions of Nikon View.
  • Page 16 Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional Important When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon View, log on as the “Computer administrator” (Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional), “Administrator” (Windows 2000 Professional). Turn the computer on and wait for Windows to start up.
  • Page 17 Install Nikon View and transfer pictures The fi rst components to be installed are the camera drivers. What drivers are installed depends on the computer’s operating system. Windows XP Home Edition/Professional Follow the on-screen instructions to install the PTP driver. On some sys- tems a Microsoft Wizard may install the PTP driver.
  • Page 18 The opening dialog of the Panorama Maker install wizard will be displayed; click Next. After reading the license agreement, click Yes to accept the agreement and proceed with installation. The destination folder for Panorama Maker will be displayed under “Des- tination Folder.”...
  • Page 19 After reading the license agreement, click Yes to accept the agreement and proceed with instal- lation. Next to install Nikon View to this folder, or click Browse to select another destina- tion. Click Yes to create the destination folder.
  • Page 20 If the “Select Language” dialog is displayed after the computer restarts, click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. This completes installation of Nikon View. The next step is to trans- fer pictures to your computer.
  • Page 21 Install Nikon View and transfer pictures Installing Nikon View (Macintosh) Mac OS X When installing, using or uninstalling Nikon View, log in to the Important “Admin” account. Turn the computer on and wait for it to start up. into the CD-ROM drive, double-click the CD-ROM (Nikon View 6) icon on the desktop and then double- click the Welcome icon.
  • Page 22 OK. Mac OS 9 The Authenticate dialog will not be displayed. Proceed to Step The Nikon View license agreement will be displayed. After reading the license agreement, click Accept to accept the terms and conditions of the agreement and view the ReadMe fi...
  • Page 23 Install Nikon View and transfer pictures Click Install to install Nikon View. Add to Dock/Create an Alias Click Yes to add Nikon View to the Dock (Mac OS X) or create an alias to Nikon View on the desktop (Mac OS 9).
  • Page 24 Image Capture Preferences dialog. In the “Cam- era Preferences” area, select No application from the When a camera is connected, open menu. Select No application This completes installation of Nikon View. The next step is to trans- fer pictures to your computer.

  • Page 25: Step 2 Transfer Pictures

    Install Nikon View and transfer pictures Transfer pictures Step 2 Before Connecting the Camera Pictures can be copied from the camera to the computer by: • Pressing the ) button on the camera (page 26) • Clicking the button in Nikon View (page 25) Which method you will use depends on your computer’s operating system...

  • Page 26: Transferring Pictures

    Mass Storage Mass Storage Display USB menu. Highlight PTP or Mass Storage. Make selection. Mass Storage Transferring Pictures Turn the camera off and insert a memory card as described on page 4–5. The Write Protect Switch Pictures can not be transferred using camera ) button when the memory card write protect switch is in the “lock”...
  • Page 27 Select Copy pictures to a folder on my computer using Nikon View 6 and click OK to start Nikon View. To bypass this dialog in the future, check Always do the selected action. See “Troubleshooting” in the Nikon View Reference Manual for informa-...
  • Page 28 Click the button in the Nikon Transfer window. All pictures on the memory card will be transferred to your computer. Windows Macintosh The Camera ) (Play/Transfer) Button Pictures marked with an icon can also be transferred using the camera ) button.
  • Page 29 My Documents folder. Pictures will have fi le names of the form “Imgnnnn”, where “nnnn” is a four-digit number assigned au- tomatically in ascending order by Nikon View, starting from 0001. Macintosh The default destination folder for transferred pictures is the Pictures folder (Mac OS X) or the Documents folder (Mac OS 9).
  • Page 30 Disconnect the camera Once your pictures are displayed in Nikon Browser, transfer is com- plete and you can disconnect the camera. If PTP is selected in the USB menu (see pages 23–24): Turn the camera off and disconnect the USB cable.

  • Page 31: Nikon View

    Nikon View is made up of four components: Nikon Transfer, Nikon Brows- er, Nikon Viewer, and Nikon Editor. More information on Nikon View can be found using on-line help or by reading the Nikon View Reference Manual included on the reference CD-ROM provided with your camera.
  • Page 32 Hard disk space MB plus double the capacity of the camera memory card available on the system disk when Nikon View is running. Free memory of 64MB or more Video resolution 800 × 600 or more with sixteen-bit color (High Color) or higher •...

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