Nikon 3008912 User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

Quick Start Guide

pg. 3

pg. 13

pg. 2

Bundled software

Taking Pictures

Package Contents

PictureProject

Check that you have all the items listed below.

NOTE: A memory card is not included with the camera.

Package Contents

COOLPIX S3

digital camera

The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography

with the

DIGITAL CAMERA

Guide to Digital

Photography with

the COOLPIX S3

PictureProject

installer CD

(yellow)

PictureProject

reference manual

CD (silver)

Warranty

EN-EL8 rechargeable battery

(with terminal cover)

MV-11 / MV-11B

COOL-STATION*

EG-E5000

audio/video cable

UC-E10 USB

interface cable

Camera strap

EH-63 AC adapter†

(with power cable)

Quick Start Guide

(this guide)

DIGITAL CAMERA

Quick Start Guide

* An MV-11 or MV-11B is provided, depending on the color of the camera body.

† Shape of cord depends on country of use.

Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories

Nikon COOLPIX cameras are designed to the highest standards and include complex

electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery char-

gers, batteries, and AC adapters) certiﬁed by Nikon speciﬁcally for use with this Nikon

digital camera are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety

requirements of this electronic circuitry.

THE USE OF NON-NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE THE CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON

WARRANTY. The use of third-party rechargeable Li-ion batteries not bearing the Nikon

holographic seal*could interfere with normal operation of the camera or result in the

batteries overheating, igniting, rupturing, or leaking.

For more information about Nikon brand accessories, contact a local authorized Nikon

dealer.

* Holographic seal: Identiﬁes this device as an authentic Nikon product.

Taking Pictures

Attach the camera strap

Attach the strap as shown.

Charge the battery

Afterinsertingthebattery, place the camera in the supplied MV-11 / MV-11B

COOL-STATION for charging.

Connect the EH-63 AC adapter to the COOL-STATION

Connect the AC power cord to the AC adapter.

Plug the DC cord into the COOL-STATION’s DC-IN connector.

Plug the AC power cord into a wall outlet. The power lamp on

the AC adapter will light ().

DC-IN

connector

MV-11 / MV-11B

COOL-STATION

Power cord

Power lamp

AC adapter

Attach the camera strap/Charge the battery

Taking Pictures

Close the battery-chamber cover

Close the cover () and slide it in

until it latches ().

Open the battery-chamber cover

Slide the battery-chamber cover in

the direction shown (), stopping

when the cover opens ().

Insert the battery

Insert the battery as shown in the

label at the entrance to the battery

chamber, making sure that the posi-

tive (“+”) and negative (“–”) termi-

nals are in the correct orientation.

Inserting the battery upside down

or backwards could damage the

camera. Be sure that the battery

is in the correct orientation.

When the battery is fully inserted,

the orange battery latch will pop

up, locking the battery in place.

Charge the battery

battery latch

Taking Pictures

5Place the camera in the COOL-STATION

Power lamp

Camera connector

Charge the battery

The indicator next to the camera

monitor will blink green while the

battery charges.

Charging is complete when the in-

dicator stops blinking. Remove the

camera from the COOL-STATION

and unplug the AC adapter.

Charge the battery

An exhausted battery will re-

charge in about two hours.

Place the camera in the COOL-STATION with the monitor to-

wards you, making sure that the connector is fully inserted in

the matching connector on the COOL-STATION.

Conﬁrm that the camera power-on lamp is off. The battery

will not charge while the camera is on.

Taking Pictures

Turn the camera on

Press the power switch until the

power-on lamp lights.

Turn the camera on

Select mode

Slide the mode selector to (auto

mode).

Auto Power off (Stand-by Mode)

If no operations are performed for about ﬁve seconds in shooting mode, the

monitor will gradually dim to save power. Full brightness can be restored by

pressing the shutter-release button or operating any of the controls next to the

monitor. If no operations are performed for about a minute, the monitor will

turn off altogether and the camera will enter stand-by mode, further reducing

the drain on the battery. The display can be reactivated by pressing the shutter-

release button halfway. The camera will turn off automatically if no operations

are performed for another three minutes.

See the Guide to Digital Photography for more information on the options

available for auto power off.

Turn the camera on

Taking Pictures

Use the multi selector to navigate the menus.

The ﬁrst time the camera is turned on, a language-selection dialog will

be displayed in the monitor. Follow the steps below to choose a lan-

guage and set the time and date.

Choose a language and set the clock

Display sub-menu,

move cursor right,

or make selection

Move cursor up

Move cursor down

Cancel and return

to previous menu,

or move cursor left

Press center ( )

to make selection

2DATE

DATE

Confirm

Set time and date?

Yes

3DATE

DATE

Confirm

Set time and date?

4TIME ZONE

TIME ZONE

Confirm

DaylightSaving

London

Casablanc

Cancel

Confirm

Cancel Confirm

* To turn daylight saving time on or off, press multi selector down to highlight

DaylightSaving and press button of multi selector. When DaylightSaving is

checked, time will automatically be advanced one hour. To return to Step 4, press

multi selector up to highlight current time zone.

Choose a language and set the clock

Conﬁrmation dialog displayed.

Highlight Yes. TIME ZONE menu displayed.*

Highlight language.

Taking Pictures

Display map of world time zones.

5HOME TIME ZONEHOME TIME ZONE

Back

Confirm

Back Confirm

London, Casablanca

Edit Day (order of Day, Month, and

Year may differ in some areas).

Display DATE menu.

7DATE

DATE

YDM

2005..01

00 00:

8DATE

DATE

YDM

2005..01

00 00:

Select home time zone.

6HOME TIME ZONEHOME TIME ZONE

Back

Confirm

Back Confirm

London, Casablanca

Select Month. Repeat 8– 9to edit

Month, Year, hour, and minute.

9DATE

DATE

YDM

200501 . .

00 00:

Highlight D M Y.

DATE

Confirm

200501 . .10

15 10:

Choose order in which Day, Month,

and Year will be displayed.

DATE

Confirm

200510 . .01

15 10:

Exit to shooting mode.

AUTO

AUTO 9

Choose a language and set the clock

Taking Pictures

Take pictures

Picture Storage

Pictures are stored either in the camera’s 12 MB internal memory or on remov-

able memory cards. In the description that follows, pictures are stored in internal

memory. For information on using memory cards, see page 10 of the Guide to

Digital Photography.

AUTOAUTOAUTO 9

1Check indicators in the monitor

AUTO 99

Battery level indicator: Battery level is shown as follows:

Display Description

NO ICON Battery fully charged.

Low battery. If ﬂash ﬁres, monitor will turn off while

ﬂash recharges. Prepare to recharge or change battery.

WARNING!!

BATTERY

EXHAUSTED

Battery exhausted. No pictures can be taken until bat-

tery has been recharged or replaced with fully-charged

spare battery.

Number of expo-

sures remaining

Take pictures

Taking Pictures

AUTO

AUTO 9

Frame the subject

Position the subject in the center of the frame and use the zoom

buttons to compose the picture.

Zoom buttons: Press Tto zoom

in on the subject so that it ﬁlls

a larger area of the frame. Press

Wto zoom out, increasing the

area visible in the frame.

Ready the camera

Hold the camera steadily in both hands.

Important

Take pictures

Don’t Block the Shot

To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep your ﬁngers and other

objects away from the lens and ﬂash window.

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