Nikon Coolpix 950 User manual

Nikon

DIGITAL

CAMERA

COOLPIX

950

Reference Manual

Contents

Overview

First

Steps

Putting Batteries in Your

Camera

lnserting

and

Removing

Memory

Cards

Choosing a

Language

for the Menus

Setting

the

lime

and

Date

laking

Your

Fi

rst

Photograph

Using the But

to

ns (A-REC,

M-REC)

Flash Settings

FocusSettings

Us

ing the Self-limer

Ima

ge

Quality

and

Size

Sensitivity

Exposure

Mode

Using

the

Buttons

(PLAY)

- 2 -

The Camera Menus

The A-REC Menu

Using Folders (A-REC, M-REC)

LCD Brightness

Sound Settings

Auto Off

Formatting Memory Cards

The M-REC Menu

Digital Zoom (DIGITAL TELE)

Black-and-White Photography

Lens Converter Settings (LENS)

Making a Panorama—Tips (AE-LOCK)

User Settings

Restoring Default Settings

LCD On/Off

The Controls Menu (M-REC)

SEQ.XFER

The Playback Menu

Deleting Multiple Photographs

Using Folders (Playback)

Slideshow

Protecting Photographs from Deletion

Hiding Photographs During Playback

Preparing Photographs for Printing

The Controls Menu (PLAY)

Connections

Connecting to a Television or VCR

Viewing Photos on a Computer

Caring for Your Camera

Cleaning

Storage

Accessories

What’s in the Box

Optional Accessories

Troubleshooting

General Problems

Error Messages

Specifications

Contents

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Overview

Th

ank you

for

buy

in

g a

COOL

PIX

950. This

Reference

Manual

exp

iains how

to

useand

care

foryo

ur

COO

LPI

X950. ltis int

ended

as

a

supp

l

ement

to

the

Fast

T

rack

Guide

and

Pocket

Guide

,to w

hi

ch

you

ca

n

referfor

gu

id

ance

on

topics not

covere

d

he

re. This manual

is co

mp

osed

of

the

follow

in

g chapters:

First

Steps

li

sts

the

steps

in

vo

lved

in

setting

up

your

ca

me

ra

and taking

photographs

Using

the

Buttons

(A-REC, M-REC)

covers

the

sett

in

gs

th

at

ca

n

be

changed using

the

ca

mera

's

co

ntr

ol

buttons

and

dial

s:

fl

ash, sens

iti

vi

ty

, f

oc

us

,

exposure

co

mpen

sa

tion,

exposure

mode

, and

im

age qua

li

ty

and s

iz

e

Using

the

Buttons

(PLA

Y)

outlines basic playback func

ti

ons: vi

ew

in

g photographs and

de

l

et

in

g s

in

gle

im

ages

The

Camera

Menus

describes

ca

mera

se

tti

ng

sth

at

ca

n

be

accessedfrom

th

e A-REC,

M-RE

C, and

PLAY

menus

Connections

describes

ho

w

to

u

se

the

ca

mera

with a

compute

r or

tele

vision

Caring

for

Y

our

Camera

exp

la

in

s

the

pr

oced

uresforclea

ni

ng

and

stor

in

gyo

ur

COO

LPI

X

950

Accessories

id

ent

ifi

es

it

ems

provi

ded

with

the

ca

mera

and ava

il

able

sepa

-

rately

T

roubleshooting

out

lin

es

steps

to take when things

go

wro

ng

Ple

ase

read a

li

in

struct

ions

care

full

y

to

get

the

m

ost

from yo

ur

ca

me

ra.

Notes

on

illustrations

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The

illustrations

in

this manual

are

composites. Photographstakenwith

the

COOLPIX 950 may differ from

those

shown here.

The

illustrations

in

this manual

show

the

LCD monitor used

in

the

NTSC-

compatible model

of

the

COOLPIX 950. Owing

to

differences

in

video

standards,

the

PAL-compatible model

will

display items

in

positionsslightly

different from

those

shown here.

First

Steps

This cha

pter

gu

id

es

you

thr

o

ugh

the

steps you w

ill

take

after

remov

in

g

the

ca

mera

from

the

box

,from

in

se

rting

the

batteriesto

making yourfirst photographs and play

in

g

them

back. Bef

ore

you

w

ill

be

ab

le

to

u

se

your

ca

me

ra, you w

ill

need

to

co

mplete

the

follow

in

g steps:

• a

tta

ch

the

ca

mera

strap

(see

For

Your

Sa(ety

)

•

in

sert

batteries

or

co

nnect

the

AC

adapter

(sold separatel

y;

f

or

inf

ormat

ion

on

using

the

AC

a

dapter

,

see

the

d

oc

umen-

tat

i

on

provi

ded

with

the

adapter)

•

in

sert

the

co

mp

act

fla

sh

memory

card

• ch

oose

the

language

to

be

used

in

the

sett

in

g and playback

menus

•

set

the

ca

me

ra's clock-

ca

l

endarto

the

c

urrent

date

and

ti

me

Hav

in

g completed

the

se

steps, you w

ill

be

ready to take

photo

-

graphs as

descr

i

bed

at

the

end

of this ch

ap

ter.

Jt.

Important! Before inserting

batteries

or

handling

~

memory

cards,

be

sure

to

read

the

warnings

and

cautions

in

For

Your

Sa(ety.

Putting

Batteries

inYour

Camera

1

Turn

the

camera

off

T

um

the

mode

dial

to

OF

F(

if

the

ca

me

ra

is on a trip

od,

deta

ch

the

tripod before

in

se

rting batteries).

2

Open

the

battery

cover

T

um

the

ca

mera

upside d

ow

n and open

the

batterycham

ber

bys

li

di

ng

the

latchto

the

open position, s

li

pp

in

g

the

cover

out

from

the

ca

mera

, and

then

open

in

g

the

lid

.

3

lnsert

batteries

ln

sert

the

batteries with

the

po

s

iti

ve

(+)

and negative (-) pol

es

a

li

gned

as

s

ho

wn

in

the

diagram

at

the

entrance

to

the

battery

chamber.

4

Close

the

battery

cover

Close

the

cover

and s

lid

e it back into

p

os

iti

on

,

then

si

id

e

the

latch

button

back

to latch

the

cove

r.

Thecamera'sclock-calendar

is

powered byaseparaterechargable battery.

When

you put batteries

in

your camera for

the

first time

or

after a long

period

of

storage,waitafew hoursforthe

dock

batteryto

rechargebefore

removing

the

main

batteries. The

dock

battery

will

remain charged for

sorne time after

the

main

batteries have been removed.

Photographs

stored

on the

flash

memory card

are

not

affected when the

batteries

are

removed.

Ali

manual-mode settings, with

the

exceptions

of

the

date and language,

will

however be reset.

lnserting and Removing

Memory

Cards

1

Turn

the

camera

off

T

um

th

e mode dial to O

FF

.

2

Open

the

card

slot

T

um

th

e

camera

upsi

de

d

ow

n (

if

th

e

ca

m

era

is on a trip

od

,

de

tach it from

th

e

tri

pod

fi

rst)

,

th

en

ope

n

th

e cardslot cover.

3

lnsert

the

memory

card,

or

...

ln

se

rt

th

e

cardas

sh

ow

n at

ri

ght, s

lidin

g it

in

until it is

firml

y

in

pl

ace

at

th

e back of

th

e

slot and

th

e

car

d-

re

l

ease

b

utt

on

po

ps u

p.

N

ext

, fold

th

e

car

d-

re

l

ease

b

utt

on

ove

r.

...

remove

the

memory

card

Flip

th

e card

-r

el

ease

b

utt

on up and push

it

dow

n until

th

e

car

d

ca

n

be

rem

oved

by

han

d.

4

Close

the

card

slot

cover

-

M

..

œJ

@Aoc@

Memo

ry

cards c

an

be removed from thecamera

without

loss

of

datawhen

the camerais off.

Once

removed

fr

om

the

camera, cards

can

be read

by

a computer equipped with a CompactFiash card reader

and

photographs

printed

on

suitably-equipped printers. Cards c

an

also be inserted

in

a

PC

card adapter (sold separately) to be read

by

any c

omputer

with a Type

Il

PC-

card slot.

Wh

ile

your

camera co

rnes

with

an

eight-megabytecard,additional cards

of

up

to

sixty-fo

ur

megabytes c

an

be purc

hased

separately.

Choosing a Language

for

the

Menus

The

ca

meras menus and messages

ca

n

be

di

s

pl

ayed

in

En

g

li

sh,

Ge

rman, F

re

nch,

or

Japanese. To

se

l

ec

t a langu

age

f

or

th

e di

sp

lay,

fo

ll

ow

th

ese

steps:

1 T

um

th

e m

ode

di

al to

PLA

Y.

2 Press

th

e MENU b

utt

on to

di

s

pl

ay

th

e

pl

ayback menu.

3 Us

in

g

th

e z

oom

bu

tto

ns,

hi

g

hli

g

ht

th

e l

ast

item

(S

ET

UP

) in

th

e menu and press

th

e

s

hutt

er

-

re

le

as

e

butt

on (

th

e exact a

pp

ear

-

an

ce

of

the

menu w

ill

depend on

th

e

language currently

se

l

ecte

d;

th

e

illu

stra-

ti

on

s at

ri

g

ht

sh

ows

th

e

En

g

li

sh menus).

4

Use

th

e z

oo

m

butt

onsto hig

hl

ig

ht

th

e l

ast

item

in

th

e S

ET

UP menu,

th

en

pr

ess

th

e

s

hutt

e

r-r

el

ease

butt

o

nt

o

di

s

pl

ay

th

e LAN-

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5

Se

l

ect

th

e d

es

i

red

se

tting from

th

e LAN-

GU

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the

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If

the

menu do

es

not

appear when you press the

MENU

butten, press the

MONITOR

butt

en until

the

LCD

mo

nitor

co

rnes

on. Items c

an

be

highlighted

using

the zoom

butt

o

ns

and

selected

using

the

shutter-release

butten.

To

clear a menu from the screen, highlight

BK

and

press the

shutter-release butten, or press the

MENU

butt

en until

the

menu disap-

pears.

Setting

the

Ti

me

and

Date

When

you

tum

on

yo

ur

ca

me

ra

for

the

fi

rstti

me

,

you

wi

Il

need

to

set

the

time

and

date

as follows:

1T

um

the

mode

di

al

to

PLA

Y.

2 Press

the

MENU

button

to di

sp

lay

the

playback

menu

.

3 Usi

ng

the

z

oo

m

buttons,

highlightS

ET

UP

and

press

the

shutter

-

re

l

ease

button.

4

ln

the

S

ET

UP

menu

,

use

the

z

oo

m

buttons

to highlight DATE

and

press

the

shutter-rele

ase

buttonto displ

ay

the

DA

TE

menu.

Using

the

menus

PLAY

BACK

DELETE

FOLDERS

SLIDESHOW

PROTE

CT

HIDE

IMAGE

SET

U P

LCD

BRIGHT

SOUND

lfthe

menu does

not

appear when you

press

the

MENU

button,

press

the

MONITOR

button until the

LCD

monitor comes on. Items

can

be

highlighted

using

thezoom buttons

and

selected

using

the shutter-release

button.

To

clear a menu from the screen, highlight

BK

and

press

the

shutter-release button,

or

press

the

MENU

button until the menu disap-

5

Rotate

the

co

mmand

dial

to

se

l

ect

the

it

em

you w ish to change,

then

ed

it

the

it

em

us

in

g

the

zoom-in

button

(T/

• ) to

in

c

re

ase

it

sva

lue

orthe

z

oo

m-o

ut

button

(:NIT ) to

decrease

i

ts

va

lu

e.

After

ed

it-

in

g,

rotate

the

co

mmand

dial

to

m

ove

to

the

em

or

press

the

shutter

-r

el

ease

button.

Highlight Y M D and u

se

the

z

oo

m

buttons

to

change

the

order

in

w

hi

ch

the

year

, month,

an

d d

ay

are

dis-

played.

Pr

ess

ing

the

s

hutter-relea

se

but

-

to n w

he

n

th

is it

em

is highlighted

sets

the

time

and

da

te

to

the

spec

ifi

ed

va

lues.

If

th

e

date

has not

be

en

set, a

fl

as

hing clock

i

co

n w

ill

appear

at

upper

right

in

the

LCD

mon

it

orwhen

the

m

ode

di

alis

se

t to A-REC

or

M-REC. Pho

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this

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The

clock-calendar

is

powered bya separate, rechargeable battery, which

is

charged

as

necessarywhen themain batteries

are

installed.

lfthe

camera

has

been stored with the

main

batteries removed fora long period

of

time,

the

dock

may need

to

be reset.

Once

the main batteries

have

been

reinserted, the clock batterywill recharge

in

several hours, during which

time the batteries should be left

in

the camera.

TakingY

our

First

Photograph

Thi

ssection o

utli

ne

sthe basicsteps

in

volved

in

tak

in

ga photograph

in

A-REC

mode.

Ste

p

1-Remove

the

lens

cap

Remove

the

lens cap

as

shown below.

Sleepmode

The LCD monitor turns offautomatically

if

no operations

are

performed

for a certain period

oftime

(the length

oftime

before the camera enters

sleep mode can be

set

using the AUTO OFF item

in

the

setup menu;

see

"

The

Camera Menus:

The

A-REC Menu," below). To turn

the

monitoron

again, half-press

the

shutter-re

le

ase butten.

Ste

p

2-

Turn

the

mode

dial

to

A-REC

To enterautomaticrecordi

ng

mode,tumthe

sel

ector

dialto

A-R

E

C.

After a short pause

wh

il

e thecamera

initi

a

li

zes,a beepw

ill

sound

a

nd

current sett

in

gs

w

ill

be displayed

in

the

LCD monit

or

and

the

control panel.

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The MONITORbutten controls

the

LCD monitor. Press

the

MONITOR

butten

once

to

hi

de settings, a second

ti

me

to

tum

the monitoroff, and a

third

ti

me

to

turn

the

monitor

on

with settings showing.

Ste

p

3-Ch

ec

k

the

number

of

exposures

remaining

Th

e

con

trol

pane

l and L

CD

mon

it

or

s

ho

w

the

number

of

expo

-

sures

rema

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at

the

c

urrent

im

age

qua

li

ty

sett

in

g.

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th

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number

reaches

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ill

need

to

in

se

rt

a

ne

w

memory

card

or

de

l

ete

it

ems

already

in

memory

before you w

ill

be

able

to

take

more

photographs. lt may

be

possible to record

more

photographs

at

a d

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ferent

im

age

qua

li

ty

sett

in

g.

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p

4-Adjust

camera

settings

ln

automatic m

ode,

the

user

ca

n adju

st

fl

ash, focu

s,

exposure

compe

nsation, and

im

age

qua

li

ty

and size.

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e default

sett

in

gs

,

w

hi

ch

produce

the

best

resul

ts

in

m

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circumstances,

are

a

ut

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fl

as

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exposure

compen

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on

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im

age

qua

lit

y

of

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im

age s

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e

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ut

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Th

ese

set

tings a

ll

ow

the

ca

mera

to

set

fo

cus

automat

i

ca

ll

y at any

di

stance

grea

ter

th

an 30cm

(one

foot

).

Th

e

ca

mera

me

asures

the

ava

il

ab

le

li

ght

and

ad

justs

shutter

speed

and

ape

rture

accord

in

gly,

firing

the

fl

ash to provi

de

add

iti

ona

l

li

ght

as

nece

ssary.

Ste

p

5-Com

p

ose

a p

hotogra

ph

In

formati

on

on com

pos

ing photographs may

be

found

on

pages 2-

4

of

the

Pock

et

Guide.

Ste

p

6-Half-

p

ress

the

shutter-release

button

When

the

shutter

-rel

ease

button

is pressed half

way

,

the

camera

w

ill

automat

i

ca

ll

y adjust focus accord

in

g

to

the

distance

to

the

subject.

If

the

focus

operat

i

on

is successful,

the

green

autofocus

lamp

the

viewfi

nderwi

Il

glow.

Th

e focus

sett

in

gwi

Il

re

main

unchanged as long as

the

shutter

button is half-pressed

(see

the

sect

i

on

"Focus Lock"

in

the

Fast

Track

Guide

).

Th

e

zoom

ratio

cannot

be

changed

wh

il

e focus l

ock

is

in

effect.

If

the

camera

is unable

to

determ

in

e

the

distance

to

the

subject,

the

autofocus l

amp

w

ill

b

lin

k rap

idl

y.

ln

this

case

you

canuse

fo

cus l

ock

to

focus

on

another

ob

j

ect

at

the

same

distance,

th

en

re

co

mpose

your

photograph

(see

the

Pocket

Guide

,page 4,

for

more

in

forma-

ti

on on

autofocus).

Note

When using

the

viewfinder

at

ranges

of

less than 90cm (one 1

yard), frame your photographs using the smaller of

the

two

frames

in

the

viewfinder display (thearea shaded

in

purple

in

the

1

illustration on the right).

When

li

ght

in

g is

poor

,

the

flash l

amp

the

viewfinderw

ill

gl

ow

red.

If

the

flash

is

off

,

set

the

flash

to

"Auto"

for

a

photo

in

wh

ich

ob

jectsw

ithi

n

the

range

of

the

flash

are

full

y

exposed.

If

the

red

fl

ash l

amp

blinks,

the

flash

is charg

in

g,andyou w

ill

need

to

take

your

finger off

the

shutter

-

re

l

ease

button

and

wa

it a

few

seconds

before

tak

in

g a photograph.

Ste

p

7-T

ake

a p

hotogra

ph

To takea

photograph

, press

the

shutter

-

re

l

ease

button

al

i

the

way

down.

Note

lfthe

LCD monitor

is

off,

you

will

n

ot

be able

to

take photographs when

the

autofocus lamp

is

flashing. When

the

monitor

is

on, however,

photographs can be taken even

if

the

camera

is

not

properly focused.

Check focus

in

the LCD monitor before pressing the shutter-release

butten

ali

the

way down.

Ste

p

8-Check

the

results

After a photograph has

been

taken,

the

autofocus l

amp

w

ill

b

lin

k and an hourglass

icon (i)w

ill

be

di

sp

layed

in

the

L

CD

monitor

wh

il

e

the

photograph is recorded. Before

the

photograph istransferred

to

the

memory

card, it w

ill

be

displayed briefly

in

the

L

CD

monitor.

If

the

photo

was

taken

at

an

im

age-s

iz

e

sett

in

g

of

"

fu

ll

," you can

press

the

833

button

to

pause

the

display

forten

seconds; shooting

can

be

resumedbypressing

the

button

aga

in

.

If

you

are

not

pleased

with

the

photograph, you can delete it before it is transferred

to

memory

by pressing

the

iiii1

button. The

dialog

at

right w

ill

be

displayed; using

the

zoom

buttons,

se

l

ect

YES

and press

the

shutter

-r

el

ease

button

to

erase

the

photo-

graph. To

cont

inue shooting w

ith

out

de

l

et

-

DEL

ETE

1

IMAGE

Y

ES

in

g

the

photograph,

se

l

ect

NO

and press

the

SET-+SH

uTT

E R

~

shutter

-r

el

ease

button. The

photo

w

ill

then

be

saved

to

the

memory

card and

the

camera

w

ill

retum

to

shoot

in

g mode.

Notes

Do

not

remove

the

batteries while photos

are

being recorded to,

or

deleted from, memory.

The pause and delete functions described above

are

only available when

photos

are

taken

at

an image size

of

''full" (1,600 x 1,200 pixels).

The delete dialog disappears

if

no action

is

taken for ten seconds.

ln

this

case

the

image

will

be saved and

the

camera

will

return

to

shootingmode.

First Steps: Taking Y

our

First Photograph

Ste

p

9-Turn

the

camera

off

When

you have finished using

the

camera

,

be

sure

to

tum

the

mode

dial

to

OF

F.

To avo

id

wast

in

g

batter

ies, check

that

the

camera

is off

before

putting it away.

Ste

p 1

O-R

ep

lace

the

lens

cap

Replace

the

lens

cap

as shown

be

low.

Note

The camera may become warm during use, but this does

not

indicate a

malfunction.

Nikon Coolpix 950 User manual

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