Nikon COOLPIX L18 Bedienungsanleitung

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CoolPix L18

Digital Camera Quick Guide

Batteries and Memory Card

The memory card is housed in the battery compartment located on the bottom of the camera.

Slide the memory card in until it clicks into place.

The CoolPix L18 digital camera takes 2 AA Batteries. To improve battery performance, set

battery type in the setup menu to match camera batteries.

See page 12 & 13 of your manual for more battery details.

Turning On The Camera

Press and hold the ON/OFF Button until

the camera turns on. The monitor will turn

on.

The Different Modes

Memory card !

2 AA Batteries !

CoolPix has 4 modes available.

Easy Auto: automatic point and shoot.

Movie: record short video clips.

Scene: preset settings for specific

situations or scenes. Example: Sports,

Night landscape, Backlight etc.

Auto: more options than easy auto.

Recommended for ePortfolio use.

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Mode Selection

Turn camera on and press the shooting

mode button to select a mode.

The monitor will display the shooting-mode selection menu. Use the multi selector

located to the right of the monitor to select the shooting mode desired.

Monitor Multi Selector

Easy auto mode features Face Priority. Point toward a face and the camera

will automatically focus. When a face is recognized in this mode you will see a

double yellow border surrounding the subject. Center of the frame is the focus

area so if no face is in the frame center main subject.

Movie mode records short video clips with sound recorded using a built-in

microphone. The maximum length of the movie that can be recorded and

movie options will be displayed on the screen.

Scene mode has preset settings based on the different scene choices.

Portrait

Use when the main subject stands

out clearly.

Party/

indoor

Capture the effect of

candlelight and other indoor

lighting.

Landscape

Good for vivid landscapes and

cityscapes.

Beach/

snow

Captures the brightness of

subjects in these scenes.

Sports

This setting will freeze the action

in high-speed activities.

Sunset

Setting will preserve deep

hues in sunsets & sunrises.

Night

portrait

Night portrait will balance the

natural light between the main

subject and the background.

Dusk/

dawn

Use to preserve colors in low

natural light situation at

sunrise or after sunset.

Night

landscapes

A slow shutter speed to produce

stunning night landscapes.

Close-up

Macro mode for shooting

flowers, insects and artifacts.

Museum

Indoor use when flash is not

permitted.

Copy

Good choice for text, drawings

or paper artifacts.

Backlight

Use when light is coming from

behind your subject.

Panorama

Take a series of pictures joined

to form a single panorama

photograph.

Press up or down on

the top and bottom of multi

selector wheel to highlight the

desired mode. Press OK in

center of wheel to make your

selection. The shooting-mode selection menu will remain on the screen until a

selection is made.

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Mode Selection (Continued)

Auto mode is recommended for first time users. To select this

mode press the shooting mode selection button on top of camera,

the mode selection menu will display on screen, press up or

down on the multi selector wheel and choose Auto mode.

Press OK in center of wheel to make selection.

Next press the menu button and select Image Mode.

We recommend “TV Screen (640) for ePortfolio use.

The Multi Selector

This button enables you to select modes, select menu options and to apply selections. To

utilize as a selector press the top to move up, bottom to scroll down, left and right by

clicking on the sides of the multi Selector button. To apply your selection click OK in the

center.

Press to

Scroll

Down

Press to

Scroll Up

Self Timer

The camera

comes with a 10

second timer for

self-portraits.

1. Press Timer

2. Scroll to On

3. Press OK

4. Frame photo,

Flash options

1. Auto - Flash fires on it’s own

2. Auto with red eye reduction

3. Off

4. Fill flash- fills in back light

5. Slow sync- use in low light

press shutter halfway, release

to focus and set exposure. To

start timer press shutter fully.

Light on front of camera will

flash and stop blinking one

second before picture is taken.!

Exposure Compensation

An advanced feature; refer to your

manual page 30 for details.

Macro Mode

This is for taking pictures of objects at close

range.

1. Press (macro mode)

2. Scroll to On

3. Press OK

4. Press Tor W to frame the picture. The camera

focuses continuously in macro mode. Turning the

camera off will restore default settings.

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Using the Zoom

The camera has optical zoom and digital zoom features. Press

the T or W to engage zoom. The image will grow larger as you

zoom using optical zoom mode. The camera zooms in to the

maximum optical zoom (3X) then digital zoom will be triggered.

The focus area is not displayed on the monitor in digital zoom.

Shutter and Focus

The shutter is used to take pictures as well as to focus the

camera. Press the shutter half way and hold to set the focus. If

a face is the main subject camera will focus on the face and a

double line border will appear. Subject is in focus when the

border glows green. If there is no human subject the focus area

is located in the center of the frame and this area will glow green

when camera is focused. Press the shutter all the way down to

snap the photo. The image will be recorded to the memory card.

To View Photos

Camera has playback feature to show photos full frame. This gives you the

opportunity to evaluate image, reshoot if

necessary and delete poor quality images.

To view your photos click the playback

button from shooting mode. The last photo

taken will appear on the monitor. Use the

multi selector button to scroll forward and

backward through your images.

Press mode selection button to continue taking photos. To delete an image,

scroll to display the image and click the delete button located under the multi

selector button. You will be prompted to verify your desire to delete the photo

being displayed. Use the multi selector button to highlight Yes and click OK for

image to be permanently deleted. You can only delete one photo at a time

using this process.

Zoom Out Zoom In!

You will not see a close up view of your subject in the display. A square will be visible

in the center of the frame, keep subject in that box. Digital zoom uses a digital process

giving a grainy appearance to pictures.!

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Transfer Pictures to Computer

Camera should be turned off. Connect

camera to the computer with the USB cord

that comes with camera. The small end of the

cord connects to the camera as shown and the

USB end connects to the USB input of your

computer. Turn the camera on.

The computer should automatically recognize a camera is attached and ask what you

would like to do. If nothing happens you may need to install the Nikon Transfer software

that comes with the camera.

Mac OSX

iPhoto will open and switch to import mode.

The number of photos available to import will

be displayed. To import all photos click

Import. You will be asked if you would like to

have images deleted from the camera as you

import them into iPhoto. You may wish to

verify the photos have been imported before

you delete photos from the camera. Once

images are imported, turn camera off and

disconnect camera from the computer.

Windows XP

Windows will recognize the connection and a menu will

open, choose Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard

then click OK.

Photos will appear in the Wizard window. By

default all images are selected for

downloading. You can remove the check to

deselect that image for download.

Pictures can be rotated.

Once all images are chosen and checked

click Next.

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Transfer Pictures to Computer (Continued)

Picture Name and Destination window will open.

Name group of pictures, select a location to save

the photos and decide if you wish to have them

deleted from the camera after import. Click

Next.

If you are finished working with the photos click

Nothing to indicate there are no more changes and

click Next to proceed to next window. The next

window will give you the option to go back and

make changes. When you are done click Finish.

Disconnect your camera by turning if off and removing the wires.

Delete All Photos

All pictures can be deleted from memory card after they are successfully transferred to a

computer by formatting the memory card. Format card option is found in the set up menu.

Press the Menu button to display the setup menu. Use the multi selector tool to scroll

through the setup menu to find Format card. You will see a warning that all images will be

deleted! No, will be highlighted, if you choose to format scroll down to highlight Format and

click OK on the multi selector button.

Memory card will be empty, exit setup menu and start taking more photos.

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