Nikon S2H05000501 - Manual

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v Notice for customers in CanadaCAUTION This class B digital apparatus meets all re-quirements of the Canadian InterferenceCausing Equipment Regulations. ATTENTION Cet appareil numérique de la classe B res-pecte toutes les exigences du Règlementsur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Notice Concerning...

vi Table of Contents Product Documentation .................................................................................. i For Your Safety ............................................................................................... ii Notices ....................................................

vii Focus Mode: Focusing Near and Far .............................................................. 57 Delaying Shutter Release: Self-Timer Mode ..................................................... 58 Autofocus ..........................................................................................

viii The Set-up Menu: Camera Setup ................................................................... 121 Adjusting Monitor Settings: Monitor Options ............................................ 122 Customizing Camera Controls: Controls ................................................... 123 Conser...

1 First Steps 9–16 Overview 2–3 Getting to Know theCOOLPIX4500 4–8 This chapter is divided into the following sections: Overview Read this section for a description of how thismanual is organized and for an explanation of thesymbols and conventions used. Getting to Know the COOLPIX4500 Bookmark this...

2 Intr oduction—Over view Thank you for your purchase of a COOLPIX4500 digital camera. This manual has been written to help you enjoy taking digital pictures with yourCOOLPIX4500. Read this manual thoroughly before use, and keep it handywhen using the product. Overview About This Manual Use Only Nik...

3 Intr oduction—Over view To make it easier to find the information you need, the following symbols andconventions are used: Life-Long Learning As part of Nikon’s “Life-Long Learning” commitment to ongoing product sup-port and education, continually-updated information is available on-line atthe fol...

4 Intr oduction—Getting to Know the COOLPIX 4500 Take a few moments to familiarize yourself with camera controls and displays.You may find it helpful to bookmark this section and refer to it as you readthrough the rest of the manual. Where to Find It—Parts of the COOLPIX4500 The parts of the camera ...

5 Intr oduction—Getting to Know the COOLPIX 4500 17 MENU button .................. 44, 88 18 (focus mode) button ....... 57 MF (manual focus) button ...... 61 (delete) button .. 29, 30, 71, 78 19 (flash mode) button ........ 65 ISO (sensitivity) button ........... 70 20 Sync terminal ..................

6 Intr oduction—Getting to Know the COOLPIX 4500 How to Use It—Camera Controls and Displays A The Monitor Photographs can be framed in the monitor or viewfinder. During shooting, the monitor shows the view through the camera lens together with iconsindicating the status of the following camera setti...

7 Intr oduction—Getting to Know the COOLPIX 4500 The monitor is also used to play pictures back. When a picture is played backfull screen, information about the image is shown superimposed on the photo. B The Viewfinder Like the monitor, the viewfinder can be used to frame photographs. Usethe viewfi...

8 Intr oduction—Getting to Know the COOLPIX 4500 D The FUNC Button By default, the FUNC button functions as an ex- posure compensation button in shooting mode( 69) and in playback mode as a record button for recording audio commentary ( 78). Other functions can be assigned to the FUNC button using t...

Intr oduction—First Steps 9 Before using your camera for the first time, complete the steps on the follow-ing pages. Step 1—Attach the Camera Strap Attach the camera strap as shown. Repeat for the second eyelet. First Steps Getting Ready to Use Your Camera To avoid losing the lens cap, attach it to ...

Intr oduction—First Steps 10 Read Battery Warnings Read and follow all warnings and instructions supplied by the batterymanufacturer. Alternative Power Sources In addition to the rechargeable Nikon EN-EL1 Li-i o n b a t t e r y i n c l u d e d w i t h y o u r c a m e r a , t h eCOOLPIX4500 can be us...

Intr oduction—First Steps 11 2 .3 Insert the battery Insert a fully-charged EN-EL1 or new 2CR5 (DL245) battery as shown inthe label on the underside of the battery-chamber cover. The power-onlamp will light briefly when the battery is inserted. 2 1 2 .4 Close the battery-chamber cover Close the batt...

Intr oduction—First Steps 12 Step 3—Insert the Memory Card Your Nikon digital camera uses CompactFlash ™ (CF) memory cards or IBM Microdrive ® memory cards to store pictures. See “Technical Notes: Optional Accessories” ( 151) for a list of approved memory cards 3 .1 Turn the camera off Make sure tha...

Intr oduction —First Steps 13 Closing the Card-Slot Cover If the eject button is up when the card-slot coveris closed, closing the cover will partially eject thememory card, causing errors when the camera isturned on. Be sure the eject button is down (i.e.,in position 1 ) before inserting memory car...

Intr oduction —First Steps 14 Step 4—Choose a Language Camera menus and messages can be displayed in your choice of German,English, French, Japanese, and Spanish. Choose language from De utsch (Ger- man), En glish, Fr ançais (French), (Japanese), or Es pañol (Spanish) 4 .7 Make selection and return ...

Intr oduction —First Steps 15 Step 5—Set the Time and Date Information on the time and date of recording is included with all photo-graphs and movies taken with your Nikon digital camera. To set the camera’sinternal clock to the correct time and date, display the set-up menu as de-scribed in steps 4...

Intr oduction —First Steps 16 Any pictures taken before the time and date have been set will have a timestamp of “0000.00.00 00:00.” If the time and date have not been set, aflashing (“date not set”) icon will be displayed in the top right corner of the monitor during shooting. Save changes to setti...

17 Taking Pictures 18–26 Basic Playback 27–30 This chapter takes you through the basic steps in-volved in taking pictures and playing them back. Taking Pictures Read this section for a step-by-step guide to thebasics of taking pictures with the COOLPIX4500: Tutorial Basic Photography and Playback Ba...

18 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es Taking Pictures The Basics This section details the basic steps involved in taking pictures in (auto) mode. In this automatic, “point-and-shoot” mode, the majority of settingsare controlled by the camera in response to lighting conditions and focusdistance, producing th...

19 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es * Flash-ready and autofocus lamps next to viewfinder blink slowly when battery is exhausted. If the message “Out of memory” appears in the monitor, the memorycard is full. Delete pictures ( 133), use a new memory card, or choose a lower quality or image size ( 101). Ste...

20 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es Step 3—Adjust Camera Settings (Optional) The following table shows the default settings for mode. For more infor- mation, refer to the page numbers in the rightmost column. Step 4—Frame the Picture 4 .1 Adjust the lens angle From a position parallel to the camera body,t...

21 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es The Built-in Speedlight If the flash mode is set to auto (the default setting), red-eye reduction, or slowsync and additional light is required for correct exposure, the built-in Speed-light will pop up automatically when the shutter-release button is pressedhalfway. At...

22 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es 4 .3 Frame your subject Use the zoom buttons to frame your subject against the background. When the camera is zoomed all the way in, hold the button down for about two seconds to enlarge the image digitally (digital zoom; 63). When digital zoom is in effect, the autofoc...

23 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es Don’t Block the Shot To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep your fingers and other ob-jects away from the lens and flash window. Controlling the Monitor Press the button to hide indicators and turn the monitor on and off. Indicators hidden Monitor off Indica...

24 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es Step 5—Focus and Shoot The COOLPIX4500 has a two-stage shutter-release button. 5 .1 Focus Press the shutter-release button halfway to set focus and exposure. In mode, the camera will focus on the subject in the cen-ter focus area, shown by the focus bracketsin the viewf...

25 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es 5 .2 Take the picture Smoothly press the shutter-release buttonthe rest of the way down to take a picture. During Recording While pictures are being recorded to the memory card, a icon will be dis- played in the monitor and the autofocus lamp (green) will blink. Picture...

26 Tutorial—T aking Pictur es Step 6—Put the Camera Away 6 .1 Turn the camera off If the power lamp is on, turn the camera offby rotating the power switch as shown. Thepower-on lamp will go out. To save batterypower, make sure that the power-on lampis off before putting the camera away. 6 .2 Lower t...

27 Tutorial—Basic Playback Basic Playback Quick Review and Playback With a digital camera, you can view pictures immediately after they are taken.You can view the results of earlier attempts while setting up your next shotand use what you see to change camera settings or choose a better angle. To vi...

28 Tutorial—Basic Playback Quick Review Pictures are displayed in the top left corner of themonitor, allowing you to confirm the results ofprevious attempts while setting up your next shot.All controls function as they do in shooting mode,with the following exceptions: When the Memory Card Contains ...

29 Tutorial—Basic Playback Full-Screen Playback In full-screen playback, you can perform a varietyof operations on the pictures stored on thememory card. In addition to the controls listedbelow, you can also use the options in the play-back menu ( 133). For more information on: 73 Playback ( ) A con...

30 Tutorial—Basic Playback Thumbnail Playback Pressing the ( ) button in full-screen playback displays a menu of up to nine thumbnail images.The following operations can be performed whilethumbnails are displayed: Press Description Press the multi selector up, down, left, or rightto highlight thumbn...

31 Connections Connecting to External Devices This chapter provides information on connectingyour camera to a computer and to a television orvideocassette recorder (VCR). Connecting to a Computer Read this section to learn how to copy pictures fromthe camera memory card to your computer usingNikon V...

32 Connections—Connecting to a Computer Your Nikon digital camera stores pictures as digital data. Instead of makingthe trip to a developer and getting negatives, you can simply copy your pic-tures to a computer for long-term storage using the Nikon View 5 softwareprovided with your camera. Once tra...

33 Connections—Connecting to a Computer 2 Install Adobe Acrobat Reader The installation instructions are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Toview the instructions, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. Ifyou have already installed this version of Acrobat, proceed to Step 3. To install Ad...

34 Connections—Connecting to a Computer Making the Connection: Connecting to Your Computer Once you have installed Nikon View 5, you are ready to transfer photographsand movies to your computer. Pictures can be transferred via a direct USBconnection between the camera and computer, or by removing th...

35 Connections—Connecting to a Computer 2 Connect the camera and computer Connect the UC-E1 USB cable as shown below. Use the flat connector forconnection to the computer, and connect the other end of the cable to thecamera’s USB connector. Do not connect the camera via a USB hub orkeyboard. Before ...

36 Connections—Connecting to a Computer Panorama Assist/Ultra HS Before transferring pictures for the first time, click the Change… button in the Nikon Transfer window and check Copy folder names from camera . This will ensure that each sequence of pictures created at settings of Pan- orama Assist (...

37 Connections—Connecting to a Computer If the camera USB option is set to Mass Storage (the default option), you must remove the camera from the system as follows before disconnectingthe cable or turning the camera off: Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional Click the “Safely Remove Hardwa...

38 Connections—Connecting to a Computer Reading Pictures from Memory Cards If you have a CompactFlash ™ card reader or your computer is equipped with a PC card slot, you can transfer pictures directly from the memory card. Beforeinserting the memory card in a card reader or card slot, turn the camer...

39 Connections—Connecting to a Computer Removing the Memory Card Be sure that transfer is complete before removing memory cards from thecard reader or PC card slot. Before removing the memory card from a PC card slot or card reader, you willneed to remove the card from the system: Windows XP Home Ed...

40 Connections—Connecting to a T elevision or VCR Connecting to a Television or VCR Television Playback Using the audio/video cable included with your camera, you can connect theCOOLPIX4500 to a television or VCR. 1 Connect the cable to the camera Connect the black plug to the A / V OUT con-nector o...

42 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection The shooting modes available with the COOLPIX4500 range from simple“point-and-shoot” modes ( and scene) to modes such as programmed auto and manual that put you in control of all or most camera settings. Theoptions available in the shooting menu depe...

43 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection Press the MODE button and rotate the command dial to cycle through shoot- ing modes as shown below. + Auto mode M Manual A Aperture- priority auto S Shutter- priority auto P Programmed auto Scene mode Scene Mode Depending on the subject, scene mode m...

44 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection Landscape Portrait Scene Mode The COOLPIX4500 offers a choice of sixteen “scene” modes for commonsubjects and shooting situations. To choose a scene: 1 Pressing MODE button,rotate command dialuntil icon for the lastselected scene is dis-played. + Mak...

46 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection Scene Blur Description ( 57) ( 64) Party/ Indoor ✯ Use for shots that in-clude details of the back-ground behind the mainsubject, or to capture theeffects of candlelight and other indoorbackground lighting. Auto, Any — V i v i d l y c a p t u r e s t...

47 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection ✯ Use to capture vivid col-ors in close-up shots off l o w e r s , i n s e c t s , a n dother small objects, withthe background artistically blurred.• Minimum focus distance varies with z o o m p o s i t i o n . W h e n c a m e r a i szoomed in to mi...

48 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection — Two successive exposuresare combined to form asingle image. Take thefirst exposure normally.The shot will appear in the monitor su-perimposed on the view through thelens. Use this as a guide to compose amultiple exposure, then press the shut-ter-re...

49 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection ✯ P r e s e r v e s t h e c o l o r sseen in the weak natu-ral light before sunriseor after sunset. Noisereduction turns on automatically. Dusk/ Dawn Auto, , — Use to take a series of photographs thatyou will later join to form a single scene(for exa...

50 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection Take first photograph. White balanceand exposure settings for this photo-graph will apply to all photographs inseries. 4 About one third of photograph willappear in monitor superimposed overview through lens. If you are panningfrom left to right, the...

51 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection Panorama Assist The panning direction can not be changed after the first photograph is taken. When taking shots of landscapes with Panorama Assist , we recommend that you do not raise the built-in Speedlight. Viewing Photographs Taken in Panorama Mod...

52 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection Flexible Program In programmed auto, different combinations of shutter speed and aperturecan be selected by rotating the command dial (flexible program). Each com-bination of shutter speed and aperture will produce the same exposure. Whenflexible pro...

53 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection S: Shutter-Priority Auto In shutter-priority auto, you control shutter-speed by rotating the commanddial, while the camera automatically adjusts aperture to produce optimal ex-posure. Shutter speed can be set to values between 8 s to 1 / 2000 s in in...

54 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection A: Aperture-Priority Auto In aperture-priority auto, you control aperture by rotating the command dial,while the camera automatically adjusts shutter-speed in the range 8 s– 1 / 2300 s to produce optimal exposure. Aperture varies in increments equiva...

55 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection M: Manual In manual exposure mode, you control both shutter speed and aperture. Shut-ter speed can be set to values between 8 s and 1 / 2000 s in increments equivalent to 1 EV (one step), or the shutter can be held open indefinitely for a longtime-ex...

56 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Shooting-Mode Selection 4 Press the MODE button to select the other item (shutter speed oraperture). 5 R o t a t e t h e c o m m a n d d i a l t ochoose a value that will producethe desired exposure. If necessary,repeat steps 4 and 5 until the de-sired combination of shutte...

57 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Focus Mode Choose a focus mode according to your subject and composition. Focus Mode Focusing Near and Far Macro Close-Up We recommend that you frame pictures in the monitor when using macroclose-up. The flash may be unable to light the entire subject at distances under 50 ...

58 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Focus Mode Delaying Shutter Release: Self-Timer Mode The self-timer can be used for photographs in which you wish to appearyourself or to prevent photographs from being blurred by camera movementthat occurs when the shutter-release button is pressed. To use the self-timer: ...

59 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Focus Mode Choose the Center Focus Area We recommend that you select the center focus area when using focus lock. Autofocus In autofocus and macro close-up modes, the camera adjusts focus automati-cally. In mode or at a scene setting of Close Up , the camera adjusts focus c...

60 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Focus Mode Focus and Exposure Lock Once the camera has focused, focus and exposure will remain locked whilethe shutter-release button is pressed halfway . This can be used to change thecomposition after focusing on your subject, or to focus on another object atthe same dist...

61 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Focus Mode Unless Off is selected for Focus Options : Focus Confirmation ( 111), focus confirmation will turn on automatically when manual focus is in ef-fect, and objects that are in focus will be outlined sharply in the monitor. Manual focus can be cancelled by pressing t...

62 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Optical and Digital Zoom Your Nikon digital camera offers two kinds of zoom: optical zoom, in whichthe camera’s telescoping lens can be used to magnify the subject up to 4 × , and digital zoom, in which digital processing is used to further magnify theimage up to 4 × for a ...

63 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Optical and Digital Zoom Digital Zoom At the maximum optical zoom position, holding the end of the zoom button down for two seconds triggers digital zoom. The camera can be zoomed in and out in the digital zoom range by pressingthe and buttons. To cancel digital zoom, press...

64 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Flash Mode The flash mode can be chosen from the following five options. Flash Mode Flash Photography Auto Flash Off The flash turns off automatically when focus is set to infinity ( 57), an op- tion other than Single is chosen for Continuous ( 96), BSS ( 98) is On , a sett...

65 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Flash Mode The flash mode changes as shown below. The options available in scenemode depend on the scene selected ( 44). NO ICON Auto Flash Cancel Auto + red- eye reduction Anytime Flash Slow Sync To protect the built-in Speedlight, we recommend that it be lowered whennot i...

66 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Flash Mode The Sync Terminal Optional Speedlights mounted on an SK-E900 flash bracket can be attachedvia the camera’s sync terminal. The following SB-series Speedlights (availableseparately) can be used: 80DX, 30, 28DX, 28, 26, 25, 24, 22, and 22s. Remove sync terminal cove...

67 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Flash Mode Set the flash mode for the optional Speedlight to TTL. At this setting, theoptional Speedlight will be controlled by the camera in response to cameraflash mode and Speedlight Opt. settings. Refer to flash-bracket and Speed- light manuals for detailed instructions...

68 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Making Movies Making Movies (P, S, A, and M) Movie Mode In P , S , A , and M modes, the COOLPIX4500 can record movies up to thirty- five seconds in length at a rate of about fifteen frames per second, with soundrecorded via the camera’s built-in microphone. Each frame is 32...

69 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Exposur e Compensation To obtain the desired results with certain subject compositions (for example,when large areas of the frame are very bright, very dark, or contain areas ofstrong contrast), it may be necessary to alter exposure from the value sug-gested by the camera. ...

70 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Sensitivity (ISO Equivalency) ISO 200 and Above The higher the sensitivity, the more likely your pictures are to be affected by“noise” in the form of randomly-spaced, brightly-colored pixels. We recom-mend that you choose a setting of 100 except when high shutter speeds are...

71 Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Keep or Delete When image quality is set to HI , or when Ultra HS or Movie is selected in the Continuous menu, the picture you have just taken will be displayedbriefly in the monitor after each shot, giving youthe opportunity to delete the picture before it hasbeen recorded...

73 More About Playback Playback Options During playback, you can use the multi selector andthe buttons on the back of the camera to performthe operations described in the following sections: Taking a Closer Look: Playback Zoom ( 74) Creating a Small Copy of a Picture: Small Picture ( 75–76) Movie Pl...

74 Mor e About Playback Taking a Closer Look: Playback Zoom Use the ( ) button to zoom in on photos dis- played in full-screen playback. X2. 0 SCR SCROLL OLL ZO ZOOM Press to cancel zoom. Cancel zoom Description To Press Zoom increases each time button is pressed,to a maximum of 6.0 × . While image ...

75 Mor e About Playback Creating a Small Copy of a Picture: Small Picture Pressing the MODE ( SMALL PIC. ) button in full-screen playback creates a small copy of the current picture. Before creating a copy, choose a size usingthe Small Pic. option in the playback menu. Copies can be 640 × 480, 320 ×...

76 Mor e About Playback Once created, copies are independent of the original: deleting a copy has noeffect on the original, deleting the original no effect on the copy. Copies arestored on the memory card as independent files with names of the form“SSCN nnnn .JPG,” where “ nnnn ” is a four-digit num...

77 Mor e About Playback Description To Press Pressing center of multi selector while play-back is in progress pauses display. To resumeplayback, press center again. Pause/resume playback When movie is paused, pressing the multi se-lector up or left rewinds the movie one frame. Rewind movie one frame...

78 Mor e About Playback Adding Audio Commentary: Voice Memo This function can be used to record a brief voicememo for the picture currently displayed in full-screen playback. The memo is saved to thememory card as a sound file. Once a voice memohas been added to a picture, a icon will appearon the p...

79 Mor e About Playback Photo Information Rotate the command dial to view photo informa-tion. The following information is available: Image File and Folder Names Pictures are stored in files with names that begin with a four letter identifier(“SSCN” for pictures created with the small picture option...

80 Mor e About Playback Shooting Information, Page 2 1 Exposure com-pensation 2 Focal length 3 Focus mode 4 Flash status 5 Imageadjustment 6 Sensitivity (ISOequivalency) Shooting Information, Page 3 1 White balance 2 Colorsaturation 3 Sharpening 4 Digital zoom 5 Lens-converterstatus 6 File size 1 4 ...

81 Changes to a variety of camera settings are madewith the help of menus that appear in the cameramonitor. This chapter is divided into the followingfive sections: Index to Menu Options An overview of the options available in the cameramenus. Using Camera Menus This section describes basic menu ope...

82 Menu Guide—Index to Menu Options Auto White Bal PresetDaylightIncandescent WHITE BALANCEMatch white balance to yourlight source. 92–94 CloudySpeedlight METERINGControl how the camera setsexposure. 95 SpotCenter-WeightedSpot AF Area Matrix Single ContinuousMulti-Shot 16Ultra HS CONTINUOUSTake phot...

85 Menu Guide—Index to Menu Options SHUTTER SOUNDControl beep produced toconfirm operations. 127 Off On No Format CF CARD FORMATFormat memory cards for usein the COOLPIX4500. 128 DATESet time and date. 129 Y ear, M onth, D ay, hour, minute, order of displayfor year, month, and day SHOT CONFIRMATIONC...

86 Menu Guide—Index to Menu Options PROTECTProtect selected pictures fromaccidental deletion. 143 Select pictures. HIDE IMAGEHide pictures during playback. 144 Select pictures. PRINT SETSelect pictures for printing ona DPOF-compatible device. 145–146 Select pictures; specifynumber of copies. SMALL P...

88 Menu Guide—Using Camera Menus Using Camera Menus Basic Menu Operations The menu options available in shooting mode differ from those that can beaccessed in playback mode. In P , S , A , and M modes, you have access to the shooting menu and all setup menu options; in playback mode, you can accesst...

89 Menu Guide—Using Camera Menus 3 Select the desired page If the selected menu has more than one page of options, you can view thenext page by pressing the MENU button. You can also scroll between pages by pressing the multi selector up anddown. When the last page of options is displayed, MENU OFF ...

90 Menu Guide—Using Camera Menus Making Selections with the Command Dial If a icon appears next to a menu item, you can make a selection by rotating the command dial. 5 Exit the menus To exit the menus and return to shooting orplayback mode, press the MENU button until MENU OFF is displayed in the b...

91 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu The Shooting Menu Shooting Options The shooting menu is available only in P , S , A , and M modes, and only when the camera is in shooting mode. Page 3 Page 4 Page 1 Page 2 Option White Balance 92–94 Metering 95 Continuous 96–97 Best Shot Selector 98 Image Adjustment ...

92 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Keeping Colors True: White Balance What Is “White Balance”? The color of the light reflected by an object depends on the color of the lightsource. The human brain is able to detect and compensate for such changesin color, with the result that a white object will look ...

93 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Fine-Tuning White Balance At settings other than ( Auto ) and ( White Bal Preset ), white balance can be “fine tuned” by highlighting the desired setting and rotatingthe command dial to select an option from a sub-menu. Adjustments range from –3 to +3 in incre-ments o...

94 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Option Description Cancel Recalls the most recent setting for preset white balance frommemory and sets white balance to this value. Measure To measure a new value for white balance, place a white ob-ject, such as a piece of paper, under the lighting that will beused i...

95 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Measuring Light: Metering The metering menu offers a choice of four meter-ing methods that determine how the camera setsexposure (in and scene modes, matrix meter- ing is used). Option Description Matrix Compares measurements from 256 areas of frame with libraryof typ...

96 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Taking a Sequence of Shots: Continuous The options in the “continuous” menu determinewhether the camera takes one picture each timethe shutter-release button is pressed or records acontinuous sequence of pictures while the shut-ter-release button is held down. A movie...

97 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Ultra HS/Movie At a setting of Ultra HS , the zoom indicator in the monitor moves from S (start) to E (end) as re- cording progresses. The exposure-count displayshows the number of seventy-pictures sequences that can be recorded. At asetting of Movie , the exposure-co...

98 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Getting Sharper Pictures: BSS (Best Shot Selector) The “Best Shot Selector” (BSS) is recommended forsituations in which inadvertent camera movementcan produce blurred pictures, for example when:• the camera is zoomed in or a teleconverter is used for telephoto photogr...

99 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Adjusting Contrast and Brightness: Image Adjustment This option is used to adjust brightness and con-trast according to the shooting situation or howthe picture will be used. Viewing the Current Image Adjustment Setting At settings other than Auto , an image-adjustmen...

100 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Controlling Color: Saturation Control Saturation control is used to heighten or reducethe vividness of colors. Black-and-White/Sepia At settings of Black&White and Sepia , the cur- rent setting is shown in the monitor and indica-tors are displayed in green. Optio...

101 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu * Figures are approximate. The file size of JPEG-compressed images varies with the scene recorded. Making Effective Use of Memory: Image Quality and Size Together, image quality and size determine how much space each photographoccupies on the memory card. This in tur...

102 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Image Quality To reduce the amount of memory that each shotoccupies, pictures taken at settings other than HIare compressed as they are saved to the memorycard. Compression selectively reduces the qualityof the image; the more the picture is compressed,the more notic...

103 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Image Size Image size refers to the physical dimensions of the image, measured in pixels. Smaller sizes requireless space to store, making them suited to distri-bution by e-mail and the web. Conversely, thelarger the image, the larger the size at which it canbe print...

104 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Storing Menu Settings: User Setting This option allows you to store up to three combi-nations of white balance, metering, “continuous,”image adjustment, saturation control, imagesharpening, and lens settings for different situa-tions and recall them as desired. By de...

105 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Making Edges More Distinct: Image Sharpening This option controls whether pictures are processedfor increased sharpness, and to what degree. Be-cause this processing takes place only as the pic-tures are being saved to the memory card, the ef-fects of sharpening can ...

106 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Settings for Optional Converter Lenses: Lens The lens menu is used to select combinations ofsettings suited to different converter lenses (avail-able separately). For complete information on useand handling, see the documentation providedwith your converter lens. 1 B...

107 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Slide Copy Adapter: Inverse Color The Inverse Color option requires a bright light source. If lighting is insuffi- cient, the image in the monitor will be too bright. Should you notice exces-sive “noise” in the form of randomly spaced bright pixels, set image sharpen...

108 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Controlling Exposure: Exposure Options The exposure options sub-menu contains twooptions: one for fixing exposure at the value se-lected by the camera, the other for altering expo-sure from the value suggested by the camera. AE Lock This option is used to take a seri...

109 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Confirming Exposure Compensation At values other than ±0, exposure compensationis displayed in the monitor. Exp. +/– The Exp. +/– (exposure compensation) menu al- lows you to alter exposure from the value sug-gested by the camera. Exposure can be adjustedin the range...

110 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Controlling Focus: Focus Options The focus options sub-menu contains options con-trolling focus-area selection and focus mode, andan option for confirming focus visually in the moni-tor. Focus-Area Selection: AF Area Mode The setting chosen for this option determines...

111 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Continuous AF Camera adjusts focus continuously until shutter-release but-ton is pressed halfway, minimizing time needed to focusbefore photo is taken. Note, however, that photos can betaken even when camera is not in focus; check autofocuslamp before shooting. Optio...

112 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Controlling Zoom: Zoom Options This sub-menu contains three options for control-ling optical and digital zoom. Digital Tele This sub-menu is used to turn digital zoom on andoff. If On is selected, the camera enters digital zoom mode when the button is held down for m...

113 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Fixed Aperture Normally, aperture changes with the zoom posi-tion. If desired, you can set the camera to main-tain the f/-number selected in aperture-priority ormanual exposure modes as you zoom in or out. Option Description Off Aperture changes as you zoom in or out...

114 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Controlling the Flash: Speedlight Options This sub-menu contains three options for control-ling built-in and external Speedlights. Controlling Flash Output: Variable Power This sub-menu is used to adjust flash output. Flashoutput can be lowered or raised by from –2.0...

115 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Options for Optional Speedlights: Speedlight Cntrl This sub-menu is used to control the built-in Speed-light when using optional Nikon Speedlights con-nected to the camera’s sync terminal ( 66). Using an Optional Speedlight Flash control for optional Speedlights is p...

116 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Varying Settings Automatically: Auto Bracketing In some situations, you may find it difficult to se-lect appropriate exposure-compensation andwhite-balance settings, and yet not have time tocheck the results and adjust settings after eachshot. Auto bracketing can be ...

117 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Recording Time Because the camera takes three shots each time the shutter-release button ispressed, the time required to save images to the memory card is approxi-mately tripled when white-balance bracketing is used. Restrictions on Bracketing Autoexposure bracketing...

118 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Avoiding “Grainy” Photographs: Noise Reduction At shutter speeds slower than 1 / 4 s, “noise” in the form of randomly-spaced, brightly-colored pixelsmay appear in pictures, particularly in shadows.To reduce noise at slow shutter speeds, select On from the noise reduc...

119 Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu Restoring Default Settings: Reset All The Reset All option is used to reset settings for the current User Set to their default values. Theitems listed on the following page are also resetfor all User Sets and for playback mode. Choosing Reset restores the following s...

121 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu The options available in the set-up menu depend on the operating mode. The SET-UP Menu (P, S, A, M) The Set-up Menu Camera Setup The SET-UP Menu (Playback) Option Brightness 122 Shutter Sound 127 CF Card Format 128 Date 129 Video Mode 130 Language 130 Page 3 Page 1 Pag...

122 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Adjusting Monitor Brightness: Brightness This option controls monitor brightness. Press themulti selector up or down to increase or decreasethe brightness of the monitor by moving the ar-row to the right of the display up or down. Theresults of any changes are immediat...

123 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Customizing Camera Controls: Controls The options in the Controls sub-menu determine the functions assigned to the FUNC button and the center of the multi selector in shooting mode. FUNC You can choose the function assigned to the FUNC button, making it possible to adj...

124 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu AE-L, AF-L By default, both focus and exposure are lockedwhen the center of the multi selector is pressed inshooting mode. The options in the AE-L, AF-L menu can be used to set the center of the multiselector to lock only one of focus and exposure. Option Description A...

125 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Conserving Battery Power: Auto Off When operated on battery power, the camera willturn off automatically if no operations are per-formed for a specified period of time. The timelimit for auto power off can be chosen from thirtyseconds, one minute (the default setting),...

126 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu File Numbering: The Seq. Numbers Menu The camera assigns each picture a file name con-sisting of “DSCN” followed by a four-digit num-ber assigned automatically by the camera (e.g.,“DSCN0001.JPG”). This option controls how filesare numbered. Option Description On When t...

127 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Audio Confirmation: Shutter Sound T h e S h u t t e r S o u n d s u b - m e n u c o n t ro l s t h e “beep” made by the camera’s speaker. Option Description On The camera beeps once to confirm that: • the camera has been turned on• the shutter-release button has been p...

128 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Formatting Memory Cards: CF Card Format The memory card provided with your camera isformatted at shipment. If you purchase additionalmemory cards for added storage, you will how-ever need to format the cards before first use toensure that they work properly in your cam...

129 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Setting the Time and Date: Date This option is used to set the camera to the cur-rent date and time. For more information, see“Introduction: First Steps” ( 15). Confirming Shutter Release: Shot Confirmation If On is selected for this option, the self-timer lamp will li...

130 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Choosing a Video Standard: Video Mode The Video Mode menu is used to select the standard used for video output. Adjust this setting to match the standard used in any video device to whichyou connect the camera ( 40). Option Description NTSC Use when connecting camera t...

131 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Protecting Images from Deletion: Disable Delete The Disable Delete option is used to protect im- ages from accidental deletion. Select On to dis- able all operations or menu options that delete orerase images, including deletion with the but-ton, the Delete option in t...

132 Menu Guide—The Set-up Menu Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Millennium Edition(Me), Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), Mac OS 9 Do not select PTP when connecting the COOLPIX4500 to a computer run- ning one of the above operating systems (there is no need to change the USBsetting when using the ca...

133 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu The Playback Menu Managing Pictures The playback menu contains the following options for managing the pictureson the memory card: Deleting Pictures: Delete The Delete menu contains the following options: Description Option D e l e t e s e l e c t e d p h o t o -graph...

134 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Deleting Selected Pictures: Selected Images Choosing Selected Images displays the pictures on the memory card as small thumbnail images. To choose pictures for deletion: Highlight picture 1 Press multi selector up or down to se-lect picture for deletion. Selected pic...

135 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Deleting All Pictures: Erase All Images Selecting Erase All Images from the delete menu displays the confirmation dialog shown at right. Disable Delete Pictures can not be deleted when Disable Delete ( 131) is on. Hidden and Protected Pictures Pictures marked with a ...

136 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Selecting a Folder for Playback: Folders During shooting, pictures are stored in folders cre-ated automatically by the camera. The Folders menu is used to select folders for playback and todelete folders created at settings of Panorama Assist ( 50) or Ultra HS ( 96)....

137 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Deleting Folders: Delete Select Delete to delete folders created at settings of Panorama Assist and Ultra HS . Folders with the name NIKON can not be deleted. Highlight folder name 1 Confirmation dialog displayed. Pressmulti selector up or down to highlightoption, pr...

138 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Automated Playback: Slide Show The slide-show option in the playback menu is usedfor automated sequential playback. To start a slideshow, highlight Start and press the multi selector to the right. All pictures in the current folder thathave not been hidden using Hide...

139 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Changing the Display Interval The slide show menu and pause dialog both con-tain a Frame Intvl option for changing the length of time each picture in the slide show is displayed.To change the display interval, highlight Frame Intvl and press the multi selector to the...

140 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Changing Vertical Perspective: Perspective Control This option can be used to transform a photographto change the apparent vertical perspective, mak-ing pictures taken from a high or low angle lookas though they had been taken from eye level.The transformed image is ...

141 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Tr a n s f o r m i m a g e a s d e s c r i b e d b e l o w,Guides offer visual confirmation of appar-ent change in perspective. 5 Save transformed image and return to playback mode with origi- nal image displayed. Note that about forty seconds may be required for cre...

142 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Once created, transformed images are independent of the original: deletingthe transformed image has no effect on the original, deleting the original noeffect on the transformed image. Transformed images are stored on thememory card as independent files with names of ...

143 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Safeguarding Valuable Pictures: Protect Selecting Protect from the playback menu displays the menu shown at right, where you can selectpictures to protect from accidental deletion. Pro-tected files can not be deleted using the ( ) button or the options in the Delete ...

144 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Hiding Pictures During Playback: Hide Image When creating a slide show or showing photo-graphs to an audience, you may want to use the Hide Image option to hide some of the pictures in the current folder. Hidden pictures are only vis-ible in the Hide Image menu. They...

145 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Ordering Prints: Print Set Selecting Print Set from the playback menu dis- plays the menu shown at right. Here you canspecify photographs to be printed, the number ofprints, and the information to be included on eachprint. This information is stored on the memorycard...

147 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Selecting Images for Transfer: Auto Transfer When transferring images to a computer usingNikon View 5, you can choose to transfer onlypictures that have been selected for transfer us-ing the Auto Transfer option ( 36). Description Option Select pictures for transfer ...

148 Menu Guide—The Playback Menu Selecting All Pictures for Transfer: All Photos Selecting All Photos displays the confirmation dialog shown at right. @I Description Option Exit without changing transfer statusof pictures. No Select all pictures on the memorycard for transfer to a computer. Yes Mark...

Technical Notes 150 Optional Accessories At the time of writing, the following options were available for the COOLPIX4500. Contact your retailer or local Nikon representative for details. Wired remote cable MC-EU1 remote cord AC adapters/ battery chargers • EH-21 AC adapter/battery charger• EH-53 AC...

Technical Notes 151 Operation is not guaranteed with other makes of memory card. For moredetails on the above cards, please contact the manufacturer. SDCFB series Microdrive 4 × USB series 8 × USB series 10 × USB series Lexar Media IBM SanDisk 16 MB, 32 MB, 48 MB, 64 MB, 96 MB, 128 MB DSCM-10512 (51...

Technical Notes 152 Caring for the Camera and Battery To ensure continued enjoyment of your Nikon product, observe the followingprecautions when using or storing the device: Keep dry This product is not waterproof, and may malfunction if immersed in wateror exposed to high levels of humidity. Rustin...

Technical Notes 153 Tips and Tricks for Handling Batteries Some tips to ensure that your camera is always ready to shoot:• When you turn the camera on, check the battery-level displayed in the monitor to determine whether the battery needs to be replaced. A warning will bedisplayed when the battery ...

Technical Notes 154 Cleaning Lens One key to cleaning the lens is to not touch it with your fingers. Use a blower (typically a small device with a rubber bulb attached to one end that you pumpto produce a stream of air out the other) to remove dust or lint. To removefingerprints or other stains that...

Technical Notes 155 Web Resources At the time of writing, the following on-line resources were available for usersof Nikon digital imaging equipment: For Product Information and Tips • For users in the USA: http://www.nikonusa.com/ • For users in Europe: http://www.nikon-euro.com/ • For users in Asi...

Technical Notes 158 Error Messages The following table lists the error messages and other warnings that appearin the monitor and how to deal with them. Display Problem Solution (Flashes) Clock calendar not set. Set clock calendar to currentdate and time. 15 Warning ! ! Battery exhausted Battery exha...

160 Technical Notes A Note on Electronically-Controlled Cameras In extremely rare instances, unusual characters may appear in the monitor andthe camera may stop functioning. In most cases, this phenomenon is causedby a strong external static charge. Turn the camera off, remove and replacethe battery...

161 Technical Notes Specifications Type E4500 digital camera Digital zoom 4.0 × Effective pixels 4.0 million 1 / 1.8 ˝ high-density CCD; total pixels: 4.13 million CCD Image size (pixels) • 2272 × 1704 • 1600 × 1200 • 1280 × 960 • 1024 × 768 • 640 × 480 • 2560 × 1520 (3 : 2) 4 × Zoom Nikkor Lens Foc...

165 Index Index Symbols 1 , 2 , 3 , 104 100 , 200 , 400 , 800 , 70 (delete) button, 29,30,71,78 (exposure compensation) button, 69 (flash mode) button, 65 (focus mode) button, 57 (monitor) button, 23 (playback) button, 27 button, 30 button, 62 , 18 , 16 , , , 57 , , , , 64 , 69 , , , , , , , , , , ,...

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