Nikon COOLPIX P500 User Manual

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Selecting a Scene Mode to Take Pictures (Features)• Tile mode dial carl be used to select scenes when shooting (_44).• See "Shooting in the Scene Selected by the Camera (Scene Auto Selector)"(_46) for more information on Scene auto selector scene mode.• The _ shown for each scene is the setting for the flash mode when the flash israised (_36). _) is the setting for the Self-timer (_39), _,_ is the setting forfocus mode (_40) and [] is the setting Br exposure compensation (_43)._ Night landscapeUse this mode to capture the ambience of night landscapes.Press the MENUbutton to select Hand-held or Tripod in Nightlandscape.o • Hand-held (default setting): This enables you to shoot with$o the minimum of camera shake and noise even when holding__ the camera by hand.o° - The _] icon is displayed on the shooting screen.-_ - When the [] icon at the top left of the monitor lights in green, press the shutter-releasebutton all the way to shoot a series of pictures, which will be combined into a singleimage and saved.- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steady withoutmoving it until a still picture is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the cameraoff before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.- The angle of view (image area) seen in the saved image will be narrower than that seenon the monitor at the time of shooting.• Tripod: Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a tripod.- The @ icon is displayed on the shooting screen.- Vibration reduction (_193) is automatically set to Off regardless of the appliedoption in the setup menu ([_)185).- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot a single picture at slow shutterspeeds.• Camera focuses at infinity. When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focusarea always lights in green. However, because the camera focuses at infinity, it may notbe able to focus on nearby objects.• The digital zoom is not available.• AF-assist illuminator (_196) does not light.Other settings can be selected.[_: Noise reduction is performed for pictu res shot in scene modes with _, so they may take longerto record.48