Nikon COOLPIX P500 User Manual

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_ BacklightingUse when light is coming from behind the subject, throwing features or details into shadow.Press the MENUbutton to adjust HDR (high dynamic range) composite settings in HDR for theshooting scene.• When HDR is set to Off (default setting): The flash fires toprevent the subject from being hidden in shadow.- Shoot pictures with the flash raised.- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot asingle picture.o_ooo• When HDR is set to On: Use when ta king pictures with verybright and dark areas in the same frame.- The _}j_ icon is displayed on the shooting screen. Ifthere are very bright areas and very dark areas in theframe, the [] icon lights in green.- The digital zoom is not available.- When the shutter-rdease button is pressed all the way,the camera shoots pictures continuously with a highshutter speed, and saves the following two images.- An image processed by D-Lighting (_149) at the time of shooting- HDR composite image (the effects of over-exposure and under-exposure arereduced)- The second image saved is an HDR composite image. If only one image can be saved,an image processed by D-Lighting is the only image 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, it takes some time tosave the image. Do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shootingscreen.- The angle of view (image area) seen in the saved image will be narrower than that seenon the monitor at the time of shooting.• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.1 When HDR is set to Off, the flash mode is fixed at _ (fill flash),When HDR is set to On, the flash mode is fixed at @ (off'},2 Other settings can be selected.50