Nikon Coolpix 995 Help Manual
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Quick Ceph® SystemsDoc ID# 1028Nikon_995_help - Revision 3-26-02Nikon Coolpix 995 Helphttp://www.quickceph.com/docs/1028Nikon_995_help.pdf Page 1The camera settings shown below offer a starting point for taking pictures with the Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera.We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the settings and usage of this camera.Nikon also includes a help manual on the “Reference Manuals CD-ROM”, packaged with each camera.Turn the camera on by set-ting it to the settinglocated on top of the camera,as shown to the right.FINE mode with AnytimeFlash enabled.Adjust image quality:Click on the button onthe back of the camera untilthe FINE option is displayed.ARecommended Settings for Extraoral PhotographsAWe suggest using either a wall mounted lightbox with a built-in slave flash or a bare slave flashto eliminate shadows on the facial photos. If you are using a bare slave flash, we have found thatit works best when placed precisely behind the patient’s head, facing toward a white background.You may need to adjust the brightness on the background lighting that you use in order to generateaccurate soft tissue hues. Overhead fluorescent lighting may also affect the color of the images.You can replace the fluorescent bulbs with halogen lighting to produce better color images.Professional photographers spend time setting up their studios for just the right picture. We alsohave to invest time in setting up our offices for the right lighting for digital images.FINEYour Control Panelshould look like this.Adjust flash settings:Make sure to open the flash. Then, click on theflash button on the back of the camera untilthe flash displays only the symbol. This enablesthe Anytime Flash mode.General settings:To take intraoral images, the camera must be switched to the Macro Close-upmode. To activate this mode, press the button until the icon appears inthe Control Panel and the LCD monitor. The Anytime Flash mode should beturned on as well.2 3214Tips for Taking Extraoral ImagesWhen you are taking the lateral head image, make sure the patient’s head is level, with no tilting orcanting. We suggest that you place a mirror in front of the patient with a vertical line and have themalign themselves to it. This will make it easier to align the photos to the x-ray tracings. You shouldcapture the photo with the camera lens aligned with the patient’s Frankfurt Horizontal plane toensure the most accuracy.For intraoral photographs, we recommend switching to the Manual mode on the camera. This allows you to take higherquality pictures than in the auto mode, and allows for greater control over the exposure and depth of field of the images. Themanual settings only need to be set once, as the camera “memorizes” these settings.To access the manual set-tings, turn the camera on bysetting it to the settinglocated on top of the camera.M1Adjusting ISO film speed:The ISO settings define how quickly the cameratakes the picture. A higher ISO number means thecamera will take the picture quickly, so there’s lesschance of blurry pictures. This is especially usefulfor intraoral pictures.To set the ISO settings, hold down the flash buttonon the back of the camera and rotate the “CommandDial” located at the top of the camera as shown:The letters ISO should appear in the Control Panel.You should stop rotating the dial when ISO 400appears.3 Adjusting Aperture Priority:For a better depth of field, you should adjust the Aperture settings. Setting the cam-era on “Aperture Priority” allows you to adjust the camera so you can take pictureswhere the foreground and the background are both sharp. This is crucial for intra-oral photographs.To enable “Aperture Priority”, hold down the “Mode” button and rotate the“Command Dial” located on the top of the camera until the icon appears:Next, rotate the “Command Dial” all the way to the right until the you reach an F-Stop of about 9.0, which appears in the control panel screen at the top of the cam-era. You will need to use the Zoom buttons to fine tune the value. Themacro icon will then appear yellow on the LCD monitor.4Recommended Settings for Intraoral PhotographsB |
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