Nikon Camera Coolpix P530 Reference Manual
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33 The Basics of Shooting and Playback 1Press the l button to delete the image currently displayed in the monitor. 2Use the multi selector HI to select the desired deletion method and press the k button. •See “Operating the Erase Selected Images Screen” ( A34) for more information. • To exit without deleting, press the d button. 3Select Yes and press the k button. • Deleted images cannot be recovered. • To cancel, select No and press the k button. Step 6 Delete Images All images Erase selected images Current image Delete No Ye s Erase 1 image?
34 The Basics of Shooting and Playback Operating the Erase Selected Images Screen 1Use the multi selector J K to select an image to be deleted, and then use H to display S. •To undo the selection, press I to remove S . • Move the zoom control ( A29) toward g ( i ) to switch to full-frame playback or f (h ) to switch to thumbnail playback. 2Add S to all images that you want to delete and then press the k button to confirm the selection. •A confirmation dialog is displayed. Fo llow the instructions displayed in the monitor. BDeleting Images in a Sequence • If you press the l button and delete a key picture while only key pictures are displayed for sequences of images ( A83), all images in the sequence, including the key picture, are deleted. • To delete individual images in a sequence, press the k button to display them one at a time and press the l button. CDeleting the Last Image Captured While in Shooting Mode When using shooting mode, press the l button to delete the last image that was saved. Erase selected images Back
35 Shooting Features Shooting Features Used for general shooting. •The camera detects the main subject and focuses on it. If a human face is detected, the camera automatically sets focus priority on it. • See “Focusing” ( A76) for more information. Functions Available in A (Auto) Mode • Flash mode ( A56) • Self-timer ( A59) • Smile timer ( A60) • Focus mode ( A61) • Exposure compensation ( A65) • Shooting menu ( A68) A (Auto) Mode
36 Shooting Features When a scene is selected, camera settings are automatically optimized for the selected scene. 1The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame. The position of the area cannot be moved. 2The camera focuses at infinity.3Use of a tripod is recommended, because the shutter speed is slow. Set Vibration reduction (A 91) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting. Scene Mode (Shootin g Suited to Scenes) X Night landscape ( A37)1, 2, s Night portrait ( A 38), c Landscape ( A38)1, 2 Rotate the mode dial to X, s or c and take images. Press the d button to display the scene menu and select one of the following scenes using the multi selector. y (Scene) xScene auto selector (default setting) (A 39)u Food ( A41) b Portrait lMuseum ( A41) 1 dSports ( A39)1mFireworks show ( A41)2, 3 fParty/indoor ( A40)1n Black and white copy ( A41)1 ZBeach1o Backlighting (A 42)1 zSnow1p Easy panorama ( A43)1 hSunset1, 2, 3O Pet portrait ( A44) i Dusk/dawn1, 2, 3g Moon ( A45)1, 2 kClose-up ( A40)L Bird-watching ( A45)1 Sunset Snow Beach Party/indoor Sports Portrait Scene auto selector Scene menu
37 Shooting Features To View a Description (Help Display) of Each Scene Select a scene and move the zoom control (A1) toward g (j ) to view a description of that scene. To return to the original screen, move the zoom control toward g (j ) again. Tips and Notes X Night landscape • Press the d button to select Y Hand-held or Z Tr i p o d in Night landscape . • Y Hand-held (default setting): - Press the shutter-release button all the wa y to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved. - Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen. - The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting. • Z Tripod : - One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way. - Vibration reduction is disabled regardless of the Vibration reduction (A 91) setting in the setup menu.
38 Shooting Features s Night portrait • Press the d button to select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night portrait . • One image is captured at a slow shutter speed. Compared to using Z Tripod , when Y Hand-held is selected, the camera sets a slightly faster shutter speed in accordance with th e shooting conditions to prevent camera shake. • Vibration reduction is disa bled regardless of the Vibration reduction (A 91) setting in the setup menu. • The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting. c Landscape •Press the d button to select Noise reduction burst or Single shot in Landscape. • Noise reduction burst : This enables you to shoot a sharp landscape with a minimum of noise. - Press the shutter-release button all th e way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved. - Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen. - The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting. •Single shot (default setting): Sa ves images with emph asized outlines and contrast. - One image is captured when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way.
39 Shooting Features y M x Scene auto selector • When you point the camera at the subjec t, the camera automatically selects the optimum scene mode from the list below and adjusts the shooting settings accordingly. • Depending upon shooting conditions, the camera may not select the desired scene mode. Should this occur, switch to A (auto) mode ( A26) or select the optimum scene mode for the subject manually. y M d Sports • While the shutter-release button is held all the way down, the camera shoots up to about 7 images continuously at a rate of about 7 fps (when image quality is set to Normal and image size is set to i 4608×3456 ). • The frame rate for continuous shooting may become slow depending upon the current image quality setting, image size setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition. • Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each series. e Portrait (close-up image of one to two persons) b Portrait (shooting an image of th ree or more persons or shooting a composition with a large background area) f Landscape h Night portrait (close-up image of one to two persons) c Night portrait (shooting an image of three or more persons or shooting a composition with a large background area) g Night landscape • The camera shoots images contin uously and combines and saves them as one image in the same way as when Hand-held in X (night landscape) ( A37) is selected. i Close-up j Backlighting (shooting non-human subjects) d Backlighting (shooting human subjects) d Other shooting scenes
40 Shooting Features y M f Party/indoor • To avoid the effects of camera shake, hold the camera steady. Set Vibration reduction (A 91) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting. y M k Close-up From the screen displayed after k Close-up is selected, select Noise reduction burst or Single shot . •Noise reduction burst : This enables you to shoot a sharp image with a minimum of noise. - Press the shutter-release button all th e way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved. - Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen. - If the subject moves or there is a significant camera shake during continuous shooting, the image may be dist orted, overlapped, or blurred. - The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting. •Single shot (default setting): Sa ves images with emph asized outlines and contrast. - One image is captured when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way. • The focus mode ( A61) setting is changed to D (macro close-up) and the camera automatically zooms to the clos est position at which it can focus. • You can move the focus area. Press the k button, use the multi selector HIJK or rotate it to move the focus area, and press the k button to apply the setting.
41 Shooting Features y M u Food • The focus mode ( A61) setting is changed to D (macro close-up) and th e camera automatically zooms to the closest position at which it can focus. • You can adjust hue by using the command dial. The hue setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off. • You can move the focus area. Press the k button, use the multi selector HIJK or rotate it to move the focus area, and press the k button to apply the setting. y M l Museum • The camera captures a series of up to 10 images while the shutter-release button is held all the way down, and the sharpest image in the series is automatically selected and sa ved (BSS (Best Shot Selector)). • The flash does not fire. y M m Fireworks show • The shutter speed is fixed at about 4 seconds. y M n Black and white copy • Use together with D (macro close-up) focus mode ( A61) when shooting subjects that are close to the camera. 1/2501/250F5.6F5.684084010m 0s10m 0s10m 0s
42 Shooting Features BNotes About HDR •Use of a tripod is recommended. Set Vibration reduction (A 91) in the setup menu to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera. • The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting. • When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, the camera shoots images continuously and saves the following two images. - A non-HDR composite image - An HDR composite image in which the loss of details in highlights or shadows is minimized • If there is only enough memory to sa ve one image, an image processed by D- Lighting ( A82) at the time of shooting, in which dark areas of the image are corrected, is the only image saved. • Once the shutter-release butto n is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen. • Depending on the shooting conditions, da rk shadows may appear around bright subjects and bright areas may appear ar ound dark subjects. You can compensate by lowering the level setting. y M o Backlighting • From the screen displayed after o Backlighting is selected, HDR (high dynamic range) composition can be set. •Off (default setting): The flash fires to pr event the subject from being hidden in shadow. Shoot images wi th the flash raised. • Level 1- Level 3: Use when taking images with very bright and dark areas in the same frame. Select Level 1 when there is less difference between bright and dark areas, and Level 3 when there is more difference between bright and dark areas.