Nikon Camera Coolpix P610 Reference Manual

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Table of Contents
Technical Notes and Index...............................................................................   F1
Caring for the Product ......................................................................................................   F2
The Camera..................................................................................................................... .......................... F2
The Battery...

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Parts of the Camera
Parts of the Camera
The Camera Body
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15 16
12
10
11 9
13 7
8
14
3
526
Flash raised
1
Eyelet for camera strap....................... 9
2Power switch/power-on lamp 
(charge lamp)..........................11, 14, 18
3
w (function) button... 45, E117
4 Mode dial.......................................... 16, 24
5Microphone (stereo)......... 54, E32
6 Flash.............................................................. 36
7m (flash pop-up) button.................. 36
8 Micro-USB...

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Parts of the Camera
* Also referred to as the “multi selector” in this manual.
21
12 14
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4
1 p (snap-back zoom) button ...... 21
2 Side zoom control............................... 20f
: wide-angle ........................... 20
g : telephoto .............................. 20
3 Speaker.......................................57, E 36
4 Diopter adjustment control ......... 19
5Positioning antenna................. E40
6 Electronic viewfinder........................ 19
7Eye sensor...

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Parts of the Camera
The information that is displayed in the monitor during shooting and playback 
changes depending on the came ra’s settings and state of use.
Switching the Information Displayed in the 
Monitor (s Button)
To switch the information displayed 
in the monitor during shooting and 
playback, press the  s (display) 
button.
CHistogram and Framing Grid for Shooting
Each setting can be set using  Monitor settings in the setup menu ( A57).
• To display a histogram in j , k , l  or m  shooting...

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Parts of the Camera
For Shooting
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F5.6F5.6
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9
10
11 12
13 14
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1
Shooting mode ....................................24
2Flash mode .............................................36
3Focus mode............................................40
4Zoom indicator.............................20, 41
5Focus indicator .....................................17
6Zoom memory...

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Parts of the Camera
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F5.6
F5.6
120 
120
1/250
1/250
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3200
10 
10
1000
1000
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mm
mm
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0.3
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38 40
39 43 42
41
22Aperture value ......................................30
23Shutter speed ........................................30
24ISO sensitivity ........................................52
25Charging AC adapter 
connection indicator
26
Battery level indicator...

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Parts of the Camera
F5.6
F5.6
1/250
1/250
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1Focus area (target finding AF)
............................................... 45, 52,  E18
2 Focus area (center/manual)
............................... 27, 28, 45, 52,  E21
3 Focus area (face detection, pet 
detection)
..........................39, 45, 52,  E8, E 19
4 Focus area (subject track ing)...

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Parts of the Camera
For Playback
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1m  0s1m  0s1m  0s
De mo mode
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16
17
1Protect icon............................................ 55
2Sequence display (when Individual pictures is selected)
........................................................56, E90
3 Skin softening icon............................ 55
4Filter effects...

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Parts of the Camera
Tone level information display
You can check for loss of contrast detail in highlights and shadows from the 
histogram that is displayed, or the flashing display for each tone level. These 
provide guidelines when adjusting the image brightness with functions such 
as exposure compensation.
1A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. The 
horizontal axis corresponds to pi xel brightness, with dark tones to the left and 
bright tones to the right. The...