Nikon Camera Coolpix P610 Reference Manual
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E27 Reference Section Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation Use the multi selector HI to select the desired effect level and press the k button. •The edited version is displayed on the right. • To exit without saving the copy, press J. D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast Use the multi selector HI to select the desired effect level and press the k button. •The edited version is displayed on the right. • To exit without saving the copy, press J. Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an i mage M d button M Quick retouch M k button Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an i mage M d button M D-Lighting M k button Amount Normal Quick retouch Amount Normal D-Lighting
E28 Reference Section Skin Softening: Softening Skin Tones 1Use the multi selector HI to select the desired effect level and press the k button. •To exit without saving the copy, press J. 2Preview the result and press the k button. •The edited face is zoomed in. • When more than one face has been edited, press JK to switch the face that is displayed. • To change the effect level, press the d button and return to step 1. • An edited copy is created. BNotes About Skin Softening •Up to 12 faces, in order of proximity to the center of the frame, can be enhanced. • Depending on the direction in which faces are looking, or the brightness of faces, the camera may be unable to accurately detect faces, or the skin softening function may not perform as expected. • If no faces are detected, a warning is displayed and the screen returns to the playback menu. Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Skin softening M k button Amount Normal Skin softening Save Back Preview
E29 Reference Section Filter Effects: Applying Digital Filter Effects 1Use the multi selector HI to select the desired filter effect and press the k button. •When effects other than Selective color are selected, proceed to step 3. Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Filter effects M k button OptionDescription Soft portrait Blurs the background of human subjects. When no human subjects are detected, keeps the area in the center of the frame in focus and blur s the surrounding area. Selective color Keeps only a selected image color and makes other colors black-and-white. Cross screen Produces star-like rays of light that radiate outward from bright objects such as sunlight reflections and city lights. Suitable for night scenes. Fisheye Creates images that look like they were shot with a fisheye lens. Suitable for images shot in macro mode. Miniature effect Creates images that look like close-up photos of a diorama. Suitable for images shot while looking down from a high location, with the main subject near the center of the frame. Painting Creates images with the ambience of paintings. Vignette Lowers the peripheral light intensity from the center to the edges of an image. Photo illustration Emphasizes outlines and reduces the number of colors to create images with the ambience of illustrations. Portrait (color + B&W) Makes colors of the backgrou nd of human subjects black- and-white. When no human subjects are detected, keeps colors of the area in the center of the frame and makes the surrounding area black-and-white. Painting Miniature effect Fishey e Cross screen Selective color Soft portrait Filter effects
E30 Reference Section 2Use HI to select the color to keep and press the k button. 3Preview the result and press the k button. • An edited copy is created. • To exit without saving the copy, press J. Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image 1Use the multi selector HI to select the desired copy size and press the k button. •When the aspect ratio of the image is 16:9, the image is reduced to 640 × 360 in size. Press the k button to proceed to step 2. 2Select Yes and press the k button. • An edited copy is created (compression ratio of approximately 1:16). BNotes About Small Picture When the aspect ratio of the image is 3:2 or 1:1, the image cannot be edited. Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Small picture M k button Selective color Save Back Preview 160×120 320×240 640×480 Small picture No Ye s Create small picture file?
E31 Reference Section Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy 1Move the zoo m control to enlarge the i mage ( E23). 2Adjust the i mage so that only the portion that you want to keep is displayed, and then press the d ( m enu) button. • Move the zoom control toward g (i ) or f ( h ) to adjust the magnification rate. Set a magnification rate at which u is displayed. • Use the multi selector HIJK to scroll to the portion of the image that you want to display. 3Check the i mage and press the k button. • To change the portion you want to keep, return to step 2 by pressing J. • To exit without saving the cropped image, press the d button. 4Select Yes and press the k button. •An edited copy is created. CImage Size •The aspect ratio (hor izontal to vertical) of the crop ped copy is the same as the original. • When the image size of the cropped copy is 320 × 240 or smaller, the image is displayed at a smaller size during playback. 4.04.04.0 Save Trim Back Save Trim Back No Ye s displayed? Save this image as
E32 Reference Section 1Display the shooting screen. •Check the remaining amount of movie recording time. 2Press the b (e movie-record) button to start movie recording. • The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. • Press k button to pause recording, and press k button again to resume recording (except when an HS movie option is selected in Movie options ). Recording automatically ends if it remains paused for about five minutes. • You can capture a still image by pressing the shutter-release button while recording a movie ( E35). 3Press the b (e movie-record) button again to end recording. 4Select a movie in full-frame playback mode and press the k button to play it back. • An image with a movie options icon is a movie. Recording and Playing Back Movies 1/250 1/250 F5.6 F5.684084025m 0s 25m 0s 25m 0s Remaining movie recording time 7m23s7m23s7m23s 004. MOV004. MOV2014/07/16 10:0315/11/2015 15:30 22m16s22m16s Movie options
E33 Reference Section Area Captured in Movies •The area that is captured in a movie varies depending on the Movie options or Electronic VR settings in the movie menu. • Press the s button and display the movie frame ( A3) to check the range of a movie in a fram e before movie recording. Focusing During Movie Recording •The focus can be adjusted during movie recording in the following manner in accordance with the Autofocus mode (A 54) setting of the movie menu. - A Single AF (default setting): The focus is locked when movie recording starts. To perform the autofocus function during movie recording, press the multi selector J. - B Full-time AF : The focus is adjusted repeatedly even during movie recording. • When the focus mode ( A40) is E (manual focus), adjust the focus manually. The focus can be adjusted while recording movies by rotating the multi selector counterclockwise to focus on far subjects or clockwise to focus on near subjects. Exposure Locking •When the multi selector K is pressed during movie recording, the exposure is locked. To unlock, press K again. Maximum Movie Recording Time Individual movie files cannot exceed 4 GB in size or 29 minutes in length, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card for longer recording. •The remaining recording time for a single movie is displayed on the shooting screen. • Recording may end before either limit is reached if camera temperature becomes elevated. • The actual remaining recording time may vary depending on the movie content, subject movement, or type of memory card. • Memory cards with an SD Speed Class rating of 6 or faster are recommended when recording movies ( F20). Movie recording may stop unexpectedly when a memory card with a lower Speed Class rating is used. BNotes About Camera Temperature • The camera may become hot when recording movies for an extended period of time or when the camera is used in a hot area. • If the inside of the camera becomes extremely hot when recording movies, the camera will automatically stop recording. The amount of time remaining until the camera stops recording ( B10s) is displayed. After the camera stops recording, it turns itself off. Leave the camera off until the inside of the camera has cooled.
E34 Reference Section Notes About Movie Recording BNotes About Saving Images or Movies The indicator showing the number of exposures remaining or the indicator showing the remaining recording time flashes while images or movies are being saved. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover or remove the battery or memory card while an indicator is flashing. Doing this could result in loss of data, or in damage to the camera or the memory card. BNotes About Recorded Movies • The zoom indicator is not displayed during movie recording. • There may be some degradation in image qu ality when digital zoom is used. If you zoom in on the subject wh ile recording a movie, the zoom motion temporarily stops at the position where optical zoom is changed to digital zoom. • The sounds of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus lens drive movement, vibration reduction, and aperture operation when brightness changes may be recorded. • The following phenomena may be seen in the monitor while recording movies. These phenomena are saved in the recorded movies. - Banding may occur in images under fluore scent, mercury-vapor, or sodium-vapor lighting. - Subjects that move quickly from one side of the frame to the other, such as a moving train or car, may appear skewed. - The entire movie image may be skewed when the camera is panned. - Lighting or other bright areas may leave residual images when the camera is moved. • Depending on the distance to the subject or the amount of zoom applied, colored stripes may appear on subjects with repeating patterns (fabrics, lattice windows, etc.) during movie recording and playback. This occurs when the pattern in the subject and the layout of the image sensor interfere with each other; it is not a malfunction. BNotes About Autofocus for Movie Recording Autofocus may not perform as expected (E 20). Should this occur, focus using manual focus ( A41, 42) or try the following: 1. Set Autofocus mode in the movie menu to Single AF (default setting) before starting movie recording. 2. Frame another subject (positioned at the same distance from the camera as the intended subject) in the center of the frame, press the b (e ) button to start recording, and modify the composition.
E35 Reference Section If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while recording a movi e, one frame is saved as a still image. Movie recording continues while the still image is being saved. • A still image can be captured when Q is displayed in the monitor. When f is displayed, a still image cannot be captured. • The image size of the still images to be saved is determined by the type (image size) ( E81) of the original movie. BNotes About Capturing Still Images During Movie Recording • Still images cannot be saved during movie recording in the following situations: - When movie recording is paused - When the remaining movie recording time is less than 5 seconds - When Movie options (A 54) is set to g 480/30p, s 480/25p or HS movie • The frames of a movie that were recorded when a still image was being captured may not play back smoothly. • The sounds of operating the shutter-release button when saving a still image may be heard in the recorded movie. • If the camera moves when the shutter-rele ase button is pressed, the image may be blurred. Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies 7m23s7m23s7m23s
E36 Reference Section To adjust the volume, move the zoom control while a movie is playing (A1).Rotate the multi selector or the command dial to advance or rewind. Playback controls are displayed in the monitor. The operations desc ribed below can be performed by using th e multi selector JK to select a control and then pressing the k button. * The movie can also be advanced or rewound by one frame by rotating the multi selector or command dial. Operations During Movie Playback FunctionIconDescription Rewind AHold down the k button to rewind the movie. Advance BHold down the k button to advance the movie. Pause EPause playback. The operations listed below can be performed while paused. C Rewind the movie one frame. Hold down the k button for continuous rewinding.* D Advance the movie one frame. Hold down the k button for continuous advancing.* F Resume playback. I Extract the desired portion of a movie and save it as a separate file. H Extract a single frame of a mo vie and save it as a still image. End GReturn to full-frame playback mode. 7m 42s Volume indicator 7m 42s When paused