Nikon Camera Coolpix S6900 Reference Manual

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Area Captured in Movies
•The area that is captured in a movie varies depending on the  Movie 
options  settings in the movie menu.
• If Photo info  in Monitor settings  (A 128) in the setup menu is set to 
Movie frame+auto info , you can confirm the area that will be captured in 
a movie before you start recording.
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...

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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
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If the shutter-release button is pressed all the 
way while recording a movie, one frame is saved 
as a still image. Movie recording continues while 
the still image is being saved.
•While  y is displayed in the monitor, still 
images can be captured. While  z is 
displayed, still images cannot be captured.
• The size of the captured image varies 
depending on the  Movie options setting 
( A 116).
BNotes About Capturing Still Images During Movie Recording
•Still...

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Playback controls are displayed in the monitor.
You can tap the icons for operations described below.
Operations During Movie Playback
FunctionIconDescription
Volume XAdjusts the volume. You can also move the zoom control 
(
A 1) to adjust the volume.
Rewind ATouch and hold to rewind the movie.
Advance BTouch and hold to advance the movie.
Pause EPause playback. The operations listed below can be 
performed while paused.
C Rewind the movie one frame. Touch and hold...

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Extracting and Saving the Desired Portion of a 
Recorded Movie
The desired portion of a recorded movie can be saved as a separate file.
1Play back a movie and pause at the start point of the 
portion that you want to extract (A84).
2Tap I in the playback controls.
3Tap  J (choose start point) in the 
editing controls.
• Tap  GH  to move the start point.
• To cancel editing, tap  e.
4Tap K (choose end point).
•Tap  GH  to move the end point.
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BNotes About Movie Editing
•Movies recorded using  p iFrame 720/30p  or p iFrame 720/25p  (A 116) 
cannot be edited.
• Use a sufficiently charged battery to prevent the camera from turning off during 
editing. When the battery level indicator is  G, movie editing is not possible.
• A movie that was created by editing cannot be trimmed again.
• The actual trimmed portion of a movie may di ffer slightly from the portion selected 
using the start and end points.
• Movies...

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Using Menus
You can set the menus listed below by tapping the F (menu) icon.
• A Shooting menu
Available by tapping  F when the shooting screen is displayed. 
Allows you to change image size and quality, continuous shooting settings, 
etc.
• G  Playback menu
Available by tapping  F when viewing images in full-frame playback mode 
or thumbnail playback mode.
Allows you to edit images, play slide shows, etc.
• D  Movie menu
Available by tapping  F when the shooting screen is displayed....

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3Tap a menu option.
•Certain menu options cannot be set 
depending on the current shooting mode 
or the state of the camera.
4Tap a setting.
•The setting you selected is applied.
• When you are finished using the menu, tap 
S .
• When a menu is displayed, you can switch 
to shooting mode by pressing the shutter-
release button.
Set up
Welcom e screen
Tim e zone and date
Monitor settings
Date stam p
Photo VR
Date stamp
Date
Date and tim e
Off 

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Image Mode (Image Size and Quality)
* This setting can also be changed in shooting modes other than auto. The changed setting is also applied to other shooting modes.
Select the combination of image size and compression ratio to be used when 
saving images.
The higher the image mode setting, the larger the size at which it can be 
printed, and the lower the compression ratio, the higher the quality of the 
images, but the number of images that can be saved is reduced.
* The numerical...

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BNotes About Printing Images at 1:1 Aspect Ratio
Change the printer setting to “Border” when printing images at a 1:1 aspect ratio. 
Some printers may not be able to print images at a 1:1 aspect ratio.
BNotes About Image Mode
This function may not be available to  use in combination with other functions 
( A 55).
CNumber of Images That Can Be Saved
•The approximate number of images that can be saved can be checked in the 
monitor when shooting ( A14).
• Note that due to JPEG compression,...