Nikon Camera Coolpix S9900 Reference Manual

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Shooting Time-lapse Movies
The camera can automatically capture 300 st ill images at a specified interval to 
create time-lapse movies ( e1080/30p ) that are approximately 10 seconds 
long.
1Suited for recording the movement of stars. The focus is fixed at infinity.2The zoom is restricted  to 10 fixed positions.3Star movement appears as lines of ligh t due to image processing. The focus is 
fixed at infinity.
1Use the  multi selector  HI to 
select a type, and press the  k 
button.
2Select whether or not to fix 
exposure (brightness), and press 
the  k button (except Night sky 
and Star trails).
• If AE-L on  is selected, the exposure used for 
the first image is used for all images. Use of 
AE-L off  is recommended when the 
changes in brightness of the subject are 
significant, such as in the twilight.
Rotate the m ode dial to y M  d  button  M N  Time-lapse  movie  M 
k  button
TypeInterval ti meRecording tim e
O Cityscape (10 
minutes)
(default setting) 2 s 10 min
P Landscape (25  minutes) 5 s 25 min
Q Sunset (50  minutes) 10 s 50 min
R Night sky (150 m inutes)
1, 230 s2 h 30 min
S Star trails (150  minutes)
2, 330 s 2 h 30 min
Star trails (150 minutes) Night sky (150 minutes)
Sunset (50 minutes)
Landscape (25 minutes)
Cityscape (10 minutes)
Time-lapse movie
AE-L off
AE-L on
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3Stabilize the camera by usin g a tool such as a tripod.
4Press the shutter-release button to 
capture the first image.
• Set exposure compensation ( A43) before 
releasing the shutter for the first image. 
Exposure compensation cannot be 
changed after the first image is captured. 
Focus and hue are fixed when the first 
image is captured.
• The shutter is automatically released  for the second and subsequent images.
• The monitor may turn off while the  camera is not capturing images.
• Shooting ends automatically when 300 images are captured.
• To end shooting manually before 3 00 images are captured, press the k 
button.
• Sound and still images cannot be saved.
BNotes About Time-lapse Movie
•The camera cannot capture images if a memory card is not inserted. Do not 
exchange the memory card until shooting is complete.
• Use a fully charged battery to prevent th e camera from turning off unexpectedly.
• Time-lapse movies cannot be recorded by pressing the  b (e ) button.
• Do not rotate the mode dial until shooting is complete.
• Vibration reduction is disabled regardless of the Photo VR  setting in the setup 
menu ( A54).
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Shooting with Easy Panorama
1Select  Normal  or Wide  as the 
shooting range and press the  k 
button.
• When the camera is readied in the 
horizontal position, the image size (width × 
height) is as follows.
-Normal :
4800 × 920 when moved horizontally,
1536 × 4800 when moved vertically
- Wide :
9600 × 920 when moved horizontally,
1536 × 9600 when moved vertically
2Frame the first edge of the 
panorama scene, and then press 
the shutter-release button 
halfway to focus.
• The zoom position is fixed at wide-angle 
position.
• The camera focuses in the center of the 
frame.
3Press the shutter-release button 
all the way, and then remove your 
finger from the shutter-release 
button.
•KLJI  are displayed to indicate the 
direction of camera movement.
Rotate the mode dial to  y M  d  button  M p  Easy panorama  M 
k  button
Wide Normal
Easy panorama
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4Move the ca mera in one of the 
four directions until the guide 
indicator reaches the end.
• When the camera detects which direction it 
is moving in, shooting begins.
• Shooting ends when the camera captures 
the specified shooting range.
• Focus and exposure are locked until 
shooting ends.
Example of Camera Movement
• Using your body as the axis of 
rotation, move the camera slowly in 
an arc, in the direction of the 
marking ( KLJI).
• Shooting stops if the guide does 
not reach the edge within about 15 
seconds (when  Normal is selected) 
or within about 30 seconds (when 
Wide  is selected) after shooting 
starts.
BNotes About Easy Panorama Shooting
• The range of the image seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the 
monitor at the time of shooting.
• If the camera is moved too quickly or shaken too much, or if the subject is too 
uniform (e.g. walls or darkness), an error may occur.
• If shooting is stopped before the came ra reaches the half-way point in the 
panorama range, a panora ma image is not saved.
• If more than half of the panorama range is captured but shooting ends before 
reaching the edge of the range, the range not captured is recorded and displayed 
in gray.
Guide 
						

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Playback with Easy Panorama
Switch to playback mode ( A18), display an 
image captured using easy panorama in full-
frame playback mode, and then press the  k 
button to scroll the image in the direction that 
was used when shooting.
• Rotate the multi selector to scroll forward or 
backward quickly.
Playback controls are displayed at the  bottom of 
the monitor during playback.
Use the multi selector  JK to select a control, 
and then press the  k button to perform the 
operations described below.
* These operations can also be performed by rotating the multi selector.
BNotes About Easy Panorama Images
• The images cannot be edited on this camera.
• This camera may not be able to scroll  the playback of, or zoom in on, easy 
panorama images captured with anothe r make or model of digital camera.
BNotes About Printing Panorama Images
The entire image may not be able to be pr inted depending on the printer’s settings. 
Additionally, printing may not be possible depending on the printer.
FunctionIconDescription
Rewind AHold down the  k button to scroll backward quickly.*
Advance BHold down the  k button to scroll forward quickly.*
Pause EPause playback. The operations listed below can be 
performed while paused.
C Hold down the  k button to rewind.*
D Hold down the  k button to scroll.*
F Resume automatic scrolling.
End GSwitch to full-frame playback mode.
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Default settings for each shooting mode are listed below.
Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, Etc.)
Flash
(A 35)Self-tim er
( A 37)Macro
(A 39)Exposure 
co mpensation
(
A43)
A  (auto) Ukk 0.0 
y x  (scene auto 
selector) U
1kk20.0 
b  (portrait) Vkk
30.0 
c  (landscape) W3kk30.0 
N  (time-lapse 
m ovie) W
3kk30.0 4
d
 (sports) W3k3k30.0 
e  (night portrait) V3kk30.0 
f  (party/indoor) V5kk30.0 
Z  (beach) Ukk30.0 
z  (snow) Ukk30.0 
h  (sunset) W3kk30.0 
i  (dusk/dawn) W3kk30.0 
j  (night 
landscape) W
3kk30.0 
k  (close-up) Uk o
30.0 
u  (food) W3ko30.0 
m  (fireworks show) W3k3k30.0 3
o (backlighting) X6/W6kk30.0 
p  (easy panora ma) W3k3k30.0 
O  (pet portrait) W3Y7k0.0 
R  (special effects) Ukk 0.0 
F  (smart portrait) U
8k9k3–10
n (short  movie show) W3kk 0.0 
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1Cannot be changed. The camera automatically select s the flash mode appropriate 
for the scene it has selected.
2Cannot be changed. The camera enters macro mode when  i is selected.3Cannot be changed.4Cannot be changed when Night  sky or Star trails is used.5May switch to slow sync with red-eye reduction flash mode.6Flash is fixed at X (fill flash) when  HDR is set to  Off, and is fixed at  W (off) when 
HDR is set to  On.
7Self-timer cannot be used. Pet portrait auto release can be set to  o or k  
( E 7).
8Cannot be used when  Blink proof is set to On.9Other than self-timer,  a (smile timer) ( A26) and  n (self-collage) ( A27) can be 
also used.
10Glamour retouch is displayed ( A25).11Creative slider is displayed ( A40). 
						

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The focus area varies depe nding on the shooting mode.
Using Face Detection
In the following shooting modes, the camera 
uses face detection to automatically focus on 
human faces. 
•A  (Auto) mode ( A22)
• Scene auto selector , Portrait , or Night 
portrait  scene mode ( A23)
• Smart portrait mode ( A25)
• When  AF area mode  (E 69) in  A, B , C , or 
D  mode ( A31) is set to  Face priority
If the camera detects more than one face , a double border is displayed around 
the face that the camera focuses on, and single borders are displayed around 
the other faces.
If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are detected:
• When  Scene auto selector  is selected, the focus area changes depending 
on the scene.
• In Portrait  or Night portrait  scene mode or smart portrait mode, the 
camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
• In A  (auto) mode,  A, B , C , or  D mode, the camera selects the focus area 
containing the subject closest to the camera.
BNotes About Face Detection
• The camera’s ability to detect faces depend s on a variety of factors, including the 
direction in which the faces are looking. 
• The camera cannot detect faces in the following situations:
- When faces are partially hidden by su nglasses or otherwise obstructed
- When faces take up too much  or too little of the frame
CFace Detection During Movie Recording
When AF area mode  (E79) in the movie menu is set to  Face priority, the camera 
focuses on human faces during movie recording.
If the  b (e ) button is pressed when no faces are detected, the camera focuses on 
the area in the center of the frame.
Focusing
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Using Skin Softening
When the shutter is released while using one of the shooting modes listed 
below, the camera detects human faces and processes the image to soften 
facial skin tones (up to 3 faces).
•Smart portrait mode ( A25)
- The skin softening level can be adju sted by the glamour retouch function.
• Scene auto selector , Portrait , or Night portrait  scene mode (A23)
Editing functions such as  Skin softening can be applied to saved images by 
using  Glamour retouch  (A 52) even after shooting.
BNotes About Skin Softening
•It may take more time than usua l to save images after shooting.
• Under some shooting conditions, the desired skin softening results may not be 
achieved, and skin softening may be applied to areas of the image where there are 
no faces.
Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus
The camera may not focus as expected in the following situations. In some rare 
cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the 
focus indicator is displayed in green:
• Subject is very dark
• Objects of sharply differing  brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun 
behind the subject makes that subject appear very dark)
• No contrast between the subject and  surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject 
wearing a white shirt is standi ng in front of a white wall)
• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is 
inside a cage)
• Subjects with repeating patterns (window blinds, bu ildings with multiple 
rows of similarly shaped windows, etc.)
• Subject is moving rapidly
In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway 
to refocus several times, or focus on another subject positioned at the same 
distance from the camera as the actual desired subject, and use focus lock 
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Using Target Finding AF
When  AF area mode  (E 69) in  A, B , C , or D  mode is set to  Target finding 
AF , the camera focuses in the manner  described below when you press the 
shutter-release button halfway.
• The camera detects the main subject and 
focuses on it. When the subject is in focus, 
the focus area is displayed in green. If a 
human face is detected, the camera 
automatically sets focus priority on it.
• If no main subject is detected, the camera 
automatically selects one or more of the nine 
focus areas containing the subject closest to 
the camera. When the subject is in focus, the 
focus areas that are in focus is displayed in 
green.
BNotes About Target Finding AF
•Depending on shooting  conditions, the subject that th e camera determines to be 
the main subject may vary.
• The main subject may not be detected when using certain  White balance 
settings.
• The camera may not detect the main subject appropriately in the following 
situations:
- When the subject is very dark or bright
- When the main subject la cks clearly defined colors
- When the shot is framed so that the main subject is at the edge of the monitor
- When the main subject is composed of a repeating pattern
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