Nikon Coolpix L21 Users Manual

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Connecting to a Printer
Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers
5Printing starts.
Monitor display returns to the print menu (step 2) when 
printing is complete.
To cancel before all copies have been printed, press k.
DPOF printing
Print pictures for which a print order was created in Print set (A70).
•When the menu shown on the right is 
displayed, select Start print and press k to 
start printing. Choose Cancel and press k to 
return to the print menu.
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Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers
Creating a DPOF Print Order: Print Set
Before printing images saved on a memory card using one of the methods listed 
below, you can create a digital “print order” that specifies which images should be 
printed and how many copies of each image should be printed, and save this 
information on the memory card.
•
Printing with a DPOF-compatible (A128) printer that features a memory card slot.
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Creating a DPOF Print Order: Print Set
Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers
5Choose whether or not to also print shooting 
date and photo information.
Choose Date and press k to print date of recording on 
all pictures in the print order.
Choose Info and press k to print photo information 
(shutter speed and aperture) on all pictures in the print 
order.
Choose Done and press k to complete the print order 
and exit.
Pictures selected for printing are indicated by the w 
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Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
While shooting in A (auto) mode (A29), the shooting menu contains the 
following options.
AImage modeA74
Choose image size and quality. Also available when using other shooting modes 
(except movie mode).
BWhite balanceA76
Match white balance to the light source.
CContinuousA78
Change settings to Continuous or BSS (best shot selector).
FColor optionsA79
Make colors more vivid or record pictures in...

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
Displaying the Shooting Menu
Press A in shooting mode to display the shooting-mode selection menu and set 
the shooting menu to A (auto) mode (A29).
Press d to display the shooting menu.
•Use the multi selector to choose and apply settings (A11).
•To exit the shooting menu, press d.
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Shooting menu
Exit
Image mode
White balance
Color options Continuous
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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
A Image mode
Pictures taken with a digital camera are recorded as image files. The size of the 
files, and with it the number of images that can be recorded, depends on the size 
and quality of the images. Before shooting, choose an image mode according to 
how you plan to use the picture.
*I 4000×3000 is the default setting for L22. R 3264×2448 is the default setting for L21.
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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
CImage mode
•If the image mode setting is changed, the new image mode setting is also applied to other 
shooting modes (except movie mode).
•This feature cannot be used simultaneously with certain features. ➝ “Camera Settings that Cannot 
Be Set at the Same Time” (A80).
CNumber of Exposures Remaining
The following table lists the approximate number of pictures that can be stored in internal memory 
and on a 4 GB memory card. Note...

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
B White Balance
The color of light reflected from an object varies with the color of the light source. 
The human brain is able to adapt to changes in the color of the light source, with 
the result that white objects appear white whether seen in the shade, direct 
sunlight, or under incandescent lighting. Digital cameras can mimic this 
adjustment by processing images according to the color of the light source. This is 
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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
Preset Manual
Preset manual is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with 
a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken under a lamp with a red 
shade look as though they had been taken under white light).
1Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be 
used during shooting.
2Display the shooting menu (A73), use the 
multi selector to set White balance to 
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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
C Continuous
Change settings to Continuous or BSS (best shot selector).
Flash will be switched off for Continuous, BSS or Multi-shot 16, and focus, exposure 
and white balance are fixed at the values for the first picture in each series.
The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor when the camera is in 
shooting mode (A8). No icon is displayed when Single is selected.
Set A (Auto) mode (A29)Md (shooting...