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Setup Menu
Basic Camera Setup
d Date
Set the camera clock.
Selecting Travel Destination Time Zone
1Use the multi selector to choose Time zone 
and press the k button.
The Time zone menu is displayed.
2Choose x Travel destination and press the 
k button.
The date and time displayed in the monitor changes 
according to the region currently selected. d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M d Date
Date
Set camera clock to current date and time.
Use the multi selector to set the date and time in the date screen.
•Highlight a different item (day, month, year, hour, minute, and the order in which 
day, month, and year are displayed): press J or K.
•Edit the highlighted item: press H or I.
•Apply the setting: select the order in which day, month, and year are displayed 
and press the k button (A19).
Time zone
w Home time zone can be specified and daylight saving enabled or disabled from 
Time zone options. When the destination time zone (x) is selected, local time 
(A131) is automatically calculated and date and time in the selected region are 
recorded with pictures. Useful when traveling. 
Date
15/05/2010 15:30
Time zone Date
Exit
Time zone
15/05/2010 15:30
London, Casablanca
Home time zone
Travel destination
Exit
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3Press K.
The time zone selection screen is displayed.
4Press J or K to choose the travel destination 
time zone.
Press H in a time zone where daylight saving is in effect 
to enable the daylight saving time function and 
automatically advance the time by one hour. The W icon 
will be displayed at the top of the monitor. Press I to 
disable the daylight saving time function.
Press the k button to choose the travel destination time 
zone.
While the travel destination time zone is selected, the Z 
icon will be displayed in the monitor when the camera is 
in shooting mode.
BNotes on the Clock Battery
The camera clock is powered by the clock battery. The clock battery charges when the main battery 
is inserted or an AC adapter is connected, and can provide several days of backup power after about 
ten hours of charging.
Cw Home Time Zone
•To switch to the home time zone, choose w Home time zone in step 2 and press the k button.
•To change the home time zone, choose w Home time zone in step 2 and complete steps 3 and 
4.
CDaylight Saving Time
When daylight saving time starts or ends, turn the daylight saving time function on or off from the 
time zone selection screen displayed in step 4.
DImprinting the Date on Pictures
Enable date imprint from the Date imprint option (A133) in the setup menu after the date and 
time have been set. When the Date imprint option is enabled, pictures will be recorded with 
shooting date imprinted on them.
Time zone
15/05/2010 15:30
London, Casablanca
Home time zone
Travel destination
Exit
Back 01:30+10:00
Tokyo
Seoul
Time zone
15/05/2010 02:30
Home time zone
Travel destination
Exit
Tokyo Seoul , 
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DTime Zones
The camera supports the time zones listed below. For time zone not listed below, set the camera 
clock to local time.
UTC +/–LocationUTC +/–Location
–11 Midway, Samoa +1 Madrid, Paris, Berlin
–10 Hawaii, Tahiti +2 Athens, Helsinki, Ankara
–9 Alaska, Anchorage +3Moscow, Nairobi, Riyadh, 
Kuwait, Manama
–8PST (PDT): Los Angeles, Seattle, 
Vancouver+4 Abu Dhabi, Dubai
–7 MST (MDT): Denver, Phoenix +5 Islamabad, Karachi
–6CST (CDT): Chicago, Houston, 
Mexico City+5.5 New Delhi
–5EST (EDT): New York, Toronto, 
Lima+6 Colombo, Dhaka
–4.5 Caracas +7 Bangkok, Jakarta
–4 Manaus +8 Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore
–3 Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo +9 Tokyo, Seoul
–2 Fernando de Noronha +10 Sydney, Guam
–1 Azores +11 New Caledonia
±0 London, Casablanca +12 Auckland, Fiji
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e Monitor Settings
Set the options below.
Photo Info
Select whether or not the photo information is displayed in the monitor.
See “The Monitor” (A6) for information on indicators displayed in the monitor.
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M e Monitor settings
Photo infoChoose information displayed in the monitor during shooting and playback mode.
Image review
On (default setting): Picture is automatically displayed in the monitor 
immediately after it is taken and the monitor display returns to shooting mode.
Off: Picture is not displayed after it is taken.
Brightness
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness. The default setting is 3.
Shooting modePlayback mode
Show info
Auto info
(default setting)Current settings and operational guides are displayed as in Show info above. If no 
operations are performed for a few seconds, the display will be the same as Hide 
info. Information will be displayed again when the next operation is performed.
Hide info
Framing grid
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In addition to information shown with Auto 
info above, a framing grid is displayed to help 
frame pictures in A (auto) mode. In other 
shooting modes only the information shown 
with Auto info is displayed.
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The current settings or 
operation guide is 
displayed, as in Auto 
info above.
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f Date Imprint (Imprinting Date and Time)
The shooting date and time can be imprinted on the 
pictures with shooting, allowing the information to be 
printed even from printers that do not support date 
printing (A90).
At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the 
monitor (A6).
BNotes on Date Imprint
•Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted. The date and time 
cannot be imprinted on pictures after they have been taken.
•The date is not imprinted in the following situations:
- Pictures taken in Panorama assist scene mode
- Movie recording
•Dates imprinted at an Image mode setting (A37) of O640 × 480 may be difficult to read. 
Choose N1024 × 768 or larger when using date imprint.
•The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu’s Date item (A18, 129).
CDate Imprint and Print Set
When printing from DPOF-compatible printers that support the printing of shooting date and photo 
information, the date and information can be printed without imprinting this information on them 
using options in the Print Set menu (A87).
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M f Date imprint
Off (default setting)
Date and time are not imprinted on pictures.
f Date
Date is imprinted on the pictures.
S Date and time
Date and time are imprinted on the pictures.
2010.05.152010.05.15
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Setup Menu
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w Electronic VR
Choose whether or not electronic VR (vibration reduction) is used when taking still 
pictures.
When Auto is selected, R is displayed in the monitor (A6), and electronic VR is 
applied according to shooting conditions.
BNotes on Electronic Vibration Reduction
•Electronic VR does not function when the flash is used, except when slow sync mode is applied. 
Electronic VR does not function when slow sync with red-eye reduction (A54, 55) is used.
•Electronic VR does not function with exposures that exceed a certain length of time.
•Electronic VR is activated only when ISO sensitivity (A42) is set to Auto.
•Electronic VR does not function when Blink proof (A64) is set to On in smart portrait mode.
•Electronic VR does not function in the following scene mode:
-Sports (A54)
-Night portrait (A54)
-Dusk/dawn (A55)
-Night landscape (A56)
-Museum (A57)
-Fireworks show (A58)
-Backlight (A58)
•The effectiveness of electronic VR decreases as camera shake increases.
•The picture taken using electronic VR may be somewhat “grainy” in appearance.
DElectronic VR for Movies
To compensate for camera shake with movie recording, enable Electronic VR (A109) from the 
movie menu (A108).
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M w Electronic VR
w Auto
Electronic VR is enabled and the effects of camera shake are reduced with shooting 
of still pictures when all of the following conditions are met.
•The flash is turned off or set to slow sync mode.
•A slow shutter speed is used.
•The Continuous setting is set to Single
•The subject is dark.
Off (default setting)
Electronic VR is disabled.
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U Motion Detection
Enable motion detection to reduce the effects of subject movement and camera 
shake when shooting still pictures.
The current motion detection setting can be confirmed in the camera monitor 
with shooting (A6, 23). The motion detection icon turns green when the camera 
detects camera shake and increases shutter speed. When Off is selected, no icon is 
displayed.
BNotes on Motion Detection
•Motion detection may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of subject movement and 
camera shake in some situations.
•Motion detection may not function if the subject exhibits significant movement or is too dark.
•The pictures taken using motion detection may be somewhat “grainy” in appearance.
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M U Motion detection
U Auto (default setting)
When the camera detects subject movement or camera shake, the ISO sensitivity 
and shutter speed are automatically increased to reduce blurring.
However, motion detection does not function in the following situations.
•When the flash fires
•When ISO sensitivity (A42) is set to Fixed range auto or ISO sensitivity is 
fixed at a particular value in A (auto) mode
•In A (auto) mode, when Multi-shot 16 (A41) is enabled
•When Sports, Night portrait, Dusk/dawn, Fireworks show, or Backlight 
scene mode is enabled
•When subject tracking mode is enabled
•When recording movies
Off
Motion detection is not enabled.
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h AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination, which assists autofocus operation when 
the subject is poorly lit.
u Digital Zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
BNotes on Digital Zoom
•When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A44).
•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
-When Scene auto selector, Portrait, or Night portrait is selected in scene mode
- When smart portrait mode is selected
- When subject tracking mode is selected
-When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16 (A41)
- Just before recording a movie (Up to 2× zoom can be activated while recording movies)
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M h AF assist
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination is used to assist the focus operation when the subject is 
poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 1.9 m (6 ft. 2 in.) at the maximum 
wide-angle position and about 1.1 m (3 ft. 7 in.) at the maximum telephoto position. 
Note that for some scene modes, or focus areas, AF-assist illuminator may not light. 
Off
AF-assist illuminator does not light. The camera may be unable to focus under dim 
lighting.
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M u Digital zoom
On (default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating the 
zoom control to g triggers digital zoom (A25).
Off
Digital zoom will not be activated (except when recording movies).
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i Sound Settings
Adjust the following sound settings.
k Auto Off
When the camera is on and a specified period of time passes with no operations 
performed, the monitor turns off and the camera will enter standby mode (A17) 
to save power. Once the camera has entered standby mode, the power-on lamp 
will blink, and if no operations are performed for another three minutes, the 
camera will turn off. 
Choose the time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode if no 
operations are performed from 30 s, 1 min (default setting), 5 min, and 30 min.
CCanceling Standby Mode
Cancel standby mode and reactivate the monitor by pressing any of the following buttons.
•the power switch
•the shutter-release button
•the A button
•the c button
DNote on Auto Off
The time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode is fixed in the following 
situations:
•When a menu is displayed: three minutes
•During slide show playback: up to 30 minutes
•When the AC adapter EH-62D is connected: 30 minutes
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M i Sound settings
Button sound
Select On (default setting) or Off.
When On is selected, a beep will sound once when operations are completed 
successfully, twice when the camera acquires focus on the subject, and three times 
when an error is detected. Start-up sound will also play when the camera is turned on.
Shutter sound
Select On (default setting) or Off.
No sound is played with shutter release when some features such as continuous 
shooting or BSS (best shot selector) are enabled, or when recording movies, even if 
On is selected.
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M k Auto off
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l Format Memory/m Format Card
Use this option to format the internal memory or a memory card.
Formatting the Internal Memory
To format the internal memory, remove the memory 
card from the camera.
The Format memory option is displayed in the setup 
menu.
Formatting a Memory Card
When the memory card is inserted in the camera, the 
Format card option is displayed in the setup menu.
BFormatting Internal Memory and Memory Cards
•Formatting the internal memory or memory cards permanently deletes all data. Be sure 
to transfer important pictures to a computer before formatting.
•Formatting the internal memory or memory card restores album icon settings (A78) to the 
default setting (displayed as number).
•Do not turn the camera off, or open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover during 
formatting.
•Be sure to use this camera to format memory cards previously used in other devices the first time 
they are inserted into the COOLPIX S3000.
d button M z (Setup menu) (A126) M l Format memory/m Format card
Exit Format memory
Format
No All images will
be deleted! OK?
Exit Format card
Format
No All images will
be deleted! OK?
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