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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Viewing Pictures on the Camera
To  view pictures full-frame in the monitor ( full-frame 
playback ), press the 
 button (if the camera is off  , 
pressing the 
  button for about a second will turn 
the camera on in playback mode).  The following op-
erations can be performed:
  V iewing Pictures in Internal Memory
Pi ctures in internal memory can only be viewed if no memory card is inserted.
To Pr ess
View other pictures19
D elete picture
—
Z oom picture in
T (
) 42
Vi ew thumbnails
W (
) —
Vi ew playback mode menu
5
To Pr ess
View playback menu67
Record/play voice memo Shutter 
button 44
Enhance contrast
43
Movie : Play movie 37
Exit to shooting mode
—
Deleting Pictures
Pr essing the  button in full-frame or thumbnail play-
back displays the dialog shown at right.  Highlight  Ye s 
and press the 
 button to delete the selected picture.
Erase  image (s)?E ra se   i m ag e ( s )?Erase  image (s)?
ConfirmC o n fi rmConfirmNo
YesY esYes
Vi ewing Multiple Pictures: Thumbnail Playback
Pr essing the zoom control to  W () in full-frame play-
back displays pictures in “contact sheets” of four, nine, 
or sixteen thumbnail images.  The following operations 
can be performed while thumbnails are displayed:
To Pr ess
Highlight picture19
Change number of pictures 
displayed W
 (
)/
T  () —
D elete highlighted picture—
To Pr ess
Exit to full-frame playback—
Vi ew playback mode menu
5
Vi ew playback menu
67
Enhance contrast
43
Exit to shooting mode
—
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Ta king a Closer Look: Playback Zoom
Pr essing the zoom control to  T during full-frame play-
back zooms the current picture in 3 ×, with the center 
of the picture displayed in the monitor (Quick Playback 
Z oom).  The following operations can be performed 
while pictures are zoomed in:
To Pr ess
Zoom in (maximum 10 ×) T ()—
Z oom out
W (
) —
Vi ew other areas of picture
—
D elete picture
41
Exit to full-frame playback
41
Vi ew mode menu
5
Vi ew playback menu
67
Create cropped copy (see below) Shutter button —
Exit to shooting mode
—
Creating a Cropped Copy
If a   icon is displayed in the monitor during play-
back zoom, the portion of the picture currently visible 
in the monitor can be saved to a separate fi le.  Pressing 
the shutter-release button displays the dialog shown 
at right; highlight  Ye s and press the 
 button to cre-
ate a new picture containing only the area visible in 
the monitor.
Cropped copies are stored as JPEG fi  les with a compression ratio of 1 : 8.  Depending 
on the size of the original and the zoom ratio at the time the copy was created, cop-
ies will be 2,592 × 1,944 (
),  2,048 × 1,536  (),  1,600 × 1,200  (),  1,280 × 960  (), 
1,024 × 768  (
),  640 × 480  (),  320 × 240  (), or 160 × 120 () pixels in size.
ConfirmC o n fi rmConfirmNo
YesY esYes
Save this image
Save this imageas displayed?a
s d is p la ye d ?as displayed?
 Cropped Copies
See the Appendix for more information on cropped copies (
 89).
  Auto Po wer off   (Stand-by Mode)
At default settings, the monitor will turn off   if no operations are performed for about a minute 
during playback (stand-by mode; 
  75).  The camera will turn off   automatically if no opera-
tions are performed for another three minutes. Playback zoom display.  
Note that “tall” orientation  pictures are displayed in “wide” orientation when 
z oomed in.  Select  T once 
to  display picture in “wide” 
orientation, again to zoom  picture in 3 ×.
·
ScrollScro llScroll ZoomZoomZoom
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Enhancing Contrast: D-Lighting
Pressing the  button during full-frame 
or thumbnail playback creates a copy 
of the current picture with enhanced 
brightness and contrast, brightening 
dark and backlit subjects.
  D -Lighting
See the Appendix for more information on D-Lighting copies (
 89).
During playback, copies created with D-Lighting are indicated by a   icon ( 
6–7).
1
C onfi  rmation dialog displayed.
2
H ighlight  OK.
3Create copy.
Before After
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Voice Memos: Recording and Playback
The built-in microphone ( 2) can be used to record 
v oice memos for pictures marked with a 
 icon in 
full-frame playback (
 41).
Recording Voice Memos
To  record a voice memo, press and hold the shutter-release button.  Recording 
ends after about 20 seconds or when the button is released.  Do not touch the mi-
crophone during recording.  Note that if a voice memo already exists for the current 
picture, it must be deleted before a new voice memo can be recorded.
Playing Voice Memos
During playback, pictures to which a voice memo has been appended are indi-
cated by a 
  icon ( 6–7).  Press the shutter-release button to start and stop 
playback.  Volume is controlled by the zoom control.  Select  W to  lower volume,  T 
to  increase.
D eleting Voice Memos
To  delete the voice memo for the current picture, press 
the 
  button.  The dialog shown at right will be dis-
played; rotate the rotary multi selector to highlight an 
option and press the 
 button to select.
•  No : Exit without deleting the picture or voice memo.
• 
: Delete voice memo only.
•  Ye s : Delete both picture and voice memo.
 V oice Memos
V oice memos can not be added to pictures created with other types of camera.  Voice memos 
r ecorded using other types of camera can not be played back on the COOLPIX S5.  See the 
Appendix for more information on voice memos (
 89).
ConfirmC o n fi rmConfirmNo
Yes
Y es
Erase  image (s)?Era se   i m ag e ( s )?Erase  image (s)?
Yes
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Vi ewing Pictures by Date
In  full-frame and thumbnail playback, pictures taken on selected dates can be se-
lected for viewing, deletion, printing, protection, and transfer.
C alendar Mode : Choose a date from a calendar.
1
Display playback mode menu ( 5).
2
Highlight  Calendar  ().
3Dates for which pictures exist are underlined 
in yellow.  The following operations can be 
performed:
To Pr ess
Select month (keep control 
pressed for quick scroll) W
/T —
H ighlight date (only if pictures 
exist for more than one date)
—
View  pictures taken on date
47
D elete all pictures taken on date
41
Vi ew playback mode menu
5
Vi ew playback menu
46
Exit to shooting mode
—
  C alendar/List by Date
The camera lists a maximum of 9,000 pictures for each date.  Dates with more than 9,000 
pictures are indicated by an asterisk (“ *”).  Pictures taken while the camera clock is not set are 
not displayed.
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Pressing the  button in the calendar or date list dis-
plays the options listed at right.  These options apply to 
all pictures taken on the currently selected date.Opt ion
Print set 59
Slide show 68
Delete 68
Prot ect 68
Tr ansfer marking 68
List-by-Date Mode: Choose a date from a list.
1
Display playback mode menu ( 5).
2
Highlight  List By Date  ().
3View dates for which pictures exist.  The fol-
lowing operations can be performed:
To Pr ess
Highlight date—
View  pictures taken on date
47
D elete all pictures taken on date
41
Vi ew playback mode menu
5
Vi ew playback menu
—
Exit to shooting mode
—
*  Camera lists up to 30 dates.  If pictures ex-
ist for more than 30 dates, all pictures re-
corded earlier than most recent 29 dates 
will be listed together as  Others .
 P rint Set/Transfer Marking
Selecting  P
rint set
 or  Transfer marking  from the menu for the calendar or date list displays 
a confi rmation dialog.  Selecting  Ye s r emoves existing  print or transfer marking from all pic-
tures in internal memory or on the memory card , ensuring that only pictures taken on the 
selected date are selected for printing or transfer.
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Viewing Pictures
To  view pictures taken on a selected date, highlight 
the date in the calendar or date list and press the 
 
button.  The fi rst picture for that date will be displayed 
full frame, with 
  (calendar mode) or  (list-
by-date mode) displayed in the top left corner, and the 
date and time of recording displayed in place of the 
f older name and fi le number and type (
  6–7).  The 
f ollowing operations can be performed:
Pr essing the 
 button in full-frame playback displays 
the options listed at right.  These options apply only 
to  the picture currently displayed full frame, although 
other pictures taken on the same date can be select-
ed.Opt ion
Print set 59
Slide show 68
Delete 68
Prot ect 68
Tr ansfer marking 68
Small pic. 69
To Press
View other pictures taken 
on same date19
D elete picture
41
Z oom picture in
T (
) 42
Vi ew playback mode menu
5
To Pr ess
View playback menu—
Record/play voice memo Shutter button 44
Enhance contrast
43
Movie : Play movie 37
Return to date list W (
) —
Exit to shooting mode
—
: calendar mode: list-by-date mode Date/
time
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Pi ctmotion  by muvee
Pictmotion creates slide show movies with custom transitions and background 
music.   It is only available when a memory card is inserted in the camera .
Creating a Pictmotion Movie
To  create a simple movie using the ten most recent pictures during full-frame or 
thumbnail playback:
1
Display playback mode menu ( 5).
2
Hi ghlight  Pictmotion  ().
3
Display options.
4
Highlight .
5
Display options.
6
Hi ghlight  All images .
7
View Pictmotion.
8
Yes
No
N oChange settingsCh an ge s e ttin gsConfirmCo n fi rmConfirmChange settings
No
Save Pictmotion?
S
a ve  P ic tm otio n ?Save Pictmotion?
When dialog is displayed, highlight  Ye s.
9Save Pictmotion and return to Step 3.
Pictmotion is powered by muvee Technologies.
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera*  Place hand behind speaker 
for better sound.
To  create a custom Pictmotion movie:
To  select pictures 
f or movie, highlight 
C onfi  rm  and press 
 
to  turn check box on.
Display options
( 48, Step 3).
S elect 
A ll images  (C onfi  rm  on)
Rotate rotary multi 
selector to highlight  date, press left or 
right to select.  Press 
 when done.
Rotate rotary multi 
selector to highlight  pictures; press 
 
to  select (up to 30).  
Pr ess zoom control to 
T  to view highlighted 
picture full-frame; 
select  W to return to 
thumbnail display. 
Pr ess shutter button 
when done.
C
onfi  rm  off 
A
ll images
( C onfi  rm  off  )
View
Pi ctmotion. *
Choose date
A djust settings
( 50).
Confi  rm  on
Yes
No
N oChange settingsCh an ge s e ttin gsConfirmCo n fi rmConfirmChange settings
No
Save Pictmotion?
S
a ve  P ic tm otio n ?Save Pictmotion?
C onfi  rmation dialog 
displayed.
Change settings Save Pictmotion 
Return to Step 1No
Ye s
To  choose style, background music, 
playback order, and number of slides 
f or new movie, press 
  button and 
make selections in Pictmotion settings 
dialog (
 50).  Press  when done.
Pr ess 
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Viewing Pictures on the Camera
Other Options (Steps 1 and 7 on Page 49)
Rotate the rotary multi selector to highlight options, press left or right to change.  
Pr ess the 
 button to exit when done.
Playback order : Choose order of pictures in movie.
Random Play  pictures in random order.
Play in order Play  pictures in order recorded.
Fit to length : Choose whether to play background track once or 
r epeat track until all pictures have been displayed at least once.
Repeat
music Repeat background track until all pictures have been 
played at least once (some pictures may be repeated).
Repeat
photos Pl
ay  background track once, repeating or omitting pic-
tures as necessary.
Au to select : This option is only available if  button is pressed in Step 1 ( 49).  Choose 
from 10, 20, 30 or  No auto select.  This will be number of slides in slide show if  Confi  rm  is 
not selected in Step 2.  If  Confi  rm  is selected in Step 2, specifi ed number of images will be 
selected in Step 4, starting with most recent picture.  Follow instructions in Step 4 to change 
selection.
The supplied PictureProject software can be used to transfer Pictmotion movies to a com-
puter for viewing and to copy up to three three-minute custom sound tracks to a memory 
card ( Windows only; not available on Macintosh computers ).  Before copying sound tracks 
to  the computer, set the  Interface >  USB  option in the camera setup menu to  Mass 
Storage  (
 76).  See the PictureProject reference manual (on CD) for details.
PictureProject
 Pi ctmotion
If  the current memory card holds twenty Pictmotion movies, no additional movies can be 
created until an existing movie has been deleted.
The pictures in a Pictmotion movie are automatically protected when the movie is saved 
(
  68).  Protection is not removed when the Pictmotion is deleted.  Protected pictures are 
marked with a  icon in full-frame and thumbnail playback ( 6–7).
Pi ctmotion supports both still pictures and movie fi  les; note, however, that in the case of mov-
ies only a small portion selected from the fi rst sixty seconds of each movie will be included.
Style : Choose from  Mo-
tion , Moody , Pro-Slow , 
Pro- Fast , and  Classic.  
Pr ess zoom control to  T to 
preview selected style.Music : Choose from Pachelbel’s Canon, Scarborough Fair, Pomp 
and Circumstance March, Turkish March, and Grandfather’s 
Clock; press zoom control to  T to  preview selected track (pre-
installed tracks only).  Up to three custom tracks can be added 
using PictureProject ( Windows only; see below).
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