Nikon Coolpix S50 Users Manual

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4Choose the travel destination time zone
and press d.
The setting is enabled.
While the travel destination time zone is selected, the
Y icon will be displayed in the monitor when the
camera is in shooting mode.
jThe Clock Battery
The clock battery charges when the main battery is installed or an AC adapter is connected,
and can provide several days of backup power after about 10 hours of charging.
kX (Home Time Zone)
• To switch to the home time zone, choose X in step 2.
• To change the home time zone, choose X in step 2 and perform the following steps for
the home time zone.
kDaylight Saving Time
• If date and time are set when daylight saving time is not in effect: 
Turn [Daylight saving] on (y) when daylight saving time begins to automatically advance
the camera’s clock one hour.
• If date and time are set with [Daylight saving] turned on (y) when daylight saving time is
in effect: 
Turn [Daylight saving] off when daylight saving time ends to automatically set the camera’s
clock back one hour.
New city time zone
BackToronto, Lima EDT:New York
Time zone
EDT:New YorkLondon,Casablanca
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kTime Zones (c16)
The camera supports the time zones listed below. Increments of less than one hour are not
supported; when travelling to or from destinations at half- or quarter-hour increments from
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), such as Afghanistan, Central Australia, India, Iran, Nepal, or
Newfoundland, set the camera clock to local time (c16, 108).
GMT +/–LocationGMT +/–Location
–11 Midway, Samoa +1 Madrid, Paris, Berlin
–10 Hawaii, Tahiti +2 Athens, Helsinki
–9 Alaska, Anchorage +3 Moscow, Nairobi
–8PST (PDT): Los Angeles, 
Seattle, Vancouver+4 Abu Dhabi, Dubai
–7MST (MDT): Denver, 
Phoenix, La Paz+5 Islamabad, Karachi
–6CST (CDT): Chicago, 
Houston, Mexico City+6 Colombo, Dhaka
–5EST (EDT): New York, 
Toronto, Lima+7 Bangkok, Jakarta
–4 Caracas, Manaus +8Beijing, Hong Kong, 
Singapore
–3 Buenos Aires, São 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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Z Monitor Settings
Choose whether or not to display information in
the monitor, and set the monitor brightness.
Photo InfoThe following display options are available.
See “The Monitor” (c6) for information on indicators in the monitor.
Photo info
Choose information displayed in monitor during 
shooting and playback mode.
Brightness
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness.
Shooting modePlayback mode
Show info
(default set-
ting)
Auto infoThe current settings or operation guide is displayed for five seconds 
as in [Show info] above. After five seconds, display will be the same 
as [Hide info].
Hide info
Framing grid
Monitor settings
Photo info
Brightness 3
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tures; other current settings or 
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f Date Imprint
Date and time of recording can be imprinted on
pictures for printing this information from printers
that are not DPOF-compatible (c140).
At settings other than [Off], the icon for the current setting is displayed in the
monitor (c6).
jDate Imprint
• Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted. 
• Dates imprinted at an image-mode setting (c89) of [TV screen (640)] may be difficult to
read. Choose [PC screen (1024)] or larger when using date imprint.
• The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu’s [Date] item (c16, 108).
kDate Imprint and Print Set
When using DPOF-compatible devices, shooting date or photo information will be printed if
[Date] or [Info] is selected in the print set menu (c85). See “Differences Between Print Set
and Date Imprint” (c86) for more information on the difference between [Date imprint] and
[Print set].
Off (default setting)
Date and time are not imprinted on pictures.
Date
Date is imprinted on the bottom right corner of pictures taken while this 
option is in effect.
Date and time
Date and time are imprinted on the bottom right corner of pictures taken 
while this option is in effect.
Date counter
Time stamp shows number of days between date of recording and selected 
date.
fDate imprint
Off
Date
Date and time
Date counter
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Date Counter
Pictures taken while this option is in effect are imprinted with the number of
days remaining until, or the number of days elapsed since a specified date.
Use it to track the growth of a child or count down the days until a birthday
or wedding.
Sample date counter time stamps are shown below.
Stored dates
Up to three dates can be stored. To set, choose 
an option, press the rotary multi selector J, 
enter a date (c16), and press d. To select a dif-
ferent date, choose an option and press d.
Display options
Choose [Number of days], [Years and days], or 
[Yrs, mnths, days] and press d.
fDate counter
20/05/2007Number of days
5
Press d to display the 
stored dates option.
Press d to display the 
display option.
fStored dates
20/05/2007
03/07/2007
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Display options
Number of days
Years and days
Yrs, mnths, days
02/  18.05.200702/  18.05.200702/  18.05.2007
Two days remaining Two days elapsed
02/  22.05.200702/  22.05.200702/  22.05.2007
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b Vibration Reduction
Vibration reduction effectively corrects blur, caused
by slight hand movement known as camera shake,
that commonly occurs when shooting with zoom
applied or at slow shutter speeds. Vibration reduc-
tion can be used in all shooting modes. 
When [Off] is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed in the
monitor (c6). Vibration reduction is enabled in anti-shake mode (c42)
regardless of the option selected for [Vibration reduction].
jNotes on Vibration Reduction
• Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the camera recovers from the
standby mode or the power is turned on, or the camera enters shooting mode from play-
back mode. Wait until the display stabilizes before shooting.
• Vibration reduction may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of camera shake in
some situations.
• [VR] stands for vibration reduction.
On (default setting)
Vibration reduction is enabled when taking pictures and recording movies. 
Camera detects and factors out panning movements when reducing camera 
shake. When camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reduction 
reduces only vertical shake. If camera is panned vertically, vibration reduction 
affects only horizontal shake.
Off
Vibration reduction is not enabled. Set vibration reduction to [Off] when using 
a tripod.
bOn
OffbVibration reduction
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u AF Assist
If [Auto] (default setting) is selected, AF-assist illu-
mination will be used to assist the focus operation
when the subject is poorly lit. 
Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumina-
tion turns off automatically. 
To disable this function, choose [Off]. When set to [Off], the camera may be
unable to focus if lighting is poor.
h Sound Settings
Adjust the following sound settings.
Button sound
When [On] (default setting) is selected, beep will sound once when operations 
are completed successfully, three times when error is detected.
Shutter sound
Choose shutter sound from [1] (default setting), [2], [3], and [Off].
Volume
Choose volume of shutter sound and start-up sound (c107) from [Loud], 
[Normal] (default setting), and [Off].
AF assist
Auto
Off
Button sound
Shutter sound
VolumeSound settings
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I Record Orientation
Choose whether or not to record the orientation of
pictures taken in “tall” orientation.
Choose [Auto] (default setting) to record the pic-
ture’s orientation detected by the camera’s sensor.
The taken picture will be automatically rotated
when played back on the camera monitor or with
PictureProject. When [Off] is selected, the picture will be displayed in the
same orientation as it was taken.
Picture orientation information can be modified from the [Rotate image]
option in the playback menu (c103).
i Auto Off
Choose the time allowed to elapse before the cam-
era enters standby mode to save power (c21).
The time options are [30s], [1m] (default setting),
[5m], and [30m]. The power-on lamp flashes in
standby mode. If no operations are performed for
another three minutes, the camera turns off.
kNotes on Auto Off
Regardless of the option selected, the monitor will remain on for three minutes, when [30s]
or [1m] is selected for [Auto off] and menus are displayed, and 30 minutes, during continuous
playback for slide shows and Pictmotion movies or when the optional AC adapter is con-
nected.
Auto
Off Record orientation
Auto off
30s
1m
5m
30m
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M Format Memory/O 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 mem-
ory card from the camera.
The [Format memory] option appears in the setup
menu.
Formatting a Memory Card
When the memory card is inserted in the camera,
the [Format card] option appears in the setup
menu.
j Formatting 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.
• Do not turn the camera off, disconnect the AC adapter, or remove the battery or memory
card during formatting.
• The first time you insert the memory cards used in other devices into the COOLPIX S50, for-
mat them. 
Format memory
WARNING!
All images will be deleted!
FormatNo
WARNING!
All images will be deleted!
FormatNoFormat card
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j Language
Choose one of 20 languages for display of camera
menus and messages.
k Interface
Adjust settings for connection to a computer or
television.
CzechPolish
DanishPortuguese
GermanRussian
(default setting)Finnish
SpanishSwedish
FrenchSimplified Chinese
IndonesianTraditional Chinese
ItalianJapanese
DutchKorean
NorwegianThai
USB
Select [PTP] (default setting) or [Mass storage] for connection to computer 
(c75) or printer (c80).
Video mode
Choose from [NTSC] and [PAL]. 
Auto transfer
Choose [On] (default setting) to mark all new pictures for transfer to computer 
(c78).
Interface
USB
Video mode
Auto transfer
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