Nikon Coolpix S9 Users Manual

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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, 97).
GMT +/–LocationGMT +/–Location
–11 Midway, Samoa +1 Madrid, Paris, Berlin
–10 Hawaii,...

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Z Monitor Settings
Choose whether or not to display information in
the monitor, and set the monitor brightness. The
following options are available:
Photo Info
The following display options are available:
kPhoto Info
See “The Monitor” (c6) for information on indicators in the monitor.
Photo info
Choose information displayed in monitor (see 
below).
Brightness (default: 3)
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness.
Show...

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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 (c117).
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 of [TV screen(640)] may be difficult to read. Choose...

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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 multi selector J, and enter a 
date (c16)....

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u AF Assist
If [Auto] is selected, AF-assist illumination will be
used to assist the focus operation when the subject
is poorly lit. To disable this function, choose [Off].
Note that for some modes, AF-assist illumination
turns off automatically (c33-37, c39-42). 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 (default: On)
When [ON] is...

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h Blur Warning
Choose whether or not to display the blur warning.
Note that the warning may not always be displayed
(c120). At default setting, blur warning is [On].
i Auto Off
Choose the time allowed to elapse before the cam-
era enters standby mode to save power (c15).
The time options are 30 seconds (default setting),
one minute, five minutes, and 30 minutes.
• If no operations are performed for fifteen sec-
onds when the auto...

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Shooting, Playback, and Setup Menus
M Format Memory/O Format Card
If no memory card is inserted, this option is labeled
[Format memory] and formats internal memory.
Remove the memory card from the camera to for-
mat the internal memory. If a memory card is
inserted, the option is labeled [Format card] and
formats the memory card.
When a memory card is inserted, two format
options are available:
j Formatting Internal Memory and Memory Cards
• Formatting the internal...

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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
video device.
CzechPolish
DanishPortuguese
GermanRussian
(default)Finnish
SpanishSwedish
FrenchSimplified Chinese
IndonesianTraditional Chinese
ItalianJapanese
DutchKorean
NorwegianThai
USB
Select [Mass storage] or [PTP] for connection to computer (c65) or printer 
(c69).
Video mode
Choose...

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n Reset All
This option restores the following settings to their
default values:
Pop-up menu
One-touch portrait menu
Setup menu
Scene mode
Flash mode (c28)Auto
Self-timer (c30)Off
Macro close-up (c31)Off
Image mode (c45)Normal(2816)
Menus (c95)Text
Welcome screen (c96)Disable welcome
Photo info (c100)Auto info
Brightness (c100)3
Date imprint (c101)Off
AF assist (c103)Auto
Button sound (c103)On
Shutter sound (c103)Normal
Start-up...

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Shooting menu
Movie menu
Others
• Choosing [Reset all] also clears the current file number (c110) from the memory. Num-
bering will continue from the lowest number available. To reset file numbering to “0001,”
delete all pictures (c91) before selecting [Reset all].
• Settings for [Date] (c97), [Date counter] (c102), [Language] (c106), [USB] (c106),
and [Video mode] (c106) will remain unaffected even if [Reset all] is performed.
B...