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3Basic Photography
 Number of Exposures Remaining
When the memory card is full, a message “Memory Card full” will be displayed
in the monitor ( 102). No further pictures can be taken until you:
– choose a lower image quality or image size 
(74).
– insert a new memory card 
(24).
– delete some pictures 
( 39, 85)
 Advanced Brightness Control LCD
The COOLPIX SQ’s Advanced Brightness Control LCD optimizes visibility in sun-
light and other lighting conditions.
747440
Image quality
Choose from three
modes...

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3Basic Photography
Step 2 – Frame the picture
Adjust the lens angle.
• From a position parallel to the camerabody, the lens section can be rotated
120° forward or 90° back toward the
monitor.
Ready the camera.
• Hold the camera steadily in both hands.
To avoid dark or partially obscured pic-
tures, keep your fingers and other ob-
jects away from the lens and flash
window.
Rotating the Lens Section
Care should be taken to avoid catching fingers, hair, or clothing in the lens sec-
tion when rotating it....

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Step 2 – Frame the picture
3Basic Photography
Frame your subject.
• Frame your subject in the center of themonitor.
Use the zoom buttons.
• Your Nikon digital camera is equippedwith an optical zoom. The camera’s zoom
lens can be used to magnify the subject
up to 3x.
• Press the W button to zoom out, increas-
ing the area visible in the frame.
• Press the 
T button to zoom in on your
subject so that it fills a larger area of the
frame.
• At the maximum optical zoom position, holding the T button down...

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3Basic Photography
Step 3 – Focus and Shoot
Focus.
Press the shutter-release button halfway to
set focus and exposure.
• Focus and exposure will be locked whilethe shutter-release button is pressed half-
way.
• In   mode, the camera automatically selects focus area containing subject
closest to camera.
• The focus area indicator lights green when the subject is in focus.
With the shutter-release button pressed halfway, check the focus area 
indicator and  (flash-ready) lamp.
* In certain cases, the...

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Step 3 – Focus and Shoot
3Basic Photography
Take the picture.
• Press the shutter release button the restof the way down to take the picture. To
prevent blur, press the shutter-release
button down smoothly.
During Recording
• You can continue taking pictures until the   icon is displayed in the monitor.
• Do not turn the camera off, eject the memory card, or remove or discon-
nect the power source while   or   is displayed.  Your pictures are being
recorded to the memory card at this time.
Autofocus...

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Step 3 – Focus and Shoot
3Basic Photography
Getting Good Results with the Autofocus
The autofocus performs best when there is contrast between the subject and
background and the subject is evenly lit. It does not perform well if the subject is
very dark or moving rapidly, if there are objects of sharply differing brightness in
the scene (e.g. the sun is behind your subjects and their features are in deep
shadow), if there is a lack of contrast (e.g. the buildings all around have white
walls or the...

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Step 3 – Focus and Shoot
3Basic Photography
Focusing on Off-Center Subject: Focus Lock
If your subject is not at the center of the frame when the shutter-release
button is pressed halfway, your picture may be out of focus. To focus on
an off-center subject:
Focus on subject.
Check the focus area indicator.
• With the shutter-release button pressedhalfway, check that the focus area indica-
tor lights green, indicating that the sub-
ject is in focus. Focus and exposure will
remain locked while the...

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3Basic Photography
Step 4 – View the Results (Full-Screen playback)
Press the   button.
• The   button is also used to turn on thecamera.
View pictures in the monitor.
• Your most recent picture will be displayedin the monitor.
• Press the multi selector 
 or  to view
pictures recorded before or after the cur-
rent photo.
• Keep the multi selector  or  pressed to
scroll rapidly to the desired frame num-
ber.
• To return to shooting mode, press the
 button.
For more information on:
56 More on Playback...

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Step 5 – Deleting Unwanted Pictures
To delete the picture displayed in
the monitor, press the   button.
• A confirmation dialog will be dis-played.
Highlight  Ye s. Press the multi selector   to delete
picture.
• Select 
No and press the multi se-
lector   to exit without deleting
picture.
Image File and Folder Names
Pictures taken with the COOLPIX SQ are identified by file names that begin with
“DSCN” followed by a four-digit file number assigned automatically by the cam-
era (e.g....

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4More on Photography
More on Photography
Using the Flash
The following flash modes are available: 
Display flash-mode menu.Highlight desired mode.
ModeHow it worksWhen to use it
AUTO
AutoFlash fires automati-
cally when lighting is
poor.
Best choice in most situations.
Auto with  red-eye 
reduction Pre-flash fires before
main fl ash, reducing
“red-eye.” Use for portraits (works best when sub-
ject is well within range of flash and
looking at pre-flash). Not recommended
when quick shutter response is...
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