Nikon Coolpix SQ User Manual

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The Shooting Menu
The shooting menu contains the following options:
The Shooting Menu
• In   (auto) and   (manual) modes, the shooting menu is displayed when the MENU button is pressed.
• No menu is available in   (movie) mode.
OptionDescriptionMode Dial
Image Quality Choose FINE for printing and
enlarging, BASIC to reduce file size.•74
Image Size Choose small sizes for e-mail or the
web, large sizes for printing.
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White Balance Match white balance to your light
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To make a selection from the shooting menu:
Set the mode dial to   or 
and press the MENU button to dis-
play menu for current mode.
Highlight menu item.
Display options. Highlight option (to return to previ-
ous step, press multi selector  ).
Make selection.
Press the 
MENU button to exit the
menu and return to shooting
mode.
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2
White Balance Image Quality
Image Size
SHOOTING MENU
3
Sunny Auto
White Bal Preset
WHITE BALANCE
4
Cloudy Incandescent
Fluorescent
WHITE BALANCE
5
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Menu Operation Guide
The arrows (///) on the shooting, playback and setup menu screens
correspond to  / / /  on the multi selector.
The arrows (///) on the playback and setup menu screens correspond
to  / / /  on the multi selector.   corresponds to the   button.
Cloudy Incandescent
Fluorescent
WHITE BALANCESet selected
item or go to
next screenReturn to
previous
screen
Go to next page
Go to previous
page
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4 3
6
Set
Select Done
ERASE SELECTED IMAGES
2
5 5
End setting
Select
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Image Quality(• )
To reduce the amount of memory that each shot
occupies, pictures are compressed as they are
saved to the memory card. Compression selec-
tively reduces the quality of the image; the more
the picture is compressed, the more noticeable
this loss of quality is likely to be. The actual ef-
fect depends on the size of the picture when
printed or displayed and on the type of subject.
The image quality menu allows you to choose
the amount of compression performed. 
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• Print sizes assume a printer resolution of approximately 300 dpi.
• The size of pictures when printed depends on the resolution of the printer: thehigher the resolution, the smaller the final print size.
 Number of exposures remaining
Together, image quality and size determine how much space each pic-
ture occupies on the memory card, which in turn determines the total
number of pictures that can be stored. To get an idea of how different
settings for image quality and size affect...

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White Balance( Only)
White balance is used to preserve natural colors
under different types of lighting. In   (auto)
and scene modes, white balance is set automat-
ically by the camera in response to lighting con-
ditions and the selected scene. In   (manual)
mode, you can choose white balance from the
following options:
White Balance
At settings other than  A (Auto), white bal-
ance is shown by an icon in the monitor.
OptionDescription
A Auto White balance automatically adjusted to...

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 Preset White Balance
Preset white balance is used when shooting un-
der mixed lighting or to compensate for light
sources with a strong color cast (for example, to
make pictures taken under a lamp with a red
shade look as though they had been taken un-
der white light). When PRE (White Bal Preset)
is selected from the white-balance menu, the
camera will zoom in and the menu shown at
left will be displayed in the monitor.
OptionDescription
Cancel Recalls the most recent value for...

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Metering( Only)
The metering menu offers a choice of three me-
tering modes that determine how the camera
sets exposure.
Notes on Metering
• When the digital zoom is in effect, the camera automatically switches to  (Center-Weighted) . The metering target doesn’t appear.
• When the lens is rotated to point in the same direction as the monitor, the cam- era automatically switches from    (Spot) or   (Center-Weighted)  to 
(Matrix) .
Metering Target
When   (Spot) or    (Cen-...

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Continuous( Only)
Use the options in this menu to capture a fleet-
ing expression on a portrait subject, photograph
a subject that is moving unpredictably, or cap-
ture motion in a series of pictures.
Restrictions on Camera Settings
•At   (Continuous)  and  (Multi-Shot 16)  settings, the flash turns off,
and focus distance, exposure, and auto white balance are determined by the
first picture in each series.
•  (Continuous)  or  (Multi-Shot 16)  is automatically set to   (Single)...

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Best Shot Selector( Only)
When the “Best Shot Selector” (BSS) is on, the
camera takes pictures as long as the shutter-re-
lease button is held down, to a maximum of ten.
These images are then compared and the sharp-
est picture (the picture with highest level of de-
tail) saved to memory card. BSS is recommended
for situations in which inadvertent camera
movement can produce blurred pictures, for ex-
ample when:
• the camera is zoomed in
• taking macro close-up pictures
• the flash...