Nikon CoolPix P500, Quick Start Manual

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Setup Menu
Basi
c Came
ra Setup
Vibration Reduction
Specify the vibration reduction setting for taking still pictures. Correct blur, caused
by slight hand movement known as camera shake, that commonly occurs when
shooting with zoom applied or at slow shutter speeds.
When the camera is stabilized for shooting with a tripod, set vibration reduction to
Off .
When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed during
shooting (
A
8, 29). When Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not
displayed.
D
Compensating Movies with Electronic VR
To reduce the effects of camera shake when recording movies, enable Electronic VR (
A
167) from
the movie menu (
A
163).
Press the
d
button
M
z
(Setup menu) (
A
186)
M
Vibration reduction
V
On (hybrid)
Records with optical compensation for camera shake during still picture shooting
using the image sensor shift method, and under the following conditions, also
performs electronic VR using image enhancement.
• When the flash does not fire
• When the shutter speed is slower than 1/30 second (wide-angle position) and
1/250 second (telephoto position).
• When the self-timer is off
• When Single is selected for the continuous setting
• When Off is selected for the Exposure bracketing setting
• When the ISO sensitivity is 200 or less
g
On (default setting)
Compensates for camera shake during still picture shooting using the image sensor
shift method. The camera automatically detects the panning direction and only
corrects for vibration caused by camera shake.
When the camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reduction only
reduces vertical shake. If the camera is panned vertically, vibration reduction only
compensates for horizontal shake.
k
Off
Vibration reduction is not enabled.