Nikon CoolPix S100, Reference Manual

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Shooting Menu Options in
A
(Auto) Mode
In
A
(auto) mode, the following options can be changed.
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Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously
There are functions with which these settings cannot be enabled (
A
64).
Option Description
A
A
Image mode
Allows you to select the combination of image size and
image quality used when saving pictures (
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62).
The default setting is
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applied to all shooting modes.
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q
/
s
/
r
Touch
shooting
Select between Touch shutter (default settings), which
allows you to release the shutter by tapping the monitor,
Touch AF/AE , which allows you to set the focus area by
tapping the monitor, and Subject tracking , which moves
the focus area to track the registered subject.
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X
ISO sensitivity
Higher ISO sensitivity allows you to take pictures of darker
subjects. Additionally, even with subjects of similar
brightness, pictures can be taken at faster shutter speeds,
and blurring caused by camera shake and subject
movement can be reduced. When ISO sensitivity is set to
Auto (default setting), the camera sets the ISO sensitivity
automatically.
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C
Continuous
Allows you to take a series of pictures. While Continuous
H is selected and the shutter-release button is held down,
up to 3 pictures are taken at a rate of about 8.1 frame per
second (fps) when image mode is set to
l
46 08 ×2 5 92 .
The default setting is Single (i.e., only one picture is taken
at a time).
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W
White balance
Allows you to adjust the colors in the picture so that they
appear as they do to the eye. Although
Auto (default
setting) can be used under most types of lighting, white
balance can be adjusted to suit the sky conditions or light
source and achieve more natural color tones in the picture.
• Set the flash mode (
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54) to
c
(off) when white
balance is set to any setting other than Auto and Flash .
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