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Page 1: ...ies in Your Camera lnserting and Removing Memory Cards Choosing a Language for the Menus Setting the lime and Date laking Your First Photograph Using the Buttons A REC M REC Flash Settings Focus Settings Using the Self limer Image Quality and Size Sensitivity Exposure Mode Using the Buttons PLAY ...

Page 2: ...The Controls Menu M REC SEQ XFER The Playback Menu Deleting Multiple Photographs Using Folders Playback Slideshow Protecting Photographs from Deletion Hiding Photographs During Playback Preparing Photographs for Printing The Controls Menu PLAY Connections Connecting to a Television or VCR Viewing Photos on a Computer Caring for Your Camera Cleaning Storage Accessories What s in the Box Optional Ac...

Page 3: ...g single images The Camera Menus describes camera settingsthatcan be accessed fro mthe A REC M REC and PLAY menus Connections describes how to use the camera w ith a computer o r televisio n Caring for Your Camera explainsthe procedures forcleaning and storing yourCOOLPIX 950 Accessories identifies items provided w ith the camera and available sepa rately Troubleshooting outlines steps to take w h...

Page 4: ...1 Turn the camera off Tum the mode dialto OFF ifthe camera is o n a tripod detach the tripod before inserting batteries 2 Open the battery cover Tum the camera upside down and open the battery chamberby sliding the latchto the open position slipping the cover o ut from the camera and then opening the lid 3 lnsert batteries lnsert the batteries with the positive and negative poles aligned as shown ...

Page 5: ...es can be purchased separately Choosing a Language for the Menus The cameras menus and messages can be displayed in English German French orJapanese To select a language for the display fo llow these steps 1 Tum the mode dial to PLAY 2 Press the MENU butto n to display the playback menu 3 Using the zoom buttons highlightthe last item SET UP in the menu and press the shutter release button the exac...

Page 6: ...in button T to increase itsvalue orthe zoom o ut button NIT to decrease its value After edit ing rotate the command dial to move to the next item or press the shutter release button Highlight Y M D and use the zoom buttons to change the order in w hich the year mo nth and day are dis played Pressing the shutter release but to n w hen this item is highlighted sets the time and date to the specified...

Page 7: ...u see The Camera Menus The A REC Menu below To turn the monitor on again half press the shutter release butten Step 2 Turn the mode dial to A REC To enterautomatic recording mode tum the selector dialto A REC After a short pause while the camera initializes a beepwill sound and current settings will be displayed in the LCD monitor and the control panel AUTO 16 P 1N2S tF4o 18 PlAY e EiJ 1 9Œe0 The ...

Page 8: ...can adjust flash focus exposure compensatio n and image quality and size The default settings w hich produce the best results in most circumstances are auto matie flash autofocus no exposure compensation an image quality of no rmal and an image size of full 1 600 x 1 200 pixels AUTO rFlash auto P l 161 These settings allow the camera to set focus automatically at any distance greaterthan 30cm one ...

Page 9: ...n using the viewfinder at ranges of less than 90cm one 1 yard frame your photographs using the smaller of the two frames in the viewfinder display the area shaded in purple in the 1 illustration on the right When lighting is poor the flash lamp next to the viewfinder w ill glow red If the flash is off set the flash to Auto for a photo in which objects w ithin the range ofthe flash are fully expose...

Page 10: ...t delet DEL ETE 1 IMAGE Y ES ing the photograph select NO and press the SET SH uTT E R shutter release button The photo will then be saved to the memory card and the camera will retum to shooting mode Notes Do not remove the batteries while photos are being recorded to or deleted from memory The pause and delete functions described above are only available when photos are taken at an image size of...

Page 11: ...mize reduction the If red eye If effects a flash can sometimes cause AUTO Anytime Flash forced on Flash fires whenever photo is taken Slow synchronized Auto flash combined with low shutter speed SLOW When to use it Best for general use Use where flash is prohibited or to capture natural lighting underdim light lt isa good ideato use a tripod when lighting is poor as shutterspeed will be slowed Use...

Page 12: ...en the bracket is connected to the camera s synchro flash terminal external flash units mounted on the bracket are synchronized with the camera s built in flash increasing the size ofthe area illuminated and allowing sophisticated flash techniques such as bounce flash photography You can use flash settings such as Auto SlowSynchro and On with both the external and built in internai flash units or ...

Page 13: ...omatically for subjects 2cm 0 8in or more from lens Use for close up photography When the mode dial is set to A REC or M REC the autofocus mode can be changed using the button The setting changes each time the button is pressed cyclingthrough the focus modes in the following order NO ICON AUTO When using macro close up it is recommended that you frame photo graphs in the LCD monitor Macro close up...

Page 14: ...onitor when using a lens converter Focus distance is displayed in the LCD monitor w hile the control panel shows the focus distance together w ith a flashing icon A short focusdistance can be used to focusthe camera on abjects at the specified distancewhile blurring background details Choose a setting of lnffora focusdistance of infinity Uniike the autofocus setting of lnfinity manual infinity all...

Page 15: ... or LCD monitor 3 Compose the photograph 4 Fully depress the shutter release button to activate the timer Press the shutter release button once for a ten second delay For a three second delay press the shutter release button twice The red eye reduction lamp next to the viewfinder will start to blink one second before the picture is taken Tips To stop the automatic timer before a photograph is take...

Page 16: ...ontrol panel and LCD monitor no icon for image size indicates a setting of 1 600 x 1 200 Approx No Photos card 8MB 32 16 8 1 78 39 19 200 100 50 Image Quality At settings of BASIC NORMAL and FIN E the camera uses JPEG compression to reduce the amount of memory required to store photographs JPEG compression results in a slight loss in image quality which grows more noticeable at highercompression r...

Page 17: ...BSS is on see the Pock etGuide Taking Photographs EiihJID mu tJMI t i am M l mMI fifa Sensitivity ln A REC mode automatic gain control is used to produce sensitivity roughly equivalent to ISO 80 film ln M REC mode you can choose a fixed value for sensitivity equivalent to an ISO rating of 100 or increase sensitivity further by a factor of 1 0 or 2 0 lncreasing sensitivity reduces the time needed t...

Page 18: ...by the camera When to use it Best for general use A wide aperture low f number can be used to blu details of the background A smali aperture high f number brings both your subject and the back ground into focus Use a high shutter speed to freeze a fast moving subject Lower shutter speeds can be used to blu moving objects suggesting motion ln A REC mode the camera is automatically set to Program se...

Page 19: ... f numbers can be used to blur background details and also increase the effective range of the flash EiihJID mu tJMI t i awa a H éir Shutter Priority When the exposure mode is Shutter Priority shutterspeed can be chosen from settings ranging from 1 500 sec to Bsec To set the shutter speed 1 Set the exposure mode to Shutter Prior 5 ity 2 Turn the command dial to choose a shutter speed if the shutte...

Page 20: ...tem to be displayed at full resolution Before the image is displayed atfull resolution the screen will briefly go black The first and last photographs in memory are linked Pressing the T Jt butten when the last photo in memory is selected takes you to the first photo pressing the W fT butten when the first photo is selected takes you to the last photo Using the Buttons PLAY 1 Tum the mode dial to ...

Page 21: ... dial Using the Buttons PLAY 4 If desired you can zoom in on the current photo by pressing the q l B button The center portion of the image w ill be en larged to fi li the LCD monitor Press the q l B button once for a magnification of x2 twice for a magnification ofx3 Other sections ofthe image can be viewed by tuming the command dial a map ofthe image appears attop left showing the present positi...

Page 22: ... Adjust the brightness of the LC D monito r SOUND Tum the beep speaker on o r off AUTO OFF When operated on battery power the camera enters sleep mode ifno operatio ns are performed forthirty seconds This option can be used to extend this limit for A REC and M REC mode CARDFORMAT Card Format Format memory cards for use in the COOLPIX 950 DATE Set the camera s intemalclock calendaras described in F...

Page 23: ...in the case of the default folder NIKON the name of the current folder is displayed at upper right in the LCD monitor Photographs are stored in the foldershown inthe LCD monitoratthe time the photograph is taken The file structure used when photos are recorded to the memory card conformsto the Design Rulefor Camera FileSystems 1 nthis system folder names consist ofa three digit folder number follo...

Page 24: ...t character to be changed SET SHUTTER 5 Press the shutter release button when the last letter is high lighted to create a folderwith the spe ified na e and retu n to normal viewing mode To exit t he w1 ndow w1 thout creat1ng a new folder press MENU or use the command dialto highlight 1111BK and then press the shutter release button to retum to the FOLDERS menu Until another folder is selected from...

Page 25: ...onitor to make it t easier to see without affecting the brightness of photographs fh taken with the camera the Image Adjustment option allows 0 you to adjust the brightness of photographs see Taking Photo graphs in the Pock et Guide 0 LCD brightness can be adjusted from the setup menu for each mode To display the setup menu for M REC or PLAY selec SETUP from the M REC or playback menus see below Y...

Page 26: ... for thirty seconds three minutes when fh menus are displayed Auto Offallows you to specify a new time limitfor sleep mode Two time limits can be set one for playback 0 and the other for shooting photos A REC and M REC 0 Specify a new time limit by following these steps 1 To setthe time limit for playback mode select SET UP from thei playback menu and highlight AUTO OFF in the menu that appears To...

Page 27: ...M REC mode follow these steps f 1 Press the MENU button The menu for the chosen mode will be displayed 2 Using the zoom buttons highlight CARDFORMAT 3 Press the shutter release butten to dis play the menu shown at right The Camera Menus The A REC Menu 4 Using the zoom buttons highlight FOR MAT then press the shutter release but ton to begin formatting The message shown at right will be displayed w...

Page 28: ...s that have multiple pages by pressing the MENU button To cleara menu from the screen highlight BK and press the shutter release button or press the MENU button until the menu disappears CONTINUOUS Allows you to choose between single shot and three multi shot modes This setting is detailed in the Pocket Guide Taking Photographs Multi shot Mode IMG ADJUST Image Adjustment Permits digital adjustment...

Page 29: ... the brightness of the LCD monitor See The Camera Menus The A REC Menu above LCD BRIGHT SOUND LCD ON OFF CONTROLS AUTO OFF SEQ XFER DATE LANGUAGE liiii SET SHUITER SOUND Tum the beep speaker on or off See The Camera Menus The A REC Menu above LCD ON OFF Determines whether and when the LCD monitor comes on in M REC mode See below for details CONTROLS Offers a choice of settings for controlling basi...

Page 30: ...he maximum optical zoom position To change the digital zoom setting for M REC mode 1 Tum the mode dial to M REC Cl 2 Press the MENU button to displaythe M m REC menu 3 Using the zoom buttons highlight DIGI TAL TELE 4 To change the setting either rotate the command dial press the MENU buttentwiceto retumtoshoot ing mode once you have adjusted settings to your satisfaction or BK press the shutter re...

Page 31: ...ither rotate the command dial press the MENU buttontwiceto retum to shoot ing mode once you have adjusted settings to your satisfaction or press the shutter release butten and 1 BK choose YES black and white mode or NO color mode from the B W menu SH OOTI N G WHI T E BAL B W N 0 Y ES S E T SHUTTER The Camera Menus The M REC Menu The chosen setting will be in effect whenever the camera is in M REC ...

Page 32: ...nverter focus fixed at an autofocus setting of infinity Centerweighted metering is used FISHEYE2 Camera zooms ali the way out to take for FC E8 fisheye fisheye photographs in a square frame lens converter Flash is disabled nese options should only be used when the appropriate lens converter is attached When using the camera without a lens converter select NORMAL for normal camera operation To chan...

Page 33: ...ss t he shutter release but ton 4 Select O N from the AE LOCK menu and press the shutter release button The indicators AE Land WB L will appear in the LCD monitor 5 Afterviewingthe scene in the LCD moni tor and adjusting settings to produce sat isfactory exposure take the first photo graph in the series The Camera Menus The M REC Menu RESET All SET U P SET SHUTTER S BK AE L O C K O FF O N R E S E ...

Page 34: ...different combination of settings iCL 1 Tum the mode dial to M REC 2 Press the MENU butten to displaythe M REC menu then press it again to view the second page 3 Using the zoom buttons highlight USER SET The Camera Menus The M REC Menu J BK PLAY e e œ wc USER S E T 1 CARO FOR MAT RES E T A LL SET U P SET SHUTTER S 4 To change the setting either rotate the command dial press the MENU butten to retu...

Page 35: ...and DIST FT reset to off Auto off ali modes 30s Slide show interval 3s Date language sound MENU DIR and DIST FT settings will not be reset To restore default settings 1 Tum the mode dial to M REC 2 Press the MENU butten to displaythe M REC menu then press it again to view the second page 3 Using the zoom buttons highlight RESET ALL 4 Press shutter release butten and select RESET from the RESET ALL...

Page 36: ...CD monitor immediately after shoot monitor on 1ng This is useful when you want to review function shoot several photos in rapid sucees off SIOn Other monitor functions and autofocus are not affected Setting How it works REVIEWONLY monitor off review function on The LCD monitor only comes on to display photographs immediately after shooting Focus is only adjusted at the moment the shutter release b...

Page 37: ...n flash Whenthe INTL FLASH OFF item is checked the intemal flash will remain offwhile you are using an extemal flash at a setting of Auto Siow sync or Forced on See Usingthe Buttons A REC M REC Flash Settings above for more information MENU DIR Reverses the roles ofthe zoom buttons for the purposes of scrolling through the menus When this item is t checked the zoom out W T butten is used to move t...

Page 38: ... on that card The same file number may be used twice on different cards When a new card is inserted in the camera numbering will continue from ON the lowest number available on the RESET previous card The same file number will not be assigned twice Resets sequential numberingtothe low est number available on the current card When a new card is inserted file numbering will continue from the low est...

Page 39: ...tingthem from beingviewed during playback PRINT SET Prepare photographs for printing SETUP The playback setup menu provides access to the following settings LCD BRIGHT LCD Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the LCD monitor See The Camera Menus The A REC Menu above SOUND Tum the beep speaker on or off See The Camera Menus The A REC Menu above CONTROLS By default theW 1 f button is used to move th...

Page 40: ...eturn to playback mode 2 Use the zoom buttons to highlight SE LECTED and then press the shutter re lease butten A menu showing thumbnail previews of the images in the current folder will be displayed 3 Using the zoom buttons highlight one ofthe photographs to be deleted and press the fiii1 orq B butten The selected image will be marked with a 1lii1 icon indicating that it is to be deleted Ifyou mi...

Page 41: ...delete a folder 1 Using the zoom buttons highlight DE LITE in the playback menu and press the shutter release button The menu shown at right will be displayed 2 Use the zoom buttons to highlight FO LDER then press the shutter release button 3 Use the zoom buttons to highlight the folder you want to delete note that the folder name NIKON can not be deleted and press the shutter release button 4 ln ...

Page 42: ...nt folder that have not been hidden using HIDE IMAGE Photographs are displayed one after the ether Z with a pause between each photograph 0 The steps for setting up and starting a slide show are as follows 1 Using the zoom buttons highlight l BK sLioEsHow i SLIDESHOW in the playback menu and J TART press the shutter release butten The m IF RAME 1NT v L g menu shown at right will be displayed 2 By ...

Page 43: ...E ALL options protected files 0 will be deleted when the carel is formatted Protected files appear as read only files when viewed from a computer and 0 can be neither deleted nor overwritten Follow these steps to change the protect status of photographs in the current folder w 0 1 Using the zoom buttons highlight PRO i TECT in the playback menu and press the shutter release button A menu a thumb a...

Page 44: ...n press the shutter release butten Tip Preparing Photographs for Printing Photographs taken with the COOLPIX 950 can be printed directly using an output deviee that supports DPOF format and is equipped with a card reader The PRINT SET option in the a camera menu allows you to selectthe photographsto be printed set the number of copies and specify whether the date ofZ recording isto be printed onth...

Page 45: ...can be used to delete printer information files when they are no longer needed The Controls Menu PLAY By default the zoom out 0 Vl lf button is used to move the t highlight bar down through the menus and the zoom in Tl button to move it up This relationship can be reversed usingthe Z CONTROLS option 0 Follow these steps to reverse the direction of scroll w u 1 Select SET UP from the playback menu ...

Page 46: ... in the same direction as the monitor the television image will appear upside down Connect the camera to the AC adapter available separately when you want the television to continue to display images even after the camera has entered sleep mode Depending on the country of purchase your camera will be compatible with either NTSC or PAL video standards Use a television that complies with the same vi...

Page 47: ...t below Note The COOLPIX 950 can read and play back only those images that conform to the format used by the COOLPIX 950 900s 900 and 700 digital cameras lt may not be able to read JPEG or TIFF files created by a computer or by another make of camera lt may also not be able to read camera files that have been renamed or moved to a different folder using Using a PCMCIA Card Slot 1 To read CompactFi...

Page 48: ...and dirt with a blower If necessary thebodyofthecameramaybecleanedwithadampcloth although you should be sure to dry the camera immediately afterward Do not apply alcohol thinner or any other cleaning fluids to any part of the camera Storage Store your camera in a dry well ventilated environment away from electronic equip ment such as televisions or radios which producestrongmagneticfields Donotsto...

Page 49: ...ence manualsand Adobe Acrobat Reader software AA LR6 alkaline bat Pocket Guide 1 teries 4 Fast Track Guide 1 Lens cap 1 For Your Safety 1 SC EW2 RS 232C se Open Me First 1 rial cable for PC AT Carrying case l computers 1 SC EM2 seriai cable Camera strap 1 adapter for Macintosh computers 1 EG 900video cable 1 B SoftwareCD ROM 1 containing Nikon View browser software local Nikon representative or re...

Page 50: ...or comes on No indicators are visible in the LCD monitor Press the MONITOR button until indicators are visible if a slide show is in progress first press the MENU key to halt the slide show The LCD monitor is hard to read The LCD monitor is too dark or too bright Adjust the brightness of LCD monitor as described in The Camera Menus The A REC Menu The LCD monitor is dirty Clean the LCD monitor with...

Page 51: ...s Lighting If the photo is underexposed you can also try increasing sensitivity see Using the Buttons A REC M REC Sensitivity The flash doesn t work or takes more than thirty sec onds to charge Battery level is low Ifthe battery indicator in the control panel is flashing or shows a low battery level before using the flash you will need to replace the batteries as described in First Steps Putting B...

Page 52: ...mputer can t read photographs recorded on the memory card Checklist Is the card correctly inserted in the PC card adapter or CF card reader See Connections Viewing Photos on a Computer Is the PC card adapter or CF card reader correctly connected to the computer and are the appropriate drivers installed See the documentation provided with your computer or card reader If you are using a PC card adap...

Page 53: ...ns PLAY or The Camera Menus The Playback Menu The camera has encountered an error while saving a photo or has run out of file numbers in the current folder Try saving photos to a different folder If the SEQ XFER option is on choose OFF or RESET from the SEQ XFER menu see The Camera Menus The M REC Menu If the error persists it may indicate that the card is not prop erly formatted Transfer all phot...

Page 54: ... tons PLAY or reformat the card see The Camera Menus The A REC Menu after backing up all photo graphs you would like to keep Thecameracannotdeletetheselected folder because it contains protected or hidden photos R A E H I DDEN L A L I MAGE S I MAGE DA T E L O N I F CON T A I N A S N A NOT B E E H C L E E T ED D T FO L DER S S Y T EM ERROR An error has occurred in the camera s internal circuitry Cu...

Page 55: ...Ocm 3 9 Autofocus Modes Optical viewfinder Magnification Field of view LCD monitor Pixel count Refresh rate Field of view Shutter Speed Aperture Capture modes contrast detect TTL autofocus with 4 746 step control normal forced oo macro real image optical zoom viewfinder with di opter adjustment 1 2dpt x0 44 xl 2 approximately 85 Y law temperature polysilicon TFT LCD display with brightness adjustm...

Page 56: ...EXIF 2 0 Compression ratio JPEG approximately1 4 in Fine mode 1 8 in Normal mode 1 16 in Basic mode Capacity number of full sized images per 8MB card one uncompressed TIFF image approxi mately eight images in Fine mode sixteen images in Normal mode thirty two images in Basic mode Playback Modes single frame zoom thumbnail nine frames slide show Deletion all frames or selected frames Attributes hid...

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