Basic Camera Setup
Setup Menu
The setup menu contains the following options.
Welcome screen
Time zone and date
A 137
Choose whether or not a welcome screen is displayed when the camera is turned on.
A 138
Set camera clock and choose home and destination time zones.
Monitor settings
A 141
Adjust photo information display, post-shooting image review, and monitor brightness settings.
Print date
A 143
Imprint shooting date and time on pictures.
Electronic VR
Motion detection
A 144
Choose whether or not electronic VR (vibration reduction) is enabled during shooting.
A 145
Enable or disable motion detection, which reduces the effects of subject movement and camera shake in still pictures.
AF assist
A 146
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.
Digital zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
A 146
Sound settings
A 147
Adjust sound settings.
Auto off
Set time before the monitor turns off for saving power.
A 147
Format memory/Format card
A 148
Format internal memory or memory card.
Language
Choose the language used for camera monitor display.
A 149
Video mode
A 149
Adjust settings necessary for connection to television.
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Setup Menu
Charge by computer
Blink warning
A 150
Choose whether or not to charge the camera battery when connecting to a computer via the USB cable.
A 151
Specify whether or not the camera detects human subjects that have blinked when shooting with face detection.
Reset all
A 153
Restore camera settings to the default.
Firmware version
A 155
Display camera firmware version.
Displaying the Setup Menu
1
Press the d button to display the menu screen.
The menu screen is displayed.
If the d button was pressed in scene
mode, press the multi selector ( A 9) J to
display the tabs.
2
Press the multi selector J.
Tab selection is activated.
Shooting menu
Image mode
White balance
Continuous
ISO sensitivity
Color options
AF area mode
Autofocus mode
Shooting menu
Image mode
White balance
Continuous
ISO sensitivity
Color options
AF area mode
Autofocus mode
3
Press H or I to select the z tab.
Set up
Welcome screen
Time zone and date
Monitor settings
Print date
Electronic VR
Motion detection
AF assist
Setup Menu
4
Press K or the k button.
The setup menu items can be selected.
Use the multi selector to choose items and adjust menu options (
A 9).
To exit the setup menu, press the d button or J to select a different tab.
Set up
Welcome screen
Time zone and date
Monitor settings
Print date
Electronic VR
Motion detection
AF assist
Welcome Screen
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Welcome screen
Choose whether or not a welcome screen is displayed when the camera is turned on.
None (default setting)
The camera enters shooting or playback mode without displaying the welcome screen.
COOLPIX
The camera displays a welcome screen and enters shooting or playback mode.
Select an image
Displays a picture selected for the welcome screen. When the picture selection screen is displayed, select a picture (
A 99) and press k button.
• As the selected picture is stored by the camera, it will be displayed when the camera is turned on even if the original picture is deleted.
• Pictures taken at an Image mode (A 38) setting of P 4224×2376, and copies
created at a size of 320 × 240 or smaller using the small picture ( A 112) or crop
(
A 113) function, cannot be used.
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Setup Menu
Time Zone and Date
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Time zone and date
Set the camera clock.
Date and time
Set camera clock to current date and time.
Use the multi selector to set the date and time in the displayed screen.
• Select a field: Press J or K (the highlight switches between D, M, Y, hour, and minute).
• Edit the highlighted field: Press H or I.
• Apply the settings: Select the minute field and press the k button.
Date and time
D M
Date format
Select the order in which the day, month, and year are displayed from
Year/
Month/Day, Month/Day/Year, and Day/Month/Year.
Time zone
Y
Edit w Home time zone can be specified and daylight saving enabled or disabled from
Time zone options. When the destination time zone (x) is selected, local time
( A 140) is automatically calculated and date and time in the selected region are
recorded with pictures. Useful when traveling.
Selecting Travel Destination Time Zone
1
Use the multi selector to choose Time zone and press the k button.
The
Time zone screen is displayed.
Time zone and date
Date and time
Date format
Time zone
2
Choose x Travel destination and press the k button.
The date and time displayed in the monitor changes according to the region currently selected.
Time zone
Home time zone
Travel destination
Setup Menu
3
Press K.
The time zone selection screen is displayed.
Time zone
Home time zone
Travel destination
4
Press J or K to choose the travel destination time zone.
Press H in a time zone where daylight saving is in effect to enable the daylight saving time function and automatically advance the time by one hour. The W icon will be displayed at the top of the monitor. Press I to disable the daylight saving time function.
Press the k button to choose the travel destination time zone.
While the travel destination time zone is selected, the Z icon will be displayed in the monitor when the camera is in shooting mode.
Back
Time zone
Home time zone
Travel destination
B Note on the Clock Battery
The camera clock is powered by the clock battery. The clock battery charges when the main battery is inserted or an AC adapter is connected, and can provide several days of backup power after about ten hours of charging.
C w Home Time Zone
• To switch to the home time zone, choose w Home time zone in step 2 and press the k button.
• To change the home time zone, choose w Home time zone in step 2 and complete steps 3 and
4.
C Daylight Saving Time
When daylight saving time starts or ends, turn the daylight saving time function on or off from the time zone selection screen displayed in step 4.
D Imprinting the Date on Pictures
Enable the
Print date option (A 143) in the setup menu after the date and time have been set.
When the Print date option is enabled, pictures will be recorded with shooting date imprinted on them.
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Setup Menu
D Time Zones
The camera supports the time zones listed below. For time zone not listed below, set the camera clock to local time from the
Date and time option.
UTC +/–
–11
–10
–9
Location
Midway, Samoa
Hawaii, Tahiti
Alaska, Anchorage
UTC +/–
+1
+2
+3
Location
Madrid, Paris, Berlin
Athens, Helsinki, Ankara
Moscow, Nairobi, Riyadh,
Kuwait, Manama
–8
–7
–6
–5
–4.5
–4
–3
–2
–1
±0
PST (PDT): Los Angeles, Seattle,
Vancouver
MST (MDT): Denver, Phoenix
CST (CDT): Chicago, Houston,
Mexico City
EST (EDT): New York, Toronto,
Lima
Caracas
Manaus
Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo
Fernando de Noronha
Azores
London, Casablanca
+4
+5
+5.5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+11
+12
Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Islamabad, Karachi
New Delhi
Colombo, Dhaka
Bangkok, Jakarta
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore
Tokyo, Seoul
Sydney, Guam
New Caledonia
Auckland, Fiji
Setup Menu
Monitor Settings
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Monitor settings
Set the options below.
Photo info
Choose information displayed in the monitor during shooting and playback mode.
Image review
On (default setting): Picture is automatically displayed in the monitor immediately after it is taken and the monitor display returns to shooting mode.
Off: Picture is not displayed after it is taken.
Brightness
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness. The default setting is 3.
Photo Info
Select whether or not the photo information is displayed in the monitor.
See “The Monitor” ( A 6) for information on indicators displayed in the monitor.
Shooting mode Playback mode
Show info
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Auto info
(default setting)
Current settings and operational guides are displayed as in
Show info above. If no operations are performed for a few seconds, the display will be the same as Hide info. Information will be displayed again when the next operation is performed.
Hide info
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Shooting mode Playback mode
Framing grid+auto info
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In addition to information shown with
Auto info, a framing grid is displayed as a reference for framing a picture. The grid is not displayed when recording movies.
The current settings or operation guide is displayed, as in
Auto
info.
Movie frame+auto info
99
In addition to information shown with
Auto info, a frame indicating the area captured in the recorded movie is displayed before recording starts.
The current settings or operation guide is displayed, as in
Auto
info.
Setup Menu
Print Date (Imprinting Date and Time)
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Print date
The shooting date and time can be imprinted on the pictures with shooting, allowing the information to be printed even from printers that do not support date printing (
A 96).
f Date
Date is imprinted on the pictures.
S Date and time
Date and time are imprinted on the pictures.
k Off (default setting)
Date and time are not imprinted on pictures.
At settings other than
Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the
monitor during shooting ( A 6).
B Notes on Print Date
• Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted. The date and time cannot be imprinted on pictures after they have been taken.
• The date is not imprinted in the following situations:
- Pictures taken in
Panorama assist scene mode
- Movie recording
• Dates imprinted at an Image mode setting (A 38) of O 640×480 may be difficult to read.
Choose N 1024
×768 or larger when using the Print date option.
• The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu’s Time zone and date item
( A 18, 138).
C Print Date and Print Order
If using a DPOF-compatible printer that supports the printing of shooting date and photo information, it is possible to use the
Print order option (A 93) to print such information even on
pictures that were not taken using the
Print date option.
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Setup Menu
Electronic VR
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Electronic VR
Choose whether or not to use electronic VR (vibration reduction), which reduces the effects of camera shake during shooting.
w Auto
When taking still pictures, electronic VR is enabled when R ( A 6) is displayed in
the monitor and all of the conditions below are met.
• The flash is turned off or set to slow sync mode.
• A slow shutter speed is used.
• Continuous is set to Single.
• The subject is dark.
When recording movies, electronic VR is enabled at all times.
k Off (default setting)
Electronic VR is disabled.
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B Notes on Electronic Vibration Reduction
• The effectiveness of electronic VR decreases as camera shake increases.
• The picture taken using electronic VR may be somewhat “grainy” in appearance.
• Electronic VR does not function under the following conditions or in the following shooting modes:
- When slow sync with red-eye reduction ( A 56, 57) is used.
- When exposure exceeds a certain length of time.
- When
ISO sensitivity (A 44) is set to Auto.
- When
Blink proof (A 68) is set to On in smart portrait mode.
- In the following scene modes:
Sports (A 56), Night portrait (A 56), Dusk/dawn (A 58),
Night landscape (A 58), Museum (A 61), Fireworks show (A 61), Backlighting
(
A 62).
• The angle of view (the area captured in the recorded movie) is smaller when electronic VR is enabled during movie recording.
Setup Menu
Motion Detection
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Motion detection
Enable motion detection to reduce the effects of subject movement and camera shake when shooting still pictures.
U Auto (default setting)
When the camera detects subject movement or camera shake, the ISO sensitivity and shutter speed are automatically increased to reduce blurring.
However, motion detection does not function in the following situations.
• When the flash fires.
• When ISO sensitivity (A 44) is set to Fixed range auto, or ISO sensitivity is
fixed at a particular value in A (auto) mode.
• In A (auto) mode, when Multi-shot 16 (A 42) is enabled.
• When Sports, Night portrait, Dusk/dawn, Night landscape, Museum,
Fireworks show, or Backlighting scene mode is enabled.
• When subject tracking mode is enabled.
k Off
Motion detection is not enabled.
The current motion detection setting can be confirmed in the camera monitor
with shooting (
A 6, 23). The motion detection icon turns green when the camera
detects camera shake and increases shutter speed. When Off is selected, no icon is displayed.
B Notes on Motion Detection
• Motion detection may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of subject movement and camera shake in some situations.
• Motion detection may not function if the subject exhibits significant movement or is too dark.
• The pictures taken using motion detection may be somewhat “grainy” in appearance.
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Setup Menu
AF Assist
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M AF assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination, which assists autofocus operation when the subject is poorly lit.
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination is used to assist the focus operation when the subject is poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 1.9 m (6 ft. 3 in.) at the maximum wide-angle position and about 1.1 m (3 ft. 7 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.
Note that for some scene modes or focus areas, AF-assist illuminator may not light up.
Off
AF-assist illuminator does not light up. The camera may be unable to focus under dim lighting.
Digital Zoom
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Digital zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
On (default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating the zoom control to
g (i) triggers digital zoom (A 25).
Off
Digital zoom will not be activated (except during movie recording).
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B Notes on Digital Zoom
• When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A 46).
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When Scene auto selector, Portrait, Night portrait, or Pet portrait scene mode is selected
- When smart portrait mode is selected
- When subject tracking mode is selected
- When
Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16 (A 42)
Setup Menu
Sound Settings
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Sound settings
Adjust the following sound settings.
Button sound
Select On (default setting) or Off.
When On is selected, a beep will sound once when operations are completed successfully, twice when the camera acquires focus on the subject, and three times when an error is detected. Start-up sound will also play when the camera is turned on.
Shutter sound
Select On (default setting) or Off.
No sound is played with shutter release when some features such as continuous shooting or BSS (best shot selector) are enabled, or when shooting in Pet portrait scene mode or recording movies, even if On is selected.
Auto Off
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Auto off
When the camera is on and a period of time passes without any operations having been performed, the monitor will be turned off and the camera will enter standby
mode ( A 17) to save power.
In this option, set the time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode. 30 s, 1 min (default setting), 5 min, and 30 min can be selected.
C
When the Monitor Turns off for the Power Saving Function
• Power-on lamp blinks in standby mode.
• Camera turns off after three minutes passes in standby mode.
• To reactivate the monitor while the power on lamp is blinking, press any of the following buttons:
- Power switch, shutter-release button, A button, c button or b (e movie-record) button
C
Auto Off Settings
The time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode is fixed in the following situations:
• When a menu is displayed: three minutes
• During slide show playback: up to 30 minutes
• When the AC adapter EH-62G is connected: 30 minutes
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Setup Menu
Format Memory/Format Card
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Format memory/Format card
Use this option to format the internal memory or a memory card.
Formatting the internal memory or memory cards permanently deletes all data.
Deleted data cannot be recovered. Be sure to transfer important pictures to a computer before formatting.
Formatting the Internal Memory
To format the internal memory, remove the memory card from the camera.
The
Format memory option is displayed in the setup menu.
Format memory
All images will be deleted! OK?
Format
No
Formatting a Memory Card
When the memory card is inserted in the camera, the
Format card option is displayed in the setup menu.
Format card
All images will be deleted! OK?
Format
No
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B Formatting Internal Memory and Memory Cards
• Formatting the internal memory or memory card restores album icon settings (A 84) to the
default setting (displayed as number).
• Do not turn the camera off, or open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover during formatting.
• Be sure to use this camera to format memory cards previously used in other devices the first time they are inserted into the COOLPIX S3100.
Setup Menu
Language
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Language
Choose one of 26 languages for display of camera menus and messages.
Czech
Danish
German
(default setting)
Spanish
Greek
French
Indonesian
Italian
Hungarian
Dutch
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Romanian
Finnish
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Thai
Video Mode
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Video mode
Adjust settings for connection to a television. Choose from
NTSC and PAL.
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Setup Menu
Charge by Computer
d button M z (Setup menu) M Charge by computer
Choose whether or not the battery inserted in the camera is charged when the
camera is connected to a computer via USB cable ( A 127).
Auto (default setting)
When the camera is connected to a computer that is running, the battery inserted into the camera is automatically charged using power supplied by the computer.
Off
The battery inserted into the camera is not charged when the camera is connected to a computer.
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B Notes on Connecting the Camera to a Printer
• The battery cannot be charged with connection to a printer, even if the printer complies with the
PictBridge standard.
• When Auto is selected for Charge by computer, it may be impossible to print pictures with direct connection of the camera to some printers. If the PictBridge startup screen is not displayed in the monitor after the camera is connected to a printer and turned on, turn the camera off and disconnect the USB cable. Set
Charge by computer to Off and reconnect the camera to the printer.
Setup Menu
Blink Warning
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Blink warning
Specify whether or not the camera detects human subjects that have blinked
when shooting with face detection ( A 48) in the following modes.
• A (auto) mode (when Face priority (A 46) is selected for AF area mode
option).
• Scene auto selector (A 53), Portrait (A 55), or Night portrait (A 56) is
selected for the scene mode.
On
When the camera detects that one or more human subjects may have blinked in a picture taken using face detection, the blink warning screen is displayed in the monitor.
The face of the human subject that may have blinked when the shutter was released is framed by a yellow border. Should this occur, check the picture and determine whether or not another picture should be taken.
See “Operating the Blink Warning Screen” ( A 152) for more information.
Off (default setting)
Blink warning is not enabled.
B Note on Blink Warning
The blink warning does not function at continuous settings of
Continuous, BSS, or Multi-shot 16.
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Setup Menu
Operating the Blink Warning Screen
When the blink warning screen shown at right is displayed in the monitor, the operations described below are available.
If no operations are performed within a few seconds, the camera automatically returns to shooting mode.
Did someone blink?
Option
Enlarge the detected face that blinked
Switch to full-frame playback
Select the face to be displayed
Delete the picture
Switch to shooting mode
Use g (i) f (h) l k
Description
Rotate the zoom control to g (i).
Rotate the zoom control to f (h).
If the camera detects that more than one human subject blinked, press J or K with display zoomed in to switch to another face.
Press the l button.
Press the k button or the shutter-release button.
Setup Menu
Reset All
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Reset all
When
Reset is selected, the camera’s settings will be restored to their default values.
Basic Shooting Functions
Option Default value
Flash mode (
A 31)
Self-timer ( A 33)
Macro mode ( A 34)
Exposure compensation (
A 35)
Auto
Off
Off
0.0
Shooting Menu
Option
Image mode ( A 38)
White balance (
A 40)
Continuous ( A 42)
ISO sensitivity (
A 44)
Color options ( A 45)
AF area mode (
A 46)
Autofocus mode (
A 50)
Scene Mode
Option
R 4320×3240
Auto
Single
Auto
Standard color
Face priority
Single AF
Default value
Default value
Scene mode setting in the shooting-mode selection menu (
A 52)
Scene auto selector
Hue adjustment in Food mode (
A 60)
Center
Continuous in pet portrait mode ( A 63)
Continuous
Pet portrait auto release in pet portrait
mode ( A 63)
On
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Setup Menu
Smart Portrait Menu
Option
Skin softening (
A 68)
Smile timer ( A 68)
Blink proof (
A 68)
Subject Tracking Menu
Option
Autofocus mode (
A 71)
Face priority tracking (
A 71)
Movie Menu
Option
Movie options (
A 118)
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Autofocus mode (
A 119)
Wind noise reduction ( A 119)
Setup Menu
Option
Welcome screen (
A 137)
Photo info (
A 141)
Image review (
A 141)
Brightness ( A 141)
Print date (
A 143)
Electronic VR (
A 144)
Motion detection ( A 145)
AF assist (
A 146)
Digital zoom (
A 146)
Button sound (
A 147)
Shutter sound ( A 147)
Auto off (
A 147)
Charge by computer ( A 150)
Blink warning (
A 151)
Default value
Normal
On
Off
Full-time AF
On
Default value
On
On
On
1 min
Auto
Off
None
Auto info
On
3
Off
Off
Auto
Auto
Default value
When inserting a memory card: x HD 720p (1280×720)
When using the internal memory: y VGA (640×480)
Single AF
Off
Default value
Setup Menu
Others
Option Default value
Paper size (
A 131, 132)
Frame interval for slide show ( A 97)
Default
3 s
• Choosing Reset all also clears the current file number (A 161) from memory.
Numbering will continue from the lowest number available. To reset file
numbering to “0001”, delete all pictures ( A 29) before selecting
Reset all.
• The following menu settings will remain unaffected when menus are reset with
Reset all.
Shooting menu: Preset manual data (
A 41) acquired for
White balance
Setup menu: Picture selected for
Welcome screen (A 137), Time zone and
date (A 138), Language (A 149), and Video mode (A 149)
Firmware Version
d button M z (Setup menu) (A 136) M Firmware version
View the current camera firmware version.
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