Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes). Nikon COOLPIX P530, COOLPIX P600

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)

When a scene is selected, camera settings are automatically optimized for the selected scene.

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X Night landscape (A41)

1, 2

, s Night portrait

A42), c Landscape (A42)

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Rotate the mode dial to

X, s or c and take images.

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y (Scene)

Scene menu

Scene auto selector

Portrait

Sports

Party/indoor

Beach

Snow

Sunset

Press the d button to display the scene menu and select one of the following scenes using the multi selector.

x Scene auto selector (default setting)

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A43) b Portrait d Sports (A43)

1 f Party/indoor (A44)

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Z Beach

1 z Snow

1 h Sunset

1, 2, 3 i Dusk/dawn

1, 2, 3 k Close-up (A44) u Food (A45) l Museum (A45)

1 m Fireworks show (A45)

2, 3 n Black and white copy (A45)

1 o Backlighting (A46)

1 p Easy panorama (A47)

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O Pet portrait ( A48) g Moon (A49)

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L Bird-watching (A49)

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The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame. The position of the area cannot be moved.

The camera focuses at infinity.

Use of a tripod is recommended, because the shutter speed is slow. Set Vibration

reduction (

A95) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

To View a Description (Help Display) of Each Scene

Select a scene and move the zoom control (

A1) toward g (j) to view a description of that scene. To return to the original screen, move the zoom control toward g (j) again.

Tips and Notes

X Night landscape

• Press the d button to select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night

landscape.

• Y Hand-held (default setting):

- Press the shutter-release button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.

• Z Tripod:

- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way.

- Vibration reduction is disabled regardless of the Vibration reduction (

A95) setting in the setup menu.

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s Night portrait

• Press the d button to select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night portrait.

• One image is captured at a slow shutter speed. Compared to using Z

Tripod, when Y Hand-held is selected, the camera sets a slightly faster shutter speed in accordance with the shooting conditions to prevent camera shake.

• Vibration reduction is disabled regardless of the Vibration reduction

(

A

95) setting in the setup menu.

• The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting.

c Landscape

• Press the d button to select Noise reduction burst or Single shot in

Landscape.

• Noise reduction burst: This enables you to shoot a sharp landscape with a minimum of noise.

- Press the shutter-release button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.

• Single shot (default setting): Saves images with emphasized outlines and contrast.

- One image is captured when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way.

y M x Scene auto selector

• When you point the camera at the subject, the camera automatically selects the optimum scene mode from the list below and adjusts the shooting settings accordingly.

e b f h

Portrait (close-up image of one to two persons)

Portrait (shooting an image of three or more persons or shooting a composition with a large background area)

Landscape

Night portrait (close-up image of one to two persons) c g

Night portrait (shooting an image of three or more persons or shooting a composition with a large background area)

Night landscape

• The camera shoots images continuously and combines and saves them as one image in the same way as when Hand-held in

X

(night landscape) (

A41) is selected.

Close-up

Backlighting (shooting non-human subjects) i j d d

Backlighting (shooting human subjects)

Other shooting scenes

• Depending upon shooting conditions, the camera may not select the desired scene mode. Should this occur, switch to A (auto) mode (

A30) or select the optimum scene mode for the subject manually.

y M d Sports

• While the shutter-release button is held all the way down, the camera shoots up to about 7 images continuously at a rate of about 7 fps (when image quality is set to Normal and image size is set to i 4608×3456).

• The frame rate for continuous shooting may become slow depending upon the current image quality setting, image size setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.

• Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each series.

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y M f Party/indoor

• To avoid the effects of camera shake, hold the camera steady. Set Vibration

reduction (

A95) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

y M k Close-up

From the screen displayed after k Close-up is selected, select Noise reduction

burst or Single shot.

• Noise reduction burst: This enables you to shoot a sharp image with a minimum of noise.

- Press the shutter-release button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.

- If the subject moves or there is a significant camera shake during continuous shooting, the image may be distorted, overlapped, or blurred.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.

• Single shot (default setting): Saves images with emphasized outlines and contrast.

- One image is captured when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way.

• The focus mode (

A65) setting is changed to D (macro close-up) and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at which it can focus.

• You can move the focus area. Press the k button, use the multi selector

HIJK or rotate it to move the focus area, and press the k button to apply the setting.

y M u Food

• The focus mode (

A65) setting is changed to D

(macro close-up) and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at which it can focus.

• You can adjust hue by using the command dial.

The hue setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

• You can move the focus area. Press the k

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HIJK or rotate it to move the focus area, and press the k button to apply the setting.

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• The camera captures a series of up to 10 images while the shutter-release button is held all the way down, and the sharpest image in the series is automatically selected and saved (BSS (Best Shot Selector)).

• The flash does not fire.

y M m Fireworks show

• The shutter speed is fixed at about 4 seconds.

• The telephoto zoom position is restricted to the angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 500 mm lens (in 35mm [135] format).

y M n Black and white copy

• Use together with D (macro close-up) focus mode (

A65) when shooting subjects that are close to the camera.

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y M o Backlighting

• From the screen displayed after o Backlighting is selected, HDR (high dynamic range) composition can be set.

• Off (default setting): The flash fires to prevent the subject from being hidden in shadow. Shoot images with the flash raised.

• Level 1-Level 3: Use when taking images with very bright and dark areas in the same frame. Select Level 1 when there is less difference between bright and dark areas, and Level 3 when there is more difference between bright and dark areas.

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Notes About HDR

• Use of a tripod is recommended. Set Vibration reduction (

A95) in the setup menu to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.

• The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.

• When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, the camera shoots images continuously and saves the following two images.

- A non-HDR composite image

- An HDR composite image in which the loss of details in highlights or shadows is minimized

• If there is only enough memory to save one image, an image processed by D-

Lighting (

A86) at the time of shooting, in which dark areas of the image are corrected, is the only image saved.

• Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.

• Depending on the shooting conditions, dark shadows may appear around bright subjects and bright areas may appear around dark subjects. You can compensate by lowering the level setting.

y M p Easy panorama

• From the screen displayed after p Easy panorama is selected, select the shooting range from Normal (180°) (default setting) or Wide (360°).

• The zoom position is fixed at wide-angle.

• Press the shutter-release button all the way down, remove your finger from the button, and then slowly pan the camera horizontally. Shooting ends when the camera captures the specified shooting range.

• Focus and exposure are locked when shooting starts.

• If you press the k button when a captured image is displayed in full-frame playback mode, the image scrolls automatically.

• The images cannot be edited on this camera.

See “Using Easy Panorama (Shooting and Playback)” (

E2) for more information.

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Notes About Printing Panorama Images

The entire image may not be able to be printed depending on the printer’s settings.

Additionally, printing may not be possible depending on the printer.

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y M O Pet portrait

• When you point the camera at a dog or cat, the camera detects the pet’s face and focuses on it. By default, the shutter is automatically released when a dog or cat face is detected (pet portrait auto release).

• From the screen displayed after O Pet portrait is selected, select Single or

Continuous.

- Single: Whenever a dog or cat face is detected, the camera captures 1 image.

- Continuous: Whenever a dog or cat face is detected, the camera captures

3 images continuously.

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Pet Portrait Auto Release

• Press the multi selector

J (n) to change the Pet portrait auto release settings.

- Y: The camera automatically releases the shutter when it detects a dog or cat face.

- Off: The camera does not release the shutter automatically, even if a dog or cat face is detected. Press the shutter-release button. The camera also detects human faces when Off is selected.

• Pet portrait auto release is set to Off after 5 bursts have been taken.

• Shooting is also possible by pressing the shutter-release button, regardless of the

Pet portrait auto release setting. When Continuous is selected, you can take images continuously while holding down the shutter-release button all the way.

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Focus Area

• When the camera detects a face, the face is displayed inside a yellow border. When the camera acquires focus on a face displayed inside a double border (focus area), the double border turns green. If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.

• In some shooting conditions, the pet face may not be detected and other subjects may be displayed inside a border.

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y M g Moon

• You can adjust hue by using the command dial. The hue setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

• Adjust the brightness with exposure compensation (

A69) according to shooting conditions such as the waxing and waning of the moon and shooting requirements.

• At the wide-angle zoom position, the framing border is displayed to indicate the angle of view equivalent to that of 1440 mm lens (in 35mm [135] format). The angle of view becomes equivalent to that of 1440 mm lens by pressing the k button.

y M L Bird-watching

• From the screen displayed after L Bird-watching is selected, select Single or

Continuous.

• Single (default setting): One image is shot each time the shutter-release button is pressed.

• Continuous: While the shutter-release button is held all the way down, images are captured continuously.

- The frame rate for continuous shooting is about 7 fps and the maximum number of continuous shots is about 7 (when image quality is set to Normal and image size is set to i 4608×3456).

• At the wide-angle zoom position, the framing border is displayed to indicate the angle of view equivalent to that of 800 mm lens (in 35mm [135] format). The angle of view becomes equivalent to that of 800 mm lens by pressing the k button.

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