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1 2 A SHORT COURSE ShortCourses.com A Short Course Pocket Guide Nikon Coolpix 995 POCKET GUIDE © Copyright 2001 by Dennis P. Curtin. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this TO THE publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. NIKON COOLPIX 995 BOOKS IN THE SHORT COURSES SERIES ■ A Short Course in Canon EOS D30 Photography ■ A Short Course in Canon PowerShot G1 Photography ■ A Short Course in Canon PowerShot S300 Photography ■ A Short Course in Canon PowerShot S100 Photography ■ A Short Course in Canon PowerShot S20 Photography ■ A Short Course in Canon PowerShot A5 Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 995 Photography ■ A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 880 Photography ■ A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 990 Photography ■ A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 950 Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus Camedia E-10 Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus Camedia C-2100 Ultra Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus C-3040 Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus C-3030 Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus Camedia C-2500L Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus C-2040 Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus C-2020 Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Olympus C-2000 Zoom Photography ■ A Short Course in Epson PhotoPC 850Z Photography ■ A Short Course in Choosing & Using a Digital Camera, Second Edition ■ A Short Course in Digital Photography CLICK TO VISIT THE BOOKSTORE CONTACT INFORMATION ShortCourses.com 16 Preston Beach Road The Editors of ShortCourses.com Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.shortcourses.com Web site: http://www.shortcourses.com SHORT COURSES (HTTP://WWW.SHORTCOURSES.COM) © COPYRIGHT 2001 BY DENNIS P. CURTIN 3 4 Preface CONTENTS Short Courses prides itself on providing helpful and accurate information to the digital photography community. This Pocket Guide and others like it are made available at no cost to help you Preface ........................................................................................... 3 enioy your camera better and get the most out of it. Taking a Picture in Auto Mode ........................................................ 7 The step-by-step instructions in this free pocket guide are Using Menus .................................................................................. 7 excerpted from the comprehensive book “A Short Course in Resetting the menus ....................................................................... 8 Nikon Coolpix 995 Photography.” Feel free to print them out as- Memorizing Manual mode Settings ................................................. 8 is or copy them into a word processing program to format them. Hopefully they will be a useful guide when out in the field. To Previewing Images ......................................................................... 9 learn more about the procedures featured here, the context in Managing Your Images................................................................... 9 which they are used, and tips that make them even more useful, Managing Images You Just Shot .................................................. 10 check out the book from which they are excerpted by visiting the Short Course’s bookstore at: Using Quick Review ..................................................................... 10 http://www.shortcourses.com Deleting All or Selected Images .................................................... 10 Turning Disable Delete On and Off ............................................... 11 The page number cross-references within the instructions, refer to pages in the book where you will find the procedures dis- Using Thumbnail Playback ........................................................... 11 cussed. Protecting Images......................................................................... 12 Displaying a Slide Show ............................................................... 12 Connecting the Camera to a TV ................................................... 13 Hiding and Unhiding Images ......................................................... 13 Selecting an Image Quality ........................................................... 13 Selecting an Image Size ............................................................... 13 Changing Exposure Modes .......................................................... 14 Using Flexible Program Mode ...................................................... 14 Using Shutter-Priority Mode .......................................................... 14 Using Aperture-Priority Mode ....................................................... 14 Using Manual Mode ...................................................................... 15 Changing the Metering Mode........................................................ 15 Using Exposure Compensation .................................................... 15 Using Exposure Lock.................................................................... 16 Using Autoexposure Bracketing ................................................... 16 Displaying Histograms .................................................................. 16 Using Histograms ......................................................................... 16 SHORT COURSES (HTTP://WWW.SHORTCOURSES.COM) © COPYRIGHT 2001 BY DENNIS P. CURTIN 5 6 Turning info.txt On and Off ........................................................... 17 Combating red-eye ....................................................................... 27 Using the Self-Timer ..................................................................... 17 Using Fill Flash ............................................................................. 27 Using Best Shot Selector .............................................................. 17 Using Slow Sync Flash ................................................................. 27 Changing the ISO ......................................................................... 18 Turning the Flash Off and On ....................................................... 28 Increasing The Sharpness of Moving Objects .............................. 18 Turining the Built-in Flash On andOff ............................................ 28 Changing the Autofocus Setting ................................................... 18 Taking Macro Close-ups ............................................................... 28 Using AF Area Mode .................................................................... 18 Increasing depth of Field in Close-ups .......................................... 28 Using Manual Focus ..................................................................... 19 Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Lightness ............................. 29 Setting Distance Units .................................................................. 19 Specifying Image Sharpness ........................................................ 29 Using Focus Lock ......................................................................... 19 Adjusting Saturation...................................................................... 29 Turning Focus Confirmation On and Off ....................................... 20 Using AE Lock .............................................................................. 30 Selecting Continuous or Single Autofocus .................................... 20 Shooting in Black & White ............................................................ 30 Using the Infinity Focus Setting .................................................... 21 Using Continuous Photography .................................................... 30 Increasing Depth of Field .............................................................. 21 Using User Settings ...................................................................... 31 Using Focus Lock for Maximum Depth of Field ............................ 21 Programming Function Buttons .................................................... 31 Using Focus Lock for Minimum Depth of Field ............................. 21 Specifying File Numbering ............................................................ 31 Decreasing Depth of Field in Automatic Mode .............................. 22 Choosing an Existing Folder ......................................................... 32 Capturing Creative Blur ................................................................ 22 Creating, Renaming or Deleting Folders ....................................... 32 Setting White Balance .................................................................. 22 Formatting CompactFlash Cards .................................................. 33 Setting White Balance Preset ....................................................... 22 Preparing Print Sets ..................................................................... 33 Using White Balance Bracketing................................................... 23 Deleting A Print Set ...................................................................... 34 Using Noise Reduction ................................................................. 23 Setting the Time and Date ............................................................ 34 Using Bulb .................................................................................... 24 Turning the Shutter Sound