User manual NIKON COOLPIX P90

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA User's Manual En Trademark Information · Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. · Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Inc. · Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. · All other trade names mentioned in this manual or the other documentation provided with your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Introduction First Steps A Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode y/x Shooting Suited for the Scenes a/y d Automatic Shooting of Smiling Faces Sport Continuous Mode Shoot pictures using A, B, C, D, E and F c D E More on Playback Movies Voice Recordings Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers d Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus Technical Notes i For Your Safety To prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or to others, read the following safety precautions in their entirety before using this equipment. [. . . ] · D-Lighting copies can be recognized by the c icon displayed during playback. D-Lighting Normal Cancel Amount 15/05/2009 15:30 0004. JPG 4 4 D 76 More Information See "File and Folder Names" (A156) for more information. Editing Pictures Creating a Cropped Copy: Crop Create a copy containing only the portion visible in the monitor when u is displayed with playback zoom (A73) enabled. Cropped copies are stored as separate files. 1 Enlarge the desired picture during full-frame display (A30) by rotating the zoom control to the g (i) direction. · To crop a picture displayed in "tall" (portrait) orientation, zoom in on the picture until the black bars displayed on the both sides of the monitor disappear. To crop the picture in its current "tall" (portrait) orientation, first, use the Rotate image option (A133) to rotate the picture so that it is displayed in landscape orientation. Next, enlarge the picture for cropping, crop the picture, and then rotate the cropped picture back to "tall" (portrait) orientation. 2 Refine copy composition. · Rotate the zoom control to g (i) or f (h) to adjust the zoom ratio. · Press the multi selector H, I, J or K to scroll the picture until only the portion you want to copy is visible in the monitor. 4. 0 4. 0 3 Press the d button. More on Playback 4 Use the multi selector to choose Yes and press the k button. · A new picture, containing only the portion visible in the monitor, is created. · To cancel creating a cropped copy, choose No. Save this image as displayed? C D No Yes Image Size As the area to be saved is reduced, the image size (pixels) of the cropped copy is also reduced. When the size of the cropped copy is 320 × 240 or 160 × 120, the small picture icon B or C is displayed on the left of the screen in full-frame playback mode. More Information See "File and Folder Names" (A156) for more information. 77 Editing Pictures Resizing Pictures: Small Picture Create a small copy of the current picture. Small copies are stored as JPEG files with a compression ratio of 1:16. The following sizes are available. Option l 640×480 m 320×240 n 160×120 Description Suitable for television playback. Suitable for e-mail attachments. 1 Choose the desired picture from full-frame (A30) or thumbnail (A71) playback mode and press the d button. · The playback menu is displayed. · Choose the c tab when the playback menu is not displayed (A13). 2 Use the multi selector to choose g Small picture and press the k button. · If the playback menu is displayed from a mode other than playback mode, choose Small picture to display the picture selection screen (A130). Choose an image to edit and press the k button. Playback menu Rotate image Hide image Small picture Copy Black border 3 Choose the desired copy size and press the k button. More on Playback Small picture 640×480 320×240 160×120 4 Choose Yes and press the k button. · A new, smaller copy is created. · The copy is displayed with a gray frame. Create small picture file? No Yes D 78 More Information See "File and Folder Names" (A156) for more information. Editing Pictures Adding Black Frame on Pictures: Black Border This function creates copies with Thin, Medium, or Broad black lines, along borders of pictures. Copies with a black frame are stored as separate files. 1 Choose the desired picture from full-frame (A30) or thumbnail (A71) playback mode and press the d button. · The playback menu is displayed. · Choose the c tab when the playback menu is not displayed (A13). 2 Use the multi selector to choose j Black border and press the k button. · If the playback menu is displayed from a mode other than playback mode, choose Black border to display the picture selection screen (A130). Choose an image to edit and press the k button. Playback menu Rotate image Hide image Small picture Copy Black border 3 Choose the desired thickness of frame and press the k button. Black border Thin Medium Broad More on Playback 4 Choose Yes and press the k button. · A new copy with a black frame is created. · To cancel creating a copy with black border, choose No. Create a copy with a black border? No Yes B Black Border · Borders of a picture will be hidden with black lines because black portion is drawn from picture's edges according to their thickness. · When a picture with a black border is printed using a printer's borderless print function, black frame may not be printed. D More Information See "File and Folder Names" (A156) for more information. 79 Voice Memos: Recording and Playback Use the camera's built-in microphone to record voice memos for pictures marked with n in full-frame playback mode (A30). 15/05/2009 15:30 0004. JPG Recording Voice Memos A voice memo, up to 20 seconds in length, will be recorded while the k button is pressed down. · During recording, o and p blink in the monitor. 4 4 17s Playing Voice Memos Press the k button while a picture is 15/05/2009 15:30 displayed in full-frame playback mode to 0004. JPG play the voice memo. Playback ends when the voice memo ends or when the k button is pressed again. 4 4 · Pictures with voice memos can be recognized by the q icon. · Use the zoom control g (i) or f (h) during playback to adjust the volume. More on Playback Deleting Voice Memos Choose a picture with a voice memo and press the l button. [. . . ] 12. 7 million 24× optical zoom, NIKKOR lens 4. 6-110. 4mm (equivalent with 35mm [135] format picture angle: 26624mm) f/2. 8-5 14 elements in 11 groups Up to 4× (equivalent with 35mm [135] format picture angle: approx. 2496mm) Image sensor shift (still pictures) Electronic (movies) Contrast-detect AF, Multi area AF · [W]: 50 cm (1 ft. 6 in. ) to · Macro close-up mode: 10 cm (4 in. ) to (zoom position where F glows green); 1 cm (0. 4 in. ) to (zoom position at K mark) Face priority, auto (9-area automatic selection), center, manual with 99 focus areas Color LCD viewfinder, 0. 24-in. 97% horizontal and 97% vertical (compared to the actual screen) Approx. [. . . ]