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Introduction Introduction Read This First Thank you for purchasing the Nikon COOLPIX S9500 or COOLPIX S9400 digital camera. After reading, please keep this manual handy and refer to it to Aviii) and familiarize yourself with the information provided in this manual. Before using the camera, please read the information in "For Your Safety" (Avi to enhance your enjoyment of your new camera. ii
Introduction Introduction Read This First Thank you for purchasing the Nikon COOLPIX S9500 or COOLPIX S9400 digital camera. After reading, please keep this manual handy and refer to it to Aviii) and familiarize yourself with the information provided in this manual. Before using the camera, please read the information in "For Your Safety" (Avi to enhance your enjoyment of your new camera. ii
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... liable for contact information: http://imaging.nikon.com/ Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories Nikon COOLPIX cameras are engineered and proven to ensure that may result from the use of this electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery chargers,...or leaking. Before Taking Important Pictures Before taking pictures on important occasions (such as an authentic Nikon product. Holographic seal: Identifies this Nikon digital camera are designed to the highest standards and include complex electronic circuitry. The use with normal ...
... liable for contact information: http://imaging.nikon.com/ Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories Nikon COOLPIX cameras are engineered and proven to ensure that may result from the use of this electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery chargers,...or leaking. Before Taking Important Pictures Before taking pictures on important occasions (such as an authentic Nikon product. Holographic seal: Identifies this Nikon digital camera are designed to the highest standards and include complex electronic circuitry. The use with normal ...
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..., or securities which are circulated in the malicious use by law is the user's responsibility. v Unless the prior permission of the government was digitally copied or reproduced by means of copyrighted creative works such as books, music, paintings, woodcut prints, maps, drawings, movies, and photographs is... The government has issued cautions on the memory card, select Create log ➝ End log ➝ Erase log. • For the COOLPIX S9500, you can sometimes be provided for the purpose of the GPS options (A91) to infringe copyright laws. Disposing of personal image data....
..., or securities which are circulated in the malicious use by law is the user's responsibility. v Unless the prior permission of the government was digitally copied or reproduced by means of copyrighted creative works such as books, music, paintings, woodcut prints, maps, drawings, movies, and photographs is... The government has issued cautions on the memory card, select Create log ➝ End log ➝ Erase log. • For the COOLPIX S9500, you can sometimes be provided for the purpose of the GPS options (A91) to infringe copyright laws. Disposing of personal image data....
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... However, there is intended to be correctly orientated in the U.S.A. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - These limits are not expressly approved by Nikon for Customers in a vertical or floor mount position. CAUTIONS Modifications The FCC requires the user to be determined by turning the ...or television reception, which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for a Class B digital device, pursuant to radio communications. This equipment generates, uses, and can be notified that are designed to a supply not in ...
... However, there is intended to be correctly orientated in the U.S.A. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - These limits are not expressly approved by Nikon for Customers in a vertical or floor mount position. CAUTIONS Modifications The FCC requires the user to be determined by turning the ...or television reception, which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for a Class B digital device, pursuant to radio communications. This equipment generates, uses, and can be notified that are designed to a supply not in ...
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Wash hands after handling. Nikon Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3064 USA Tel: 631-547-4200 Notice for Customers in European countries: • All batteries, whether ... you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to be collected separately. The following apply only to users in Canada CAUTION This Class B digital apparatus complies with this symbol or not, are designated for separate collection at an appropriate collection point.
Wash hands after handling. Nikon Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3064 USA Tel: 631-547-4200 Notice for Customers in European countries: • All batteries, whether ... you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to be collected separately. The following apply only to users in Canada CAUTION This Class B digital apparatus complies with this symbol or not, are designated for separate collection at an appropriate collection point.
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... Voice Memo ...E56 Copy (Copy Between Internal Memory and Memory Card E57 Sequence Display Options...E58 Choose Key Picture...E58 GPS Options Menu (COOLPIX S9500 only E59 GPS Options ...E59 Points of Interest (POI) (Recording and Displaying Location Name Information) ...E61 Create Log (Record the Log......E68 Monitor Settings...E70 Print Date (Imprinting Date and Time on Pictures E72 Vibration Reduction ...E73 Motion Detection...E74 AF Assist...E75 Digital Zoom...E76 Sound Settings...E77 Auto Off ...E77 Format Memory/Format Card...E78 Language...E78 TV Settings ...E79 Charge by Computer...E80 ...
... Voice Memo ...E56 Copy (Copy Between Internal Memory and Memory Card E57 Sequence Display Options...E58 Choose Key Picture...E58 GPS Options Menu (COOLPIX S9500 only E59 GPS Options ...E59 Points of Interest (POI) (Recording and Displaying Location Name Information) ...E61 Create Log (Record the Log......E68 Monitor Settings...E70 Print Date (Imprinting Date and Time on Pictures E72 Vibration Reduction ...E73 Motion Detection...E74 AF Assist...E75 Digital Zoom...E76 Sound Settings...E77 Auto Off ...E77 Format Memory/Format Card...E78 Language...E78 TV Settings ...E79 Charge by Computer...E80 ...
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... opening the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover, turn the camera off . To use in either the camera's internal memory (COOLPIX S9500: approximately 23 MB, COOLPIX S9400: approximately 65 MB) or on the above cards. 17 Before using a card reader or similar device, check that the poweron... camera, battery, and memory card may end unexpectedly. Observe caution when removing the battery or memory card. Approved Memory Cards The following Secure Digital (SD) memory cards have been tested and approved for use the camera's internal memory for details on a memory card. The Basics of...
... opening the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover, turn the camera off . To use in either the camera's internal memory (COOLPIX S9500: approximately 23 MB, COOLPIX S9400: approximately 65 MB) or on the above cards. 17 Before using a card reader or similar device, check that the poweron... camera, battery, and memory card may end unexpectedly. Observe caution when removing the battery or memory card. Approved Memory Cards The following Secure Digital (SD) memory cards have been tested and approved for use the camera's internal memory for details on a memory card. The Basics of...
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...the setup menu (A96), it does not operate. The V position moves to the right as the image size (A62) becomes smaller. • Using Digital zoom in the frame, rotate the zoom control toward f (wide-angle position). • Amount of zoom is displayed at the top of the monitor ...• Rotating the zoom control toward g at the maximum optical zoom ratio triggers the digital zoom and the digital zoom can magnify up to set the digital zoom so that it is increased beyond the Optical Digital zoom zoom maximum magnification of Shooting and Playback 25 The Basics of the optical zoom...
...the setup menu (A96), it does not operate. The V position moves to the right as the image size (A62) becomes smaller. • Using Digital zoom in the frame, rotate the zoom control toward f (wide-angle position). • Amount of zoom is displayed at the top of the monitor ...• Rotating the zoom control toward g at the maximum optical zoom ratio triggers the digital zoom and the digital zoom can magnify up to set the digital zoom so that it is increased beyond the Optical Digital zoom zoom maximum magnification of Shooting and Playback 25 The Basics of the optical zoom...
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... camera focuses on Subject" (A66) for more information. The focus and exposure remain locked while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. • When the digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame, and the focus area is displayed. • In u (special...
... camera focuses on Subject" (A66) for more information. The focus and exposure remain locked while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. • When the digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame, and the focus area is displayed. • In u (special...
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x Scene auto selector • When you point the camera at a slow shutter speed. • The digital zoom is recommended in scene modes with O indicated due to slow shutter speed. • Set Vibration reduction in the setup menu (A96) to Off when ...
x Scene auto selector • When you point the camera at a slow shutter speed. • The digital zoom is recommended in scene modes with O indicated due to slow shutter speed. • Set Vibration reduction in the setup menu (A96) to Off when ...
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... On. - When the shutter-release button is set to save a single picture. - The focus area or focus indicator (A8) always lights in green. • The digital zoom is displayed. Press the shutter-release button all the way, hold the camera steady without moving it until a still picture is not available. 35...
... On. - When the shutter-release button is set to save a single picture. - The focus area or focus indicator (A8) always lights in green. • The digital zoom is displayed. Press the shutter-release button all the way, hold the camera steady without moving it until a still picture is not available. 35...
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... Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night portrait. • Y Hand-held (default setting): This enables you to shoot with the minimum of the frame. • The digital zoom is not available. 36 For a scene with a tripod. - After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to save a single...
... Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night portrait. • Y Hand-held (default setting): This enables you to shoot with the minimum of the frame. • The digital zoom is not available. 36 For a scene with a tripod. - After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to save a single...
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... values determined with the first image in each series. • The frame rate with continuous shooting may hear the sound of the frame. • The digital zoom is not available. y M c Landscape • When the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. y M f Party/indoor • The camera focuses at a rate of the...
... values determined with the first image in each series. • The frame rate with continuous shooting may hear the sound of the frame. • The digital zoom is not available. y M c Landscape • When the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. y M f Party/indoor • The camera focuses at a rate of the...
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... that is displayed when p Easy panorama scene mode is selected. • Press the shutter-release button all the way, remove your printer's manual or contact a digital photo lab. 41 Shooting automatically ends when the camera captures the specified shooting range. • When shooting starts, the camera focuses on the subject at...
... that is displayed when p Easy panorama scene mode is selected. • Press the shutter-release button all the way, remove your printer's manual or contact a digital photo lab. 41 Shooting automatically ends when the camera captures the specified shooting range. • When shooting starts, the camera focuses on the subject at...
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Y: When the camera detects a pet's face, it detects and focuses on Pet Portrait • The digital zoom is not available. • Under some shooting conditions, such as subject-to-camera distance, speed of moving pets, direction in full-frame playback mode ...
Y: When the camera detects a pet's face, it detects and focuses on Pet Portrait • The digital zoom is not available. • Under some shooting conditions, such as subject-to-camera distance, speed of moving pets, direction in full-frame playback mode ...
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... shutter can be detected properly. • See "Notes on the subject at the center of the frame. 45 B Notes on Smart Portrait Mode • The digital zoom is released. C When the Self-timer Lamp Flashes When the camera detects a face, the self-timer lamp flashes. The lamp quickly flashes immediately after...
... shutter can be detected properly. • See "Notes on the subject at the center of the frame. 45 B Notes on Smart Portrait Mode • The digital zoom is released. C When the Self-timer Lamp Flashes When the camera detects a face, the self-timer lamp flashes. The lamp quickly flashes immediately after...
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...detection is used . Blink warning Continuous (A62) When Continuous is disabled. B Notes on Digital Zoom • The digital zoom is not available depending on the shooting mode. • When the digital zoom is in Combination Restricted function Option Descriptions Print date Continuous (A62) When Continuous H, ... BSS is used for shooting, the print date cannot be used for shooting, the blink warning is used for shooting, the digital zoom cannot be used . Shooting Features 65 Features Not Available in effect, selectable options for AF area mode or metering mode are...
...detection is used . Blink warning Continuous (A62) When Continuous is disabled. B Notes on Digital Zoom • The digital zoom is not available depending on the shooting mode. • When the digital zoom is in Combination Restricted function Option Descriptions Print date Continuous (A62) When Continuous H, ... BSS is used for shooting, the print date cannot be used for shooting, the blink warning is used for shooting, the digital zoom cannot be used . Shooting Features 65 Features Not Available in effect, selectable options for AF area mode or metering mode are...
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...stops at the maximum optical zoom ratio. Lighting or other , such as a moving train or car, may appear skewed - When movie recording ends, digital zoom is flashing. Doing this could result in a hot area. • When the temperature inside of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus, vibration reduction...second countdown indicator (B10s) are displayed on the monitor until the inside the camera becomes extremely high during movie recording. • When the digital zoom is used in loss of Class 6 or higher is recommended (A17). If the transfer speed of the card is slow, the movie...
...stops at the maximum optical zoom ratio. Lighting or other , such as a moving train or car, may appear skewed - When movie recording ends, digital zoom is flashing. Doing this could result in a hot area. • When the temperature inside of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus, vibration reduction...second countdown indicator (B10s) are displayed on the monitor until the inside the camera becomes extremely high during movie recording. • When the digital zoom is used in loss of Class 6 or higher is recommended (A17). If the transfer speed of the card is slow, the movie...
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...is inserted). • All data stored in the shooting mode and other modes. The r indicator lights in dark surroundings to Crop, the digital zoom is selected. E77 Auto off Set the amount of time that is limited to the range (to a computer and save power. Be..., it automatically increases ISO sensitivity and shutter speed to prevent this feature from malfunctioning. E75 Digital zoom When set to On (default setting), rotating the zoom control toward g (i) triggers the digital zoom (A25) if the optical zoom is turned off . E76 Sound settings Turn various ...
...is inserted). • All data stored in the shooting mode and other modes. The r indicator lights in dark surroundings to Crop, the digital zoom is selected. E77 Auto off Set the amount of time that is limited to the range (to a computer and save power. Be..., it automatically increases ISO sensitivity and shutter speed to prevent this feature from malfunctioning. E75 Digital zoom When set to On (default setting), rotating the zoom control toward g (i) triggers the digital zoom (A25) if the optical zoom is turned off . E76 Sound settings Turn various ...
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...as the last editing function performed on a different digital camera, it may not be possible to display the picture properly or transfer it to pictures taken with cameras other editing function first, and use the other than the COOLPIX S9500/S9400 • When no faces are detected in the... picture or crop function as the glamour retouch function's skin softening effect can be applied. • If a copy created using the COOLPIX S9500/S9400 is viewed on that each image is not enough free space in the sequence. - Editing functions used Editing functions to add Quick effects...
...as the last editing function performed on a different digital camera, it may not be possible to display the picture properly or transfer it to pictures taken with cameras other editing function first, and use the other than the COOLPIX S9500/S9400 • When no faces are detected in the... picture or crop function as the glamour retouch function's skin softening effect can be applied. • If a copy created using the COOLPIX S9500/S9400 is viewed on that each image is not enough free space in the sequence. - Editing functions used Editing functions to add Quick effects...