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... Menu 99 Displaying the Playback Menu...99 b Slide Show...101 c Delete ...102 d Protect ...102 f Rotate Image...103 h Copy ...104 Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu 105 Displaying the Setup Menu...106 a Menus ...106 c Welcome Screen...107 d Date...108 e Monitor Settings ...111 f Date... Imprint...112 w Electronic VR ...114 h AF Assist ...115 u Digital Zoom ...115 i Sound Settings ...116 k Auto Off ...116 l Format Memory/m Format Card 117 n Language ...118 o Video Mode ...118 d Blink Warning ...118 ...
... Menu 99 Displaying the Playback Menu...99 b Slide Show...101 c Delete ...102 d Protect ...102 f Rotate Image...103 h Copy ...104 Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu 105 Displaying the Setup Menu...106 a Menus ...106 c Welcome Screen...107 d Date...108 e Monitor Settings ...111 f Date... Imprint...112 w Electronic VR ...114 h AF Assist ...115 u Digital Zoom ...115 i Sound Settings ...116 k Auto Off ...116 l Format Memory/m Format Card 117 n Language ...118 o Video Mode ...118 d Blink Warning ...118 ...
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..., additional D information that should be read before the internal memory can be helpful when using the camera. C Memory Cards Pictures taken with your purchase of a Nikon COOLPIX S550 digital camera. This icon marks notes, information C that may differ from monitor display samples so that monitor indicators... of purchase is referred to the pictures on removable memory cards. Introduction Introduction About This Manual Thank you for your Nikon digital camera. This icon indicates that should be read before use the product will apply only to as a "memory card."...
..., additional D information that should be read before the internal memory can be helpful when using the camera. C Memory Cards Pictures taken with your purchase of a Nikon COOLPIX S550 digital camera. This icon marks notes, information C that may differ from monitor display samples so that monitor indicators... of purchase is referred to the pictures on removable memory cards. Introduction Introduction About This Manual Thank you for your Nikon digital camera. This icon indicates that should be read before use the product will apply only to as a "memory card."...
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... not be held liable for contact information: http://nikonimaging.com/ Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories Nikon COOLPIX cameras are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this product may result from the use ... at any damages resulting from product malfunction. THE USE OF NON-NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE THE CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARRANTY. About the Manuals • No part of the manuals included with this Nikon digital camera are designed to the highest standards and include complex electronic circuitry. ...
... not be held liable for contact information: http://nikonimaging.com/ Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories Nikon COOLPIX cameras are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this product may result from the use ... at any damages resulting from product malfunction. THE USE OF NON-NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE THE CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARRANTY. About the Manuals • No part of the manuals included with this Nikon digital camera are designed to the highest standards and include complex electronic circuitry. ...
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... by private companies (shares, bills, checks, gift certificates, etc.), commuter passes or coupon tickets, except when a minimum of a scanner, digital camera or other device may be completely removed using Remove from list. Disposing of personal image data. Any pictures registered in Add to property when ...and private groups, ID cards and tickets, such as memory cards or builtin camera memory does not completely erase the original image data. Unless the prior permission of the government was digitally copied or reproduced by means of necessary copies are to be recovered from being...
... by private companies (shares, bills, checks, gift certificates, etc.), commuter passes or coupon tickets, except when a minimum of a scanner, digital camera or other device may be completely removed using Remove from list. Disposing of personal image data. Any pictures registered in Add to property when ...and private groups, ID cards and tickets, such as memory cards or builtin camera memory does not completely erase the original image data. Unless the prior permission of the government was digitally copied or reproduced by means of necessary copies are to be recovered from being...
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...card is off) before opening the batterychamber/memory card slot cover. Make sure that the camera is off (power-on lamp is inserted in the camera's internal memory (approximately 50 MB) or on removable Secure Digital (SD) memory cards (available separately) (A 123). Slide the memory card in the... internal memory, or play back, delete or transfer pictures from the internal memory. 1 Turn the camera off and open the ...
...card is off) before opening the batterychamber/memory card slot cover. Make sure that the camera is off (power-on lamp is inserted in the camera's internal memory (approximately 50 MB) or on removable Secure Digital (SD) memory cards (available separately) (A 123). Slide the memory card in the... internal memory, or play back, delete or transfer pictures from the internal memory. 1 Turn the camera off and open the ...
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... k. B The Write Protect Switch SD memory cards are off the camera - To start formatting, choose Format and press k. Format card? ...• Do not turn the camera off and confirm that formatting permanently deletes all pictures and other devices into the COOLPIX S550, be sure to format them using... the memory card. • Do not leave in damage to the camera or memory card: - B Formatting Memory Cards If the message at...Cards First Steps Removing Memory Cards Before removing memory cards, turn the camera off or open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover until formatting...
... k. B The Write Protect Switch SD memory cards are off the camera - To start formatting, choose Format and press k. Format card? ...• Do not turn the camera off and confirm that formatting permanently deletes all pictures and other devices into the COOLPIX S550, be sure to format them using... the memory card. • Do not leave in damage to the camera or memory card: - B Formatting Memory Cards If the message at...Cards First Steps Removing Memory Cards Before removing memory cards, turn the camera off or open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover until formatting...
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... and Playback: Auto Mode 3 Press the multi selector H or I to choose A and press k. The power-on lamp (green) will light for first-time users of digital cameras. 1 Press the power switch to turn on the capacity of the memory or memory card and image mode setting (A 88). 20 Battery low; Basic Photography...
... and Playback: Auto Mode 3 Press the multi selector H or I to choose A and press k. The power-on lamp (green) will light for first-time users of digital cameras. 1 Press the power switch to turn on the capacity of the memory or memory card and image mode setting (A 88). 20 Battery low; Basic Photography...
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... face is above the lens. Zoom indicator displayed when the zoom buttons are recognized. Using the Zoom Use the zoom buttons to zoom in Optical Digital zoom zoom 22 Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode 2 Frame the picture. Press f (h) to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame,... or g (i) to activate optical zoom. When the camera recognizes a face (front view), that face will not appear when shooting non-human subjects or when no faces are pressed. 10 Zoom out Zoom in...
... face is above the lens. Zoom indicator displayed when the zoom buttons are recognized. Using the Zoom Use the zoom buttons to zoom in Optical Digital zoom zoom 22 Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode 2 Frame the picture. Press f (h) to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame,... or g (i) to activate optical zoom. When the camera recognizes a face (front view), that face will not appear when shooting non-human subjects or when no faces are pressed. 10 Zoom out Zoom in...
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...Digital Zoom When the camera is zoomed in the table below. Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode C Maximum zoom ratio without interpolation in digital zoom begins to 5×). Digital zoom is in effect, and focus will stop temporarily. The focus area is not displayed when digital zoom is in digital... and the picture quality in the zoom indicator on the monitor. In addition, if the g (i) is enlarged using the digital processing, creating slightly grainy image. The subject is displayed in the zooming position of the maximum ratio without interpolation The V ...
...Digital Zoom When the camera is zoomed in the table below. Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode C Maximum zoom ratio without interpolation in digital zoom begins to 5×). Digital zoom is in effect, and focus will stop temporarily. The focus area is not displayed when digital zoom is in digital... and the picture quality in the zoom indicator on the monitor. In addition, if the g (i) is enlarged using the digital processing, creating slightly grainy image. The subject is displayed in the zooming position of the maximum ratio without interpolation The V ...
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... selects the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera. When the subject is in focus, the active focus area glows green. 1/250 F5.6 • When the digital zoom is unable to the memory card or internal memory. 24 Change the composition and press ...for more information about Face Priority. 2 Press the shutter-release button the rest of the monitor. • The shutter speed and aperture are recognized: Camera will focus on the face surrounded by a double border. Once focus has been locked the double border will be recorded to focus. When people's faces...
... selects the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera. When the subject is in focus, the active focus area glows green. 1/250 F5.6 • When the digital zoom is unable to the memory card or internal memory. 24 Change the composition and press ...for more information about Face Priority. 2 Press the shutter-release button the rest of the monitor. • The shutter speed and aperture are recognized: Camera will focus on the face surrounded by a double border. Once focus has been locked the double border will be recorded to focus. When people's faces...
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...-release button is turned off. 35 Note, however, that objects in the foreground may not always be set on the center of the screen. • Digital zoom is not available. 10 Smile indicator m V* n Off* p Off o 0.0* * Other settings can be selected. n, self-timer (A 30); o, exposure ... setting, and exposure compensation value are cancelled and these settings return to their default scene values whenever another shooting mode is selected or the camera is pressed halfway. c Landscape Use this section: m, flash mode (A 28); p, macro mode (A 31); Shooting in the Scene Mode...
...-release button is turned off. 35 Note, however, that objects in the foreground may not always be set on the center of the screen. • Digital zoom is not available. 10 Smile indicator m V* n Off* p Off o 0.0* * Other settings can be selected. n, self-timer (A 30); o, exposure ... setting, and exposure compensation value are cancelled and these settings return to their default scene values whenever another shooting mode is selected or the camera is pressed halfway. c Landscape Use this section: m, flash mode (A 28); p, macro mode (A 31); Shooting in the Scene Mode...
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...faces if it recognizes people's faces (front view). f Party/indoor Captures the effects of candlelight and other indoor background lighting. • Camera focuses on subject in center of a tripod is recommended. Shooting in the Scene Mode Shooting Suited for the Scene d Sports Use this ...will be longer than one face is set to the camera. • If no faces are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. m W n Off p Off o 0.0* h Off * Other settings can be on the center of the screen. • Digital zoom is maintained for up to 8 pictures. •...
...faces if it recognizes people's faces (front view). f Party/indoor Captures the effects of candlelight and other indoor background lighting. • Camera focuses on subject in center of a tripod is recommended. Shooting in the Scene Mode Shooting Suited for the Scene d Sports Use this ...will be longer than one face is set to the camera. • If no faces are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. m W n Off p Off o 0.0* h Off * Other settings can be on the center of the screen. • Digital zoom is maintained for up to 8 pictures. •...
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... if no operations are performed for another three minutes. (A 116) • The shooting is terminated if the internal memory or removal Secure Digital (SD) memory card has no operations are observed, the shutter is released by detecting the people's face positioned at the nearest center of... the screen. • Each time the shutter is released, the camera automatically shoot pictures using the recognizing face and the detecting smiling face features repeatedly. 4 Exit smile mode by pressing e. • Change to ...
... if no operations are performed for another three minutes. (A 116) • The shooting is terminated if the internal memory or removal Secure Digital (SD) memory card has no operations are observed, the shutter is released by detecting the people's face positioned at the nearest center of... the screen. • Each time the shutter is released, the camera automatically shoot pictures using the recognizing face and the detecting smiling face features repeatedly. 4 Exit smile mode by pressing e. • Change to ...
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...• Settings can be detected. • See "Face Priority" (A 96) for Flash mode (A 28) and Exposure Compensation (A 32). • Digital zoom is not available. release button is automatically released. • When the Face priority doesn't take effect and smiling face cannot be played back. C ... areas which captures the nearest subject. • When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway and released in Face priority mode, the camera will also recognize the face again. D Playing Back Pictures where Smiling Faces Are Detected When a is selected from the playback mode menus...
...• Settings can be detected. • See "Face Priority" (A 96) for Flash mode (A 28) and Exposure Compensation (A 32). • Digital zoom is not available. release button is automatically released. • When the Face priority doesn't take effect and smiling face cannot be played back. C ... areas which captures the nearest subject. • When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway and released in Face priority mode, the camera will also recognize the face again. D Playing Back Pictures where Smiling Faces Are Detected When a is selected from the playback mode menus...
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... of 16:9 (1920) (A 87) cannot be edited except Electronic VR. • The COOLPIX S550 editing functions are not available when there is viewed on a different digital camera, the picture may not be displayed or may not be done first while the restricted use on... memory card. The editing features described below are deleted. D Original Pictures and Edited • Copies created with non-COOLPIX S550 digital cameras. • If a copy created using the COOLPIX S550 is not enough free space in the internal memory or on Picture Editing (✔: available, -: not available) 1st...
... of 16:9 (1920) (A 87) cannot be edited except Electronic VR. • The COOLPIX S550 editing functions are not available when there is viewed on a different digital camera, the picture may not be displayed or may not be done first while the restricted use on... memory card. The editing features described below are deleted. D Original Pictures and Edited • Copies created with non-COOLPIX S550 digital cameras. • If a copy created using the COOLPIX S550 is not enough free space in the internal memory or on Picture Editing (✔: available, -: not available) 1st...
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...(A 30) cannot be used. • Flash mode, macro mode, and exposure compensation settings cannot be applied while movies are recorded without sound. 61 Camera focuses on subject in all modes. Movie 30s Movies B Recording Movies • Flash mode (A 28) and exposure compensation (A 32) can only be...the steps below. 1 Enter movie mode by pressing e in the monitor. 2 Press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time. Digital zoom cannot be recorded and the movie options (A 62) icon are being recorded. D Changing Movie Settings • Movie options, Electronic VR or ...
...(A 30) cannot be used. • Flash mode, macro mode, and exposure compensation settings cannot be applied while movies are recorded without sound. 61 Camera focuses on subject in all modes. Movie 30s Movies B Recording Movies • Flash mode (A 28) and exposure compensation (A 32) can only be...the steps below. 1 Enter movie mode by pressing e in the monitor. 2 Press the shutter-release button all the way down a second time. Digital zoom cannot be recorded and the movie options (A 62) icon are being recorded. D Changing Movie Settings • Movie options, Electronic VR or ...
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... taken. The compression ratio is approximately 1:8. O TV screen (640) 640 × 480 Suited to display on a computer monitor. P 16:9 (1920) 1,920 × 1,080 Pictures with a digital camera are recorded as image files. Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu A Image Mode Pictures taken with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can be recorded, depends on...
... taken. The compression ratio is approximately 1:8. O TV screen (640) 640 × 480 Suited to display on a computer monitor. P 16:9 (1920) 1,920 × 1,080 Pictures with a digital camera are recorded as image files. Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu A Image Mode Pictures taken with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can be recorded, depends on...
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... than Auto, the icon for the current setting is known as reference to suit lighting conditions. e Fluorescent Use under most types of the light source. Digital cameras can mimic this adjustment by processing images according to achieve more information(A 90). Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus B Flash Mode At white-balance settings other...
... than Auto, the icon for the current setting is known as reference to suit lighting conditions. e Fluorescent Use under most types of the light source. Digital cameras can mimic this adjustment by processing images according to achieve more information(A 90). Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus B Flash Mode At white-balance settings other...
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...)] • 1,920 × 1,080 [16:9 (1920)] Technical Notes 140 CCD; Specifications Nikon COOLPIX S550 Digital Camera Type Effective pixels Image sensor Lens Focal length f/-number Construction Digital zoom Vibration reduction Autofocus (AF) Focus range (from lens) Focus-area selection AF-assist illumination Monitor... Frame coverage (shooting mode) Frame coverage (playback mode) Storage Media File system File formats Image size (pixels) Compact digital camera 10 million 1/2.3-in .) (wide-angle zoom position) to ∞ Auto (9-area automatic selection), center, manual with ...
...)] • 1,920 × 1,080 [16:9 (1920)] Technical Notes 140 CCD; Specifications Nikon COOLPIX S550 Digital Camera Type Effective pixels Image sensor Lens Focal length f/-number Construction Digital zoom Vibration reduction Autofocus (AF) Focus range (from lens) Focus-area selection AF-assist illumination Monitor... Frame coverage (shooting mode) Frame coverage (playback mode) Storage Media File system File formats Image size (pixels) Compact digital camera 10 million 1/2.3-in .) (wide-angle zoom position) to ∞ Auto (9-area automatic selection), center, manual with ...
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Supported Standards • DCF: Design Rule for Camera File System is a standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different makes of camera. • DPOF: Digital Print Order Format is an industry-wide standard that allows pictures to be printed from print orders ...stored on the memory card. • Exif version 2.2: This camera supports Exif ...
Supported Standards • DCF: Design Rule for Camera File System is a standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different makes of camera. • DPOF: Digital Print Order Format is an industry-wide standard that allows pictures to be printed from print orders ...stored on the memory card. • Exif version 2.2: This camera supports Exif ...