Reference Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Topic Search
- Introduction
- Parts of the Camera
- Getting Started
- Basic Shooting and Playback Operations
- Shooting Features
- Selecting a Shooting Mode
- Auto Mode
- Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
- Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)
- P, S, A, and M Modes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting)
- U (User Settings) Mode
- Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector
- Flash Mode
- Self-timer
- Smile Timer (Shooting Smiling Faces Automatically)
- Using Autofocus
- Using Manual Focus
- Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)
- Using the Fn (Function) Button
- Using the Zoom
- Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Focus Mode)
- Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting
- Playback Features
- Movies
- Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer
- Using the Menu
- Menu Operations
- Menu Lists
- The Shooting Menu (The Common Shooting Options)
- The Shooting Menu (P, S, A, or M Mode)
- Picture Control (COOLPIX Picture Control)
- Custom Picture Control (COOLPIX Custom Picture Control)
- White Balance (Adjusting Hue)
- Metering
- Continuous Shooting
- ISO Sensitivity
- Exposure Bracketing
- AF Area Mode
- Autofocus Mode
- Flash Exp. Comp.
- Noise Reduction Filter
- Active D-Lighting
- Multiple Exposure
- Zoom Memory
- Startup Zoom Position
- M Exposure Preview
- The Movie Manual Mode Menu
- The Movie Menu
- The Playback Menu
- The Network Menu
- The Setup Menu
- Time Zone and Date
- Slot Empty Release Lock
- Monitor Settings
- EVF Auto Toggle (Automatically Switching the Display to the Viewfinder)
- Date Stamp
- Self-timer: After Release
- Vibration Reduction
- AF Assist
- Digital Zoom
- Assign Side Zoom Control
- Snap-back Zoom
- Control Ring Options
- AE/AF Lock Button
- Sound Settings
- Auto Off
- Format Card
- Language
- HDMI
- Charge by Computer
- Image Comment
- Copyright Information
- Location Data
- Toggle Av/Tv Selection
- Reset File Numbering
- Peaking
- Reset All
- Firmware Version
- Technical Notes

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Shooting Features
Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting
Picture Control
AF area mode
(A140)
When Subject tracking is selected,
Monochrome cannot be set.
Active D-Lighting
(A144)
When using Active D-Lighting, Contrast in
manual adjustment cannot be adjusted.
White balance
Picture Control
(A124)
When Monochrome is selected, White balance
is fixed at Auto (normal).
Metering
Active D-Lighting
(A144)
When using Active D-Lighting, Metering is reset
to Matrix.
Continuous
Exposure
bracketing
Continuous (
A
133)/
Exposure bracketing
(
A
139)/Multiple
exposure (
A
145)
Continuous, Exposure bracketing, and
Multiple exposure can only be used one at a
time.
Self-timer (A58)
• Even when Continuous H or Continuous L
has been set, images are not captured
continuously when the shutter-release button is
released after the self-timer countdown has
started.
• Images are not captured continuously even
when Pre-shooting cache has been set.
• If Intvl timer shooting is set, shooting finishes
automatically after one image is shot.
• Exposure bracketing cannot be used.
Smile timer
(A60)
• When the camera detects smiling faces and the
shutter is released, only one image is shot. If
Intvl timer shooting is set, shooting finishes
automatically after one image is shot.
• Exposure bracketing cannot be used.
Image quality
(A121)
When RAW, RAW + Fine, or RAW + Normal is
selected, Pre-shooting cache, Continuous H:
120 fps, or Continuous H: 60 fps cannot be used.
Picture Control
(A124)
When Monochrome is selected, Exposure
bracketing cannot be used.
ISO sensitivity
Continuous
(A133)
When Pre-shooting cache, Continuous H: 120
fps, or Continuous H: 60 fps is selected, ISO
sensitivity is fixed at Auto.
Movie options
(A150)
When the shooting mode is Movie manual and an
HS movie option is selected in Movie options,
I
SO sensitivity is fixe
d at Auto.
Restricted
function
Setting Description