User manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Parts of the camera
- Getting started
- Basic operations of shooting and playback
- Shooting features
- Selecting a shooting mode (mode dial)
- Auto mode (standard shooting)
- P, S, A, and M modes
- Shooting with the Bulb setting or Time setting (when in M mode)
- U (user settings) mode
- Creative mode (applying effects when shooting)
- Scene mode (shooting suited to the shooting conditions)
- Setting the flash mode, self-timer, focus mode, and exposure compensation
- Flash mode
- Self-timer
- Smile timer
- Using autofocus
- Using manual focus
- Exposure compensation
- Default settings (flash, self-timer, and focus mode)
- Using the Fn (function) button
- Using the zoom
- Functions that cannot be used simultaneously when shooting
- Playback features
- Movies
- Using the menu
- Menu operations
- Menu lists
- The shooting menu (common across shooting modes)
- The shooting menu (P, S, A, M, or U mode)
- 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
- Date stamp
- Self-timer: after release
- Vibration reduction
- AF assist
- Digital zoom
- Assign side zoom control
- Snap-back zoom
- Assign side dial
- 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
- Conformity marking
- Firmware version
- Connecting the camera to a TV or computer
- Accessories
- If there is a problem
- Technical notes
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Technical notes
Specications
Specications
N
ikon COOLPIX P950 Digital Camera
Type
Compact digital camera
Number of eec
tive pixels
16.0 million (Image processing may reduce the
number of eec
tive pixels.)
Image sensor
1/2.3-in. type CMOS; approx. 16.79 million total pixels
Lens
NIKKOR lens with 83× optical zoom
Focal length
4.3-357 mm (angle of view equivalent to that of
24-2000 mm lens in 35mm [135] f
ormat)
f/-number
f/2.8-6.5
Construction
16 elements in 12 groups (5 ED lens elements and 1
super ED lens element)
Digital zoom
mag
nication
Up to 4× (angle of view equivalent to that of approx.
8000 mm lens in 35mm [135] f
ormat)
Up to 3.6× when recording movies with [2160/30p]
(4K UHD) or [2160/25p] (4K UHD)
Vibration reduction
Lens shift (still images)
C
ombination of lens shift and electronic VR (movies)
Autofocus (AF)
Contrast-detect AF
Focus range
•
[
W]: Approx. 50 cm (1 ft 8 in.)–∞,
[T]: Approx. 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in.)–∞
•
Macro close-up:
[W]: Approx. 1 cm (0.4 in.)–∞,
[T]: Approx. 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in.)–∞
(All distances measured from center of front surface
of lens)
Focus-area selection
Target nding AF
, face priority, manual (spot), manual
(normal), manual (wide), subject tracking, center
(spot), center (normal), center (wide)
Viewnder
Electronic vie
wnder, 1 cm (0.39-in.), approx. 2359k-
dot OLED with the diopter adjustment function (‑3 –
+3 m
-1
)
Frame coverage
(shooting mode)
Approx. 99% horizontal and vertical (compared to
ac
tual picture)