6 Compose a photograph

Frame your subject in the view-

finder or LCD monitor. When the

LCD monitor is on, the camera

focuses continuously to give an

impression of how the final photo-

graph will look. If the LCD monitor

is off, the camera focuses only

when the shutter-release button is

pressed half way.

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COOLPIX 950

This Fast Track Guide

provides a brief introduction

to the parts and functioning

of the COOLPIX 950. Please

be sure to read all other

documentation fully.

Fast Track Guide

Current settings are displayed in the

control panel on top of the camera.

Image Size

NO ICON

1,600 × 1,200 pixels

XGA 1,024 × 786 pixels

VGA 640 × 480 pixels

Image Quality

HI Fewer pictures, higher quality

FINE ⇑

NORMAL ⇓

BASIC More pictures, basic quality

Focus Mode

NO ICON

Autofocus (30cm/12in.–∞)

Infinity (∞)

Macro close-up (2cm/0.8in.–∞)

Manual focus (10cm/4in.–∞)

Self Timer

NO ICON

Off

Multi-shot Mode

NO ICON

Single shot

Continuous

Continuous—16-shot

Continuous—high speed

Flash Mode

Auto flash mode

“Flash Cancel” (off)

“Anytime Flash” (forced on)

Slow synchronized

Red-eye reduction

Battery Level

Battery fully charged

Low battery

Battery exhausted

Number Display

Number of exposures remaining

No memory card detected

Card format error

Serial cable connected

Data transfer in progress

Exposure Mode

Programmed

Aperture priority

Shutter priority

Metering

Matrix

Spot

Center-weighted

Sensitivity

NO ICON

Standard (ISO 80 equivalent)

Sensitivity adjustment in effect

Compensation

NO ICON

None (±0EV)

Exposure compensation in effect

5 Adjust viewfinder diopter

The dial next to the viewfinder

allows the viewfinder to be ad-

justed to accommodate individual

differences in vision.

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2 Insert the memory card

The COOLPIX 950 uses compact

flash memory cards to store pho-

tographs, in much the same way

an ordinary camera uses film. The

memory card slot is on the bottom

of the camera. Open the cover,

slide the card in as shown above,

and fold the eject button over.

Then close the cover.

3 Select A-REC

Turn the mode dial to A-REC.

Check that the LCD display on top

of the camera is on and that the

battery indicator is not flashing.

AUTO

DATE

2 3 : 0 5

➔

SET

SHUTTER

➔

ADJ.

ZOOM SW

1 9 9 9 . 0 3 . 2 0

YMD

Focus Lock

The brackets in the center of the viewfinder ( )

show the autofocus position.

Using focus lock to focus on an off-center subject

If your subject is

not inside the

focus brackets, you

can use focus lock

to focus on the

subject while

blurring distant

details of the

background.

To focus on an off-

center subject,

position the subject

in the focus brackets

and depress the

shutter-release

button half way.

Keeping the shutter-

release button

slightly depressed,

recompose your

picture, then press

the shutter-release

button the rest of the

way down to take

the photograph.

The Mode Dial

The COOLPIX 950 offers a choice of three

operating modes.

Playback Mode

The zoom buttons and the three buttons under the

monitor have special functions in playback mode.

Using the Menus

Separate menus are available for

each operating mode.

To display and hide the menu

With the monitor on, press the MENU button.

In menus with more than one page, you can

move between pages by pressing the MENU

button. Pressing the MENU button when the

last page of the menu is displayed hides the

menu.

To highlight a menu item

Use the ▼W/T▲ buttons to move through menu

items one at a time.

To select a highlighted menu item

Press the shutter-release button. Where several different

settings are possible for an item in the main menu, you can

highlight the menu item and press the shutter release button

to display a submenu of options, or use the command dial to

make changes to settings directly from the main menu.

Understanding the Control Panel Icons

DELETE

Select the current

photograph for deletion.

THUMBNAIL

View nine photographs

at once. Use the

command dial to page

through photos nine at a

time. Use the ▼W/T▲

buttons to highlight

individual photos. Press

the thumbnail button

again to view highlight-

ed photograph at full

size.

MAGNIFY

Zoom in on the current

photograph. Press once

to view at ×2, twice to

view at ×3. Use the

command dial to view

different portions of the

image. Press a third

time to view photograph

at full size.

7 Check the focus and flash

Gently depress the shutter-re-

lease button half way and check

the autofocus and flash indicators

next to the viewfinder. The cam-

era is ready to take a picture when

the autofocus lamp (green) glows

steadily and the flash lamp (red) is

not blinking.

8 Take a picture

To take a picture, fully depress the

shutter-release button.

9 Check the results

The picture just taken will be

displayed briefly in the LCD moni-

tor while the camera transfers it to

memory. Press the button to

freeze the display for ten seconds.

If you are not pleased with the

results, you can press to delete

the photo before returning to

shooting mode.

4 Set the time and date

Press the MENU button to display

the A-REC menu. Choose DATE

and use the zoom buttons and

shutter-release button to set the

camera’s internal clock to the

current time and date.

A-REC

You control:

• Zoom

• Flash and focus

modes

• Exposure compensa-

tion

• Image quality and

size

All other settings are

made automatically by

the camera.

M-REC

In addition to the items

listed at left, you control:

• Exposure and

metering modes

• Sensitivity

• White balance

• Brightness and

contrast

• Multi-shot mode

• “Best-shot” mode

• Color mode (black-

and-white or full

color)

• Other settings

PLAY

This mode allows you to

play back and delete

previously recorded

photographs (see

below).

Photo info

When a photo is

displayed full size, turn

the command dial to

display or hide photo

information.

▼W/T▲

Scroll through photo-

graphs one at a time.

1 Insert the batteries

The battery compartment may be

found on the bottom of the cam-

era. To open the compartment,

unlatch the cover, slide it out, and

flip it open. Insert four LR6 (AA)

batteries as shown on the inside

of the compartment, then close

and latch the cover.

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