Nikon Coolpix 4500 - Manual (Page 14)

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T HE S HORT C OURSES W EB S ITE AND O N - LINE D IGITAL P HOTOGRAPHY B OOKSTORE
A S HORT C OURSE IN N IKON C OOLPIX 4500 P HOTOGRAPHY
Using Anytime Flash Mode
1. With the camera in any shooting mode, repeatedly
press the Flash/ISO button on the back of the
camera until the anytime flash icon (a lightning
bolt) is displayed on the monitor.
2. When finished, to return to auto flash, repeatedly
press the Flash/ISO button until no flash icon is
displayed on the monitor.
Using Slow Sync Flash Mode
1. With the camera in any shooting mode, repeatedly
press the Flash/ISO button on the back of the
camera until the slow sync icon is displayed on the
monitor.
2. When finished, to return to auto flash, repeatedly
press the Flash/ISO button until no flash icon is
displayed on the monitor.
Using Flash Cancel
1. With the camera in any shooting mode, repeatedly
press the Flash/ISO button on the back of the
camera until the flash cancel icon is displayed on
the monitor.
2. When finished, to return to auto flash, repeatedly
press the Flash/ISO button until no flash icon is
displayed on the monitor.
Taking Macro Close-ups
1. With the camera in Auto, P, S, A, or M mode, press
the Focus button on the back of the camera until
the macro close-up flower blossom icon is dis-
played, or the macro icon and a sweeping second
hand icon if you are using the self-timer (page 57).
2. Compose the photo on the monitor. To frame and
focus the image, use the zoom buttons, and move
the camera closer to or farther from the subject.
When zoomed to the midrange where extreme
close-ups are possible, the macro icon on the
monitor turns yellow.
3. Press the shutter button halfway down to lock in
focus then all the way down to take the picture.
Increasing depth of Field in Close-ups
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Increase the illumination of the subject to stop
down the aperture.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Don’t get any closer to the subject than you have to.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Focus on something in the middle of the scene
(front to back) since in close-ups, depth of field is half
in front and half behind the plane of critical focus.
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode, press the
MENU button to display the shooting menu.
2. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to
highlight Image Adjustment, and press the right
point to display a submenu of choices.
3. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to
highlight your choice and then press the center or
right point to set it.
4. Press the MENU button to hide the menu.
Specifying Image Sharpness
1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode, press the
MENU button to display the shooting menu.
2. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to
highlight Image Sharpening, then press the right
point to display a submenu.
3. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to
highlight your choice and press the center or right
point to set it.
4. Press the MENU button to hide the menu.
Adjusting Saturation
1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode, press the
MENU button to display the shooting menu.
2. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to
highlight Saturation Control, and press the right
point to display a submenu of choices.
3. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to
highlight your choice and then press the center or
right point to set it.
4. Press the MENU button to hide the menu.
Taking Panoramas
1. With the camera on, hold down the MODE button
and rotate the Command Dial until the most
recently used Scene mode icon is displayed in the
lower left corner of the monitor.
2. Press MENU, highlight the Panorama Assist mode
icon, then press the center of the Multi Selector to
select it. The default pan direction arrow (left to
right) is displayed. To change the direction in
which you will shoot the sequence, press the
points on the Multi Selector.
3. Take the first photograph and about one third of it
will be displayed on the monitor superimposed
over the view you see through lens. If you are
panning from left to right, the picture will be
displayed on the left side of the monitor.
4. Align each of the other shots and take them.
5. When finished, press the center point on the Multi
Selector to end the series.