Nikon COOLPIX 2500 Beyond Point-and-Shoot, Or Movie Choosing a Shooting Mode, Camera Controls

Beyond Point-and-Shoot

Camera Controls

Taking Pictures

—Beyond Point-and -Shoot

,, or Movie: Choosing a Shooting Mode

In mode, you have a choice of four basic shooting modes (for information on choosing a shooting mode, see “Tutorial: Taking Pic- tures”;24):

Auto produces good results in a wide range of situations. Use for snapshots or when you want control over image quality ( Auto 61), image size ( 62), and exposure compensation ( 63) while

leaving the camera in charge of other settings.

Choose this mode for complete control over all camera settings, including white balance ( 64), sharpening ( 68), and BSS ( Manual 67). You can also choose to take pictures in continuous sequence

while the shutter-release button is held down ( 66).

This mode is used to record NORMAL-quality silent movies 320 ⋅ 240 pixels in size (QVGA) at a rate of about fifteen frames per second. Recording begins when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down and ends when the shutter-release but- ton is fully pressed a second time.

• In place of the number of exposures remaining, the exposure-

Movie

count display in monitor shows the length of the movie that can be recorded.

•Movie ends automatically after fifteen seconds or when no more space is available on the memory card.

•Movies are stored as QuickTime movie files ending in “.MOV”.

• The flash turns off (	) automatically.
• Menus and scene-selection are disabled in movie mode.
Pressing the SCENE button in	or	mode displays a menu of twelve

“scenes,” where you can choose an option suited to your subject and com- position and let the camera adjust settings for best results. For more infor- mation, see “Tutorial: Getting Creative” ( 36).

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