First Steps

This chapter guides you through the steps you will take after removing the camera from the box, from inserting the batteries to making your first photographs and playing them back. Before you will be able to use your camera, you will need to complete the following steps:

attach the camera strap (see For Your Safety)

insert batteries or connect the AC adapter (sold separately; for information on using the AC adapter, see the documen- tation provided with the adapter)

insert the compact flash memory card

choose the language to be used in the setting and playback menus

set the camera’s clock-calendar to the current date and time

Having completed these steps, you will be ready to take photo- graphs as described at the end of this chapter.

Important! Before inserting batteries or handling memory cards, be sure to read the warnings and cautions in For Your Safety.

Putting Batteries inYour Camera

1 Turn the camera off

 

Turn the mode dial to OFF (if the camera

 

is on a tripod, detach the tripod before

 

inserting batteries).

 

2 Open the battery cover

 

Turn the camera upside down and slide

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the cover of the battery chamber out

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from the camera while pushing the latch

button, and then open the lid.

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3 Insert batteries

 

 

 

Insert the batteries with the positive (+)

 

 

 

and negative (-) poles aligned as shown in

 

 

 

the diagram at the entrance to the battery

 

 

 

 

 

 

chamber.

 

 

 

4 Close the battery cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close the cover and slide it back into

 

 

 

position.

 

 

 

Notes on batteries

The camera’s clock-calendar is powered by a separate rechargable capaci- tor. When you put batteries in your camera for the first time or after a long period of storage, wait a few hours for the capacitor to recharge before removing the main batteries. The capacitor will remain charged for some time after the main batteries have been removed.

Photographs stored on the flash memory card are not affected when the batteries are removed. All manual-mode settings, with the exceptions of the date and language, will however be reset.

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Nikon COOLPIX 700 manual First Steps, Putting Batteries inYour Camera