Nikon COOLPIXL18RR, COOLPIXL18NB user manual About This Manual

Introduction

About This Manual

Thank you for your purchase of a Nikon COOLPIX L18/COOLPIX L16 digital camera. This manual was written to help you enjoy taking pictures with your Nikon digital camera. Read this manual thoroughly before use, and keep it where all those who use the product will read it.

Symbols and Conventions

To make it easier to find the information you need, the following symbols and conventions are used:

Introduction

This icon marks cautions,

Binformation that should be read before use to prevent damage to the camera.

This icon marks notes, information

Cthat should be read before using the camera.

This icon marks tips, additional

Dinformation that may be helpful when using the camera.

This icon indicates that more

Ainformation is available elsewhere in this manual or in the Quick Start Guide.

Notations

•A Secure Digital (SD) memory card is referred to as a “memory card.”

•The setting at the time of purchase is referred to as the “default setting.”

•The names of menu items displayed in the camera monitor, and the names of buttons or messages displayed in the computer monitor appear in bold.

Screen Samples

In this manual, images are sometimes omitted from monitor display samples so that monitor indicators can be more clearly shown.

Illustrations and Screen Display

•Illustrations and text displays shown in this manual may differ from actual display.

•Illustrations and text displays shown in this manual are for COOLPIX L18.

Product Names

In this manual, the product names “COOLPIX L18” and “COOLPIX L16” may sometimes be abbreviated as “L18” and “L16”.

CMemory Cards

Pictures taken with this camera can be stored in the camera’s internal memory or on removable memory cards. If a memory card is inserted, all new pictures will be stored on the memory card and delete, playback and format operations will apply only to the pictures on the memory card. The memory card must be removed before the internal memory can be formatted or used to store, delete or view pictures.

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