Nikon COOLPIXSP500BLK, COOLPIXP500BK user manual About This Manual

Introduction

About This Manual

Thank you for your purchase of Nikon COOLPIX P500 digital camera. This manual is 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,

B information that should be read before use, to prevent damage to the camera.

This icon marks notes,

C information that should be read before using the camera.

This icon marks tips, additional D information that may be helpful

when using the camera.

This icon indicates that more A information is available

elsewhere in this manual.

Notations

•Secure Digital (SD) memory card, SDHC memory card, and SDXC memory card are referred to as “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 on a computer monitor appear in bold.

Screen Samples

In this manual, images are sometimes omitted from monitor and viewfinder 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.

CInternal Memory and Memory 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 accessed for picture storage, deletion, or viewing.

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