Nikon COOLPIX 4300 Manuale utente

Take Pictures/Transfer Pictures to Your Computer

Quick Start Guide

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Let’s Use COOLPIX 4300

Contents

Shoot

Review

Transfer

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Take Pictures

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Transfer Pictures

to Your Computer

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Connecting to

a Computer

P. 2 9P. 1 8

Installing

Software

P. 2 2

For Windows

P. 2 6

For Macintosh

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Take Pictures with the COOLPIX 4300

Unpack the camera

Prepare the

camera

Charge the battery

Take pictures

Review your pictures

See the “Nikon Guide to

DIgital Photography” for

details on each operation.

Please take the time to read this Quick Start Guide

and discover how to take and view pictures with your

COOLPIX4300.

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Unpack the camera

Check that you have all the items listed below.

COOLPIX4300

Quick Start Guide

(This Guide)

Guide to Digital

Photography with

the COOLPIX4300

Warranty

“Important

Information”

Envelope

Camera Strap

CompactFlash™

Memory Card

Rechargeable

EN-EL1 battery

with terminal cover

Battery Charger

with power cable

(Shape of cable depends

on country or region of

purchase)

CF CARD

CHARGE

–

LITHIUM I

N BATTERYCHARGER

Video Cable

USB Interface Cable

Lens Cap with cord

Nikon View 5

CD-ROM

Nikon View 5

Reference Manual

CD-ROM

Charge the battery

Connect to AC power.

CHARGE

–

LITHIUM I

N BATTERYCHARGER

2Insert battery.

CHARGE

–

LITHIUM I

N BATTERYCHARGER

3The CHARGE lamp on the

charger will blink while the

battery charges.

CHARGE

4Charging is complete when

the CHARGE lamp remains lit.

CHARGE

Note: An exhausted battery can be

fully recharged in approximately

2 hours.

CHARGE lamp

TakePictures/Transfer Pictures to Your Computer

Quick Start Guide

Warranty

-----------------------

-------

CD-ROMs included with the

product vary with country or

region of purchase.

Terminals

EN-EL1

Insert in

direction of

arrow

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Prepare the camera

1Attach the camera strap.

3Open the battery cover.

4Insert the battery.

2Camera OFF.

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5Close the cover.

6Open the memory card-slot

cover.

7Insert the memory card into

the slot and close the cover.

Important: Memory cards

are labeled with an

arrow(s) showing the

direction of insertion. With

this label facing the back

of the camera (the side

with the monitor), insert

the card in the direction of

the arrow, sliding it in until

it is firmly in place.

Hold the cover shut, and slide

it to the closed position.

Pressing the battery-chamber

cover latch ⁄, slide the

battery-chamber cover out ¤

and flip it open ‹.

Terminals Front of

card

Direction of

insertion

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Take pictures

1Remove the lens cap.

Mode dial to a.

Camera on.

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2Check the battery level and the number of exposure

remaining in the monitor.

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Note: The first time you use the camera, the date

and time will not be set, and a flashing clock icon

( ) will appear in the monitor. For more information,

see the Guide to Digital Photography, page 21.

3Hold the camera steady.

Continues to next page

The steps below explain how to take

pictures using the monitor in a(auto)

mode, where most of the settings are

controlled by the camera.

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F2.8 101/250

•No icon: Battery fully charged.

•MM: Recharge soon.

•WARNING!! BATTERY

EXHAUSTED: Recharge now!

Number of exposures

remaining

4Frame your subject.

Press Won zoom button to zoom out,

Tto zoom in.

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Take pictures (continued)

Focus and exposure are locked when the shutter

release button is pressed halfway down. They

remain locked as long as the button is pressed.

Press the shutter release button all the way down

to take your picture.

6Press the shutter release

button all the way to shoot.

Review your pictures

2Check all pictures:

>previous

<next

3When you have finished taking

pictures, turn the camera off.

To end review and focus the camera for your next shot, press the

shutter release button halfway.

Congratulations on your first pictures!

See the next page for the Scene mode and page 16

for installing software.

5Halfway press to focus.

Check the status of the autofocus

(green) and flash-ready (red) lamps

next to the viewfinder.

Lamp

Flash-ready Blinks

lamp (red) rapidly

Off

Autofocus

lamp Flickers

(green)

Meaning

Flash will fire when picture is taken.

Flash charging. Remove finger briefly from

shutter release button, then try again.

Flash not required or flash set to “off”.

Subject in focus.

Camera unable to focus on subject. Use focus

lock to focus on another subject at the same

distance, then recompose your picture.

1Press the QUICK pbutton.

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once

Press

twice

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Copy

12 Scene Modes

12 Scene modes are available with the COOLPIX4300.

Scene mode offers a choice of settings for specific

scenes.

Portrait

Sunset

Beach/

Snow

Fireworks Show

Set mode dial to iand press

the MENU button to display

SCENE mode menu. Select

desired mode by pressing the

multi selector.

Landscape

Close Up

Museum

Night

Landscape

See page 34-38 on the Nikon Guide to

Digital Photography for details on each

mode.

Night Portrait

Back Light

Party/Indoor

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Transfer Pictures to Your Computer

Transferring your pictures to a computer allows you to view,

store and organize your pictures. You will need Nikon View 5 to

transfer your pictures. Follow the instructions to carry out the

installation and then transfer your pictures to a computer.

Step 1 Read the Nikon View 5 Reference

Manual on CD.

Step 2 Before you begin: installing Nikon

Step 3 Install Nikon View 5

• Windows Users

• Macintosh Users

Step 1 Connect your camera by USB cable

Step 2 Copy pictures to your computer

Step 3 Remove the camera from the system

Installing Software

Connecting to a

Computer

So that you can enjoy your Nikon digital camera to the full, Nikon offers the

following software to help you sort, manipulate, print, and share your pictures

on a computer:

• Nikon View 5:

Use this program to copy pictures from the camera or memory card to

your computer. Once transferred, you can view pictures at full size, print

them into folders on your hard disk. See the Nikon View 5 Reference

Manual (on CD) for details.

• FotoStation Easy:

The more adventurous can use this program for more comprehensive

sorting, filing, and image manipulation. FotoStation is only available to

users in Europe.

• Panorama Maker:

This program allows you to join several pictures to make a larger image.

• QuickTime:

Nikon View and FotoStation use this program to play

back movies.

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Step 1

1Installing Software

1Insert the reference CD

After turning on your computer, place the reference CD in a CD-

ROM drive.

Windows users:

Windows users will need first

to double-click the My

Computer icon and then the

Nikon icon to open the

reference CD window.

Macintosh users:

Under Mac OS 9, the reference CD will open automatically on the

desktop. If you are using Mac OS X, double-click the Nikon CD-

ROM icon to open the reference CD.

Read the Nikon View 5 Reference

Manual on CD

The first step to installing Nikon View 5 is to read the

instructions. These are included on the reference CD

provided with your camera. To view the instructions,

you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. If

you have already installed this version of Acrobat,

skip Step 2.

2Install Adobe Acrobat Reader

To install Adobe Acrobat Reader, open the folder for the language of

your choice.

Double-click the installer icon.

The installer start-up screen will be displayed; follow the on-screen

instructions to complete installation.

3Read installation instructions for Nikon View 5

Once you have installed Adobe Acrobat Reader, double-click the

INDEX.pdf icon in the root directory of the reference CD to view a

clickable index of the documentation available for Nikon View 5.

Follow the links to view the installation instructions for your

computer system.

If desired, you can print the installation

instructions using the Print… command in

the Acrobat File menu, and follow along

during installation of Nikon View 5.

Continues to next page

Windows

Macintosh

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