Nikon COOLPIXL820BLK Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Shooting Features
e Night portrait
The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting.
After you select e Night portrait, select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod on the next screen.
Y Hand-held (default setting):
- When e in the upper left of the monitor lights in green, press the shutter-release button all
the way to capture a series of images that will be combined and saved as a single image.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image
is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to
the shooting screen.
- If the subject moves while the camera is shooting continuously, the image may be distorted,
overlapped, or blurred.
Z Tripod: Select this option when using a tripod or other means to stabilize the camera during
shooting.
- Vibration reduction is not used even if Vibration reduction (A 96) in the setup menu is
set to On.
- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is pressed all
the way.
When the camera detects a human face, it focuses on that face (A 68).
The skin softening feature makes the skin tones in people’s faces appear smoother (A 51).
If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.
Digital zoom cannot be used.
f Party/indoor
The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
As images are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. Set Vibration
reduction to Off in the setup menu (A 96) when shooting using a tripod to stabilize the
camera.
Z Beach
The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
z Snow
The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.