Nikon 3008912 manuale d’uso

En DIGIT AL CAMERA Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide pg. 3 pg. 13 pg. 2 Bundled software Ta king Pictures Pa ckage Contents PictureProject[...]

Check that you have all the items listed below . Check that you have all the items listed below . NO TE : A memory card is not included with the camera. P ackage Contents 2 COOLPIX S3 digital camera En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX S3 PictureProject installer CD (yellow)[...]

Ta king Pictures 3 Attach the camera strap Attach the camera strap Attach the strap as shown. Charge the battery Charge the battery After inserting the battery , place the camera in the supplied MV -11 / MV -11B COOL-ST A TION for charging. Connect the EH-63 AC adapter to the COOL-ST A TION  Connect the AC power cord to the AC adapter .  Plug[...]

Ta king Pictures 4 Close the battery-chamber cover Close the cover (  ) and slide it in until it latches (  ). Open the battery-chamber cover Slide the battery-chamber cover in the direction shown (  ), stopping when the cover opens (  ). 2 1 2 Insert the battery Insert the battery as shown in the label at the entrance to the battery ch[...]

5 Ta king Pictures 5 Place the camera in the COOL-ST A TION Power lamp Camera connector Charge the battery The indicator next to the camera monitor will blink green while the battery charges. Charging is complete when the in- dicator stops blinking. Remove the camera from the COOL-ST A TION and unplug the AC adapter . 6 1 2 2 1 Charge the battery A[...]

Ta king Pictures 6 T urn the camera on Press the power switch until the power -on lamp lights. T urn the camera on T urn the camera on Select mode Slide the mode selector to (auto mode). 1 Auto Power off (Stand-by Mode) Auto Power off (Stand-by Mode) If no operations are performed for about fi ve seconds in shooting mode, the monitor will graduall[...]

7 Ta king Pictures Use the multi selector to navigate the menus. The fi rst time the camera is tur ned on, a language-selection dialog will be displayed in the monitor . Follow the steps below to choose a lan- guage and set the time and date. Choose a language and set the clock Choose a language and set the clock Display sub-menu, move cursor righ[...]

Ta king Pictures 8 Display map of world time zones. 5 HOME TIME ZONE HOME TIME ZONE Back Back Confirm Confirm Back Confirm London, Casablanca Edit D ay (or der of D ay , M onth, and Y ear may differ in some ar eas). Display DA TE menu. 7 DA TE DA TE DA TE Y DM 2005 .. 01 00 00 : 01 8 DA TE DA TE DA TE Y DM 2005 .. 01 00 00 : 01 Select home time zon[...]

9 Ta king Pictures T ake pictures T ake pictures Picture Storage Picture Storage Pictures ar e stored either in the camera’ s 12 MB internal memory or on remov- able memory cards. In the description that follows, pictur es are stored in internal memory . For information on using memory cards, see page 10 of the Guide to Digital Photography . AUTO[...]

Ta king Pictures 10 AUTO A UT O AUTO 9 9 Frame the subject Position the subject in the center of the frame and use the zoom buttons to compose the picture. Zoom buttons: Press T to zoom in on the subject so that it fi lls a larger area of the frame. Pr ess W to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame. Ready the camera Hold the camera st[...]

11 Ta king Pictures T ake the picture Press the shutter -release button the rest of the way down to take the picture. T o prevent blur , press the shutter -release button down smoothly . A UT O 9 5 Focus Press the shutter -release button halfway to set focus and exposure. In mode, the camera will auto- matically focus on the subject at the center o[...]

12 Ta king Pictures 100NIKON 100NIKON 1 / 1 1 / 1 15:30 15:30 15:30 100NIKON 0001.JPG 0001.JPG 0001.JPG 01.10.2005 01.10.2005 01.10.2005 View pictures View pictures Press the button A picture will be displayed in the monitor . 1 When the camera is off, pr ess- ing the button for about one second will turn the camera on with a picture displayed in t[...]

13 PictureProject OS Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later (version 10.2.8 or later requir ed for Bur n Disc option) Hard disk space 60 MB requir ed for installation RAM Minimum 64 MB Video resolution 800 × 600 or mor e with 16-bit color (thousands of colors) or better Miscellaneous Only computers with built-in USB ports supported Once the supplied Pic[...]

Bundled software Windows PictureProject 14 A language selection dialog will be displayed. Select a language and click Next . Insert the PicturePr oject installer CD into the CD-ROM drive. The Install Center program will launch automatically and a “Select Region” dialog will be displayed. Select a region and click Next . (The “Select Region”[...]

Bundled software Windows PictureProject 15 Click Easy Install to begin installation of the following software: • PTP drivers for COOLPIX-series cameras (Windows XP only) • Nikon Mass Storage Camera Drivers (Windows 98SE only) • Panorama Maker • Apple QuickTime 6 • Nikon FotoShare (Eur ope only) • PicturePr oject • Microsoft DirectX 9 [...]

Bundled software Windows PictureProject 16 Panorama Maker and muvee options r equir e DirectX version 9 or later . If an earlier version is installed, the dialog shown at right will be displayed. Follow the on-screen instructions to install DirectX 9. Click Next to install PicturePr oject to the location shown under “Destination Folder ,” or cl[...]

Bundled software Wi ndows PictureProject 17 When the computer restarts, the PicturePr oject Import Assistant will be displayed. The Import Assistant is used to catalog pictures alr eady on the computer for dis- play in PicturePr oject. T o proceed without cataloging existing pictures, click Close (existing pictures can be cataloged manually at any [...]

Bundled software PictureProject Macintosh 18 Click Easy Install to begin installation of the following software: • Panorama Maker • PicturePr oject • Apple QuickTime 6 (if required) Once installation is complete, Euro- pean users can install Nikon FotoShare by copying the “FotoShare” icon to the har d disk (Step 1 2 ). A language selectio[...]

Bundled software PictureProject Macintosh 19 The Panorama Maker installer will start. Fol- low the on-screen instructions to complete installation. 5 6 7 8 Install PicturePr oject The message shown at right will be displayed (Europe only; users in other areas can pr oceed directly to Step 7 ). Click OK . Enter your administrator name and pass- word[...]

Bundled software PictureProject Macintosh 20 The PicturePr oject installer will start. Click Install and follow the steps below: 9 2 3 1 Apple QuickTime 6 Apple QuickTime 6 If an earlier version of QuickTime is installed, the QuickTime 6 installer will start automatically . Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation. When the dialog[...]

Bundled software PictureProject Macintosh 21 1 1 1 2 This completes installation of PicturePr oject. The next step is to transfer pictures to your computer as described on the following page. Software updates Software updates If the computer is connected to the Internet, PictureProject will periodically check for updates. If an update is detected w[...]

PictureProject 22 Bundled software View pictures on a computer Important 1 2 UC-E10 USB cable Vi ew pictures on a computer Tu rn the camera off. If you will be transferring pictur es from a memory card to the computer , insert the card in the camera. After making sure that the camera power -on lamp is off, place the camera in the COOL-ST A TION. St[...]

23 PictureProject Bundled software Important Tu rn the camera on. PictureProject T ransfer will be displayed in the computer monitor; click Tr ansfer to transfer all pictures in internal memory to the computer or , if an memory card is inserted in the camera, to transfer all pictures on the car d to the computer . 3 Windows Macintosh AutoPlay (Wind[...]

PictureProject 24 Bundled software The pictures will be displayed in Pictur eProject when transfer is complete. 4 Macintosh Windows Vi ew pictures on a computer[...]

25 PictureProject Bundled software PicturePr oject can also be used for a variety of other tasks, including printing pictures, sending pictur es by e-mail, viewing slide shows, creating muvee videos (Windows only), and copying pictures to CD or DVD (requir es W indows or Mac OS X version 10.2.8 or later) . The main controls in the Pictur eProject w[...]

PictureProject 26 Bundled software Once transfer is complete and your pictures ar e displayed in PicturePr oject, you can disconnect the camera. 5 Disconnecting the Camera Disconnecting the Camera Before turning the camera off or disconnecting the USB cable, r emove the camera from the system as described below . Windows XP Home Edition / Windows X[...]

27 PictureProject Bundled software The PicturePr oject manual may be found on the PictureProject r efer - ence manual CD. Y ou have now taken pictures and copied them to your computer . This completes the COOLPIX S3 Quick Start Guide . T o make the most of all the features of your Nikon digital camera, be sur e to read the Guide to Digital Photogra[...]

Page numbers r efer to the Guide to Digital Photography . D-Lighting Bring out details in shadows. Page 43 Movies Record movies—with sound. Page 36 V oice Recordings Record and play audio. Page 33 PictBridge Printing Print pictures via dir ect USB connection. Page 52 Do More with the COOLPIX S3! Do More with the COOLPIX S3! Let the camera fi nd [...]