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Introduction
First Steps G A C d B a c D Basic Photography and Playback: Easy Auto Mode Shooting in the Auto Mode
Shooting Suited for the Scene Shooting continuously at high speed (Sport Continuous) Shooting in the High Sensitivity Mode
Capturing Smiling Faces Automatically
More on Playback
Movies
Connecting to Televisions, Computers and Printers d
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
Technical Notes
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For Your Safety
To prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or to others, read the following safety precautions in their entirety before using this equipment. [. . . ] · Focus may not be precisely fixed in extremely dark places.
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Options that can be used in High Sensitivity
· Settings can be changed for flash mode (A 30), self-timer (A 33), macro mode (A 34) and exposure compensation (A 35). · Press d in high sensitivity mode to display the high sensitivity menu and set shooting options. · In high sensitivity mode, the following image mode (A 79) settings are available: M Normal (2048), N PC screen (1024), O TV screen (640), and m 16:9 (1920). · The image mode setting in the high sensitivity menu is stored separately from the image mode setting in other shooting modes and is not applied to the other modes.
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More Information
See "Autofocus" (A 25) or "Notes about Face Priority" (A 28) for more information. High Sensitivity Mode
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Capturing Smiling Faces Automatically
Using the Smile Mode
The camera detects a smiling face to shoot the face automatically.
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Press A in shooting mode to enter the shooting-mode selection menu, use the multi selector H or I to select the third icon from the top, and then press K. Press the multi selector J or K to choose a and press k.
The camera enters smile mode.
Sport continuous
Capturing Smiling Faces Automatically
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Smile
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Frame the picture.
· Raise the built-in flash when using the flash. · If the camera recognizes a person's face (facing front), the face will be framed by a double yellow border in the focus area, and when the face comes into focus, 18 10 the double border will instantly turn green and the focus will be locked. · When the faces of multiple people are recognized, the face nearest the center of the screen will be framed by a double border in the focus area and the other faces will be framed by a single border. Up to three faces will be recognized.
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The shutter is automatically released.
· If the camera detects the smiling face of the person framed by a double border, the shutter is automatically released. · If the camera recognizes a person's face, the self-timer lamp (A 4) blinks. Just after the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp blinks rapidly. · Each time the shutter is released, the camera again begins face recognition and smile detection operations for continuous automatic shooting.
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Using the Smile Mode
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Exit smile mode by pressing A.
Change to another shooting mode.
Capturing Smiling Faces Automatically
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Face Priority and Smiling Face Detection features
When the camera is pointed at a person's face (front view) in the smile mode, the face is automatically recognized and the smiling face of the recognized person is detected. · In some shooting conditions, face recognition does not work and faces cannot be detected. · See "Face Priority" (A 24) for more information about Face Priority.
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Shooting in the Smile Mode
When using Smile mode, Auto off (A 105) will turn the camera off if no operations are performed in the following situations: · The camera does not recognize any faces. · The camera recognized the face but cannot detect a smiling face.
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Operation of Shutter-Release Button
Press the shutter-release button to shoot pictures. · When Face priority takes effect, the focus is locked on the recognized face and the shutter is released. · When the Face priority doesn't take effect, the camera focuses on subject in center of frame.
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Available Functions in Smile Mode
· Settings can be changed for Flash mode (A 30) and Exposure Compensation (A 35). · Pressing the d button in the smile mode can change the image mode (A 79). If the image mode setting is changed, the new setting applies to all shooting modes (except sport continuous, high sensitivity, and movie modes). · Digital zoom is not available.
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More Information
See, "Autofocus" (A 25) for more information.
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More on Playback
Viewing Multiple Pictures: Thumbnail Playback
Rotate the zoom control to f (h) in full-frame playback mode (A 26) to display pictures in "contact sheets" of thumbnail images. The following operations can be performed while thumbnails are displayed.
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To Choose pictures
Use
Description Press the multi selector H, I, J or K. Rotate the zoom control to f (h) to change the number of frames displayed from 9 16 25, or display the calendar. [. . . ] Even when using a PictBridge compatible printer, paper size cannot be selected from the camera in the following situations. · The printer does not support the paper sizes used by the camera. · · · · · A 20 20 66
Pictures to be printed are not displayed. Cannot select paper size with camera.
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Technical Notes
Specifications
Nikon COOLPIX L100 Digital Camera
Type Effective pixels Image sensor Lens Focal length Aperture Construction Digital zoom Vibration reduction Autofocus (AF) Focus range (from lens) Focus-area selection Monitor Frame coverage (shooting mode) Frame coverage (playback mode) Storage Media File system
Technical Notes
Compact digital camera 10. 0 million 1/2. 33-in. [. . . ]