[. . . ] The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA En Overview Thank you for your purchase of a COOLPIX4300 digital camera. The documentation for this product includes the manuals listed below. Please be sure to read all instructions thoroughly to get the most from your camera. Quick-Start Guide The Quick-Start Guide takes you through the process of unpacking and setting up your Nikon digital camera, taking your first pictures, and transferring them to your computer. Guide to Digital Photography The Guide to Digital Photography (this manual) provides complete operating instructions for your camera. [. . . ] Numbers CF Card Format PAGE2 SELECT 1 SET OPTIONS New Rename Delete SELECT SET 2 ERASE FOLDER TOKYO OSAKA KOBE Highlight last letter and press > to create new folder. SELECT SET Highlight "Delete" Press > to display list of folders -- Renaming Existing Folders -- 3 2 RENAME ERASE FOLDER 4 SET DELETE 1 TOKYO OSAKA KOBE TOKYO OSAKA KOBE OSAKA Delete folder? OPTIONS New Rename Delete SELECT SET No Yes SELECT SELECT SET Menu Guide--The Set-Up Menu SELECT SET Highlight folder name · Folder NIKON is not available for deletion. Highlight "Rename" Press > to display list of folders Press > · Select "No" to return to SET-UP menu without deleting folder · Select "Yes" to delete selected folder. 3 RENAME 4 SET RENAME TOKYO OSAKA KOBE M N OSAKA P Q Hidden and Protected Images If the selected folder contains hidden (p. Any images it contains that are neither hidden nor protected will, however, be deleted. SELECT SELECT SET Highlight folder name Press > · Edit name as described in steps 3-5 of "Creating New Folders" on preceding page. 84 85 -- Choosing a Folder -- Once additional folders have been created, you can select the folder that will be used for playback or to store pictures in all modes. The folder can be chosen using the Folders sub-menu in SETUP mode or Folders item in the playback menu. Until a new folder is selected, all subsequent images will be stored in this folder, which will also be used for playback. Monitor Options The Monitor Options sub-menu is used to specify when the monitor will turn on automatically and to set monitor brightness. MONITOR OPTIONS Image Quality Image Size Folders Monitor Options Display Mode Auto Off Brightness Seq. Numbers CF Card Format SELECT SET 1 FOLDERS Image Quality Image Size Options Folders Monitor Options N I K O N TOKYO Auto Off OSAKA Seq. Numbers CF Card Format SELECT SET Controlling the Monitor: Display Mode This option is used to specify the conditions under which the monitor will turn on automatically, and to specify whether or not pictures are displayed in the monitor after shooting. DISPLAY MODE Monitor On Review Only Preview Only Monitor Off Highlight folder name. SELECT SET 2 Menu Guide--The Set-Up Menu 1/250 F2. 8 Press > · Folder name is shown in monitor. (No folder name is displayed when NIKON is selected. ) FOLDERS Image Quality Image Size Options Folders Monitor Options N I K O N TOKYO Auto Off OSAKA Seq. Numbers CF Card Format SELECT SET Option Monitor On 2272 16 Monitor on at startup Yes No Yes No Picture review On On Off Off Review Only Preview Only Monitor Off Adjusting Monitor Brightness: Brightness This option controls monitor brightness. Press / on the Multi selector to increase or decrease the brightness of the monitor by moving the arrow at the right side of the display up or down. Once you have adjusted brightness to your satisfaction, press > on the Multi selector to put the change into effect. BRIGHTNESS Ultra HS With each sequence of pictures taken at Ultra HS (p. 100), the camera creates a new folder in which all pictures in the sequence are stored. Each folder will have a name consisting of "N_" followed by a three-digit number assigned automatically by the camera. Folders can be deleted or selected for playback from the Folders menu, but folders created at a setting of Ultra HS cannot be selected for storing additional images. SELECT SET 86 87 Conserving Battery Power: Auto Off When operated on battery power, the camera will enter sleep mode if no operations are performed for thirty seconds. The time limit for sleep mode can be chosen from thirty seconds, one minute, five minutes, and thirty minutes using the Auto Off menu. AUTO OFF Image Quality Image Size Folders Monitor Options Auto Off Seq. Number The camera assigns each picture a file name consisting of "DSCN" followed by a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera (e. g. , "DSCN0001. JPG"). This option controls how files are numbered. Option Description When this option is selected, the camera assigns all subsequent file numbers sequentially in ascending order, starting from the last number used. If the memory card is formatted or a new card inserted in the camera, file numbering will continue from the last number used. When another memory card is inserted or a new file is created, numbering starts from the lowest number available. Sequential file numbering begins again from the lowest number available on the current memory card. SEQ. NUMBERS Image Quality Image Size Folders Monitor Options Auto Off On Seq. Numbers Off CF Card Format Reset SELECT SET 30S 1M 5M 3 0M SET Sleep Mode In sleep mode, all camera functions are deactivated and the camera itself is effectively off, consuming almost no power. The camera can be reactivated by pressing the Multi selector or any other buttons on the camera back (except TRANSFER button), by rotating the mode dial, or by pressing the shutter release button halfway. On Off Menu Guide--The Set-Up Menu Reset Using an AC Adapter When the camera is powered by the AC adapter (available separately), the camera will remain on for thirty minutes if no operations are performed, regardless of the setting in the Auto Off menu. File Numbering File numbering starts over from 0001 if a picture is taken when the current folder contains a file numbered 9999. [. . . ] 89 SETUP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 79-95 Shooting menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 96-116 Single AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 44, 113 Single (Continuous). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. [. . . ]