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... 1-Select Mode 17 Step 2-Frame the Picture 19 Step 3-Focus and Shoot...21 Step 4-View the Results (Full-screen Playback 24 Scene Mode 27 Assist and Scene Modes...27 Framing Assist...28 Scene Mode...34 Taking Pictures for a Panorama 40 More on Photography 42 When Lighting Is Poor: Using the Flash 42 Taking a Self-Portrait: Using the Self-Timer 44 Easy Close-Ups: Macro Close-Up Mode 46 Controlling Exposure: Exposure Compensation 47 Movies 49 Selects Movie Types ...49 Recording Movies...51 Viewing Movies ...52...
... 1-Select Mode 17 Step 2-Frame the Picture 19 Step 3-Focus and Shoot...21 Step 4-View the Results (Full-screen Playback 24 Scene Mode 27 Assist and Scene Modes...27 Framing Assist...28 Scene Mode...34 Taking Pictures for a Panorama 40 More on Photography 42 When Lighting Is Poor: Using the Flash 42 Taking a Self-Portrait: Using the Self-Timer 44 Easy Close-Ups: Macro Close-Up Mode 46 Controlling Exposure: Exposure Compensation 47 Movies 49 Selects Movie Types ...49 Recording Movies...51 Viewing Movies ...52...
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The Setup Menu 109 Using the Setup Menu ...109 Welcome Screen ...110 Date ...112 Monitor Settings ...115 Date Imprint ...116 Brightness ...117 Sound Settings ...118 Auto Off ...119 Format Memory/Card...119 Language ...120 USB...121 Video Mode...121 Reset All ...121 Firmware Version...122 Technical Notes 123 Optional Accessories ...123 Caring for Your Camera 126 Error Messages ...129 Troubleshooting...133 Specifications...136 Index ...139 viii
The Setup Menu 109 Using the Setup Menu ...109 Welcome Screen ...110 Date ...112 Monitor Settings ...115 Date Imprint ...116 Brightness ...117 Sound Settings ...118 Auto Off ...119 Format Memory/Card...119 Language ...120 USB...121 Video Mode...121 Reset All ...121 Firmware Version...122 Technical Notes 123 Optional Accessories ...123 Caring for Your Camera 126 Error Messages ...129 Troubleshooting...133 Specifications...136 Index ...139 viii
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... helpful when using your camera. If you need, the following symbols and conventions are used: This icon marks cautions, information that more information is available elsewhere in this manual or in the internal memory or to your camera. Before You Begin First Steps Basic Photography Scene Mode More on Photography Movies More on the card instead of a Nikon COOLPIX 4200 digital camera. Introduction Thank you enjoy taking pictures with your Nikon digital camera...
... helpful when using your camera. If you need, the following symbols and conventions are used: This icon marks cautions, information that more information is available elsewhere in this manual or in the internal memory or to your camera. Before You Begin First Steps Basic Photography Scene Mode More on Photography Movies More on the card instead of a Nikon COOLPIX 4200 digital camera. Introduction Thank you enjoy taking pictures with your Nikon digital camera...
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... 1 Shooting mode . . . . . 17, 27, 49 2 Zoom indicator1 19 3 Focus indicator2 21 4 Macro close-up mode 46 5 Battery level indicator3) . . . . . 12 6 Internal memory/memory card indicator 17 7 Camera shake icon4) . . 43, 129 8 "Date not set" icon5 16 9 Time zone indicator6) . . . . . 112 10 Self-timer indicator 44 11 Date imprint indicator . . . . . 116 12 Number of exposures remaining/ length of movie. . . . . 17, 18, 51 13 Flash mode 42 14 Focus area7 23, 91 15 Image quality 75 16 Image size 77 17 Exposure compensation...
... 1 Shooting mode . . . . . 17, 27, 49 2 Zoom indicator1 19 3 Focus indicator2 21 4 Macro close-up mode 46 5 Battery level indicator3) . . . . . 12 6 Internal memory/memory card indicator 17 7 Camera shake icon4) . . 43, 129 8 "Date not set" icon5 16 9 Time zone indicator6) . . . . . 112 10 Self-timer indicator 44 11 Date imprint indicator . . . . . 116 12 Number of exposures remaining/ length of movie. . . . . 17, 18, 51 13 Flash mode 42 14 Focus area7 23, 91 15 Image quality 75 16 Image size 77 17 Exposure compensation...
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...- Write protect switch When the memory card is off. For information on formatting memory cards, see Format Memory/Card ( 119) in the "lock" position, pictures can not be recorded, deleted, or edited, and the card can then be formatted using the ( ) button on lamp is lit. Removing Memory Cards Memory cards can be removed without loss of data when the camera is locked, pictures can be played back but can not be recorded, deleted, edited, or transferred using the COOLPIX4200 before first use ; Open the memory card slot...
...- Write protect switch When the memory card is off. For information on formatting memory cards, see Format Memory/Card ( 119) in the "lock" position, pictures can not be recorded, deleted, or edited, and the card can then be formatted using the ( ) button on lamp is lit. Removing Memory Cards Memory cards can be removed without loss of data when the camera is locked, pictures can be played back but can not be recorded, deleted, edited, or transferred using the COOLPIX4200 before first use ; Open the memory card slot...
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...; Press the power switch • Press the shutter-release button halfway • Press the button to view the last picture taken • Press the MENU button to a computer or printer with a USB cable, Auto power off function does not work. 13 Your most recent picture will be displayed in standby mode, the power-on lamp is On Blinking Off The camera is On In standby mode Off Auto Power Off (Standby Mode) If no operations are performed...
...; Press the power switch • Press the shutter-release button halfway • Press the button to view the last picture taken • Press the MENU button to a computer or printer with a USB cable, Auto power off function does not work. 13 Your most recent picture will be displayed in standby mode, the power-on lamp is On Blinking Off The camera is On In standby mode Off Auto Power Off (Standby Mode) If no operations are performed...
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... on the internal memory or a memory card depends on how you plan to use the picture ( 75). Number of exposures remaining The number of camera settings are controlled by the camera in response to shooting conditions, producing optimal results in (auto shooting mode). Image size Choose from five modes depending on how you plan to shoot when the monitor shows the view through the camera lens. The default setting is displayed. Basic Photography Step 1-Select Mode This section...
... on the internal memory or a memory card depends on how you plan to use the picture ( 75). Number of exposures remaining The number of camera settings are controlled by the camera in response to shooting conditions, producing optimal results in (auto shooting mode). Image size Choose from five modes depending on how you plan to shoot when the monitor shows the view through the camera lens. The default setting is displayed. Basic Photography Step 1-Select Mode This section...
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... internal memory has space). • Delete some pictures in the internal memory or on the condition, no further pictures can be taken until you change the setting). • Insert a new memory card ( 10). • Remove the memory card so that pictures will be taken even if you : • Choose a lower image quality or image size setting ( 75) (depending on a memory card. Auto Shooting Mode (auto shooting) mode provides thirteen shooting menu options such as White balance, Image sharpening and Continuous. ther pictures may be displayed...
... internal memory has space). • Delete some pictures in the internal memory or on the condition, no further pictures can be taken until you change the setting). • Insert a new memory card ( 10). • Remove the memory card so that pictures will be taken even if you : • Choose a lower image quality or image size setting ( 75) (depending on a memory card. Auto Shooting Mode (auto shooting) mode provides thirteen shooting menu options such as White balance, Image sharpening and Continuous. ther pictures may be displayed...
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... Recording • While pictures are being recorded. Do not turn off , eject the memory card, or remove or disconnect the power source while pictures are being recorded to the camera, internal memory, or card. Getting Good Results with an AF-assist illuminator. Your Nikon digital camera normally has a sensitivity roughly equivalent to light. If lighting is inside a cage). It does not perform well if the subject is displayed, the monitor will turn...
... Recording • While pictures are being recorded. Do not turn off , eject the memory card, or remove or disconnect the power source while pictures are being recorded to the camera, internal memory, or card. Getting Good Results with an AF-assist illuminator. Your Nikon digital camera normally has a sensitivity roughly equivalent to light. If lighting is inside a cage). It does not perform well if the subject is displayed, the monitor will turn...
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... to focus using autofocus. In this position (AF/AE lock). Focus area shows green on the monitor are described below. AF area mode ( 91) and Auto-focus mode ( 94). Basic Photography Autofocus The COOLPIX 4200 has two modes that allow control of the frame in the monitor and press the shutter-release button halfway. • The camera automatically selects a focus area containing the subject closest to shoot. 23...
... to focus using autofocus. In this position (AF/AE lock). Focus area shows green on the monitor are described below. AF area mode ( 91) and Auto-focus mode ( 94). Basic Photography Autofocus The COOLPIX 4200 has two modes that allow control of the frame in the monitor and press the shutter-release button halfway. • The camera automatically selects a focus area containing the subject closest to shoot. 23...
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... direction ( ) displayed. Compose next shot to shooting mode. About one third of picture is displayed, and White balance and Exposure compensation are locked. Take first picture. icon is shown superimposed on view through lens. Repeat steps 4 - 5 until all shots in scene Return to overlap with previous picture. menu, and press . Taking Pictures for a Panorama Scene Mode Select (Panorama assist) in series have been taken. Take next shot. End series. • Shooting will also end if pressing the MENU button, playing pictures, changing mode using the mode...
... direction ( ) displayed. Compose next shot to shooting mode. About one third of picture is displayed, and White balance and Exposure compensation are locked. Take first picture. icon is shown superimposed on view through lens. Repeat steps 4 - 5 until all shots in scene Return to overlap with previous picture. menu, and press . Taking Pictures for a Panorama Scene Mode Select (Panorama assist) in series have been taken. Take next shot. End series. • Shooting will also end if pressing the MENU button, playing pictures, changing mode using the mode...
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... image is displayed in and out. Cropping Pictures When a picture is displayed in the playback zoom mode ( 55), you can not be possible to transfer such a cropped copy to cre- Zoom picture in monitor. Press , , or to scroll picture until desired portion of the form "RSCNnnnn.JPG," where "nnnn" is a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera. • Cropped copies have the same recording time and date as separate pictures...
... image is displayed in and out. Cropping Pictures When a picture is displayed in the playback zoom mode ( 55), you can not be possible to transfer such a cropped copy to cre- Zoom picture in monitor. Press , , or to scroll picture until desired portion of the form "RSCNnnnn.JPG," where "nnnn" is a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera. • Cropped copies have the same recording time and date as separate pictures...
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... transfer pictures when the memory card write protect switch is Mass storage. (Transfer ) button Operating system Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later) Pictures transferred using USB in the lock position ( 11). 60 For more information on installing provided software and transferring pictures to your computer, you will use depends on your computer, see the Quick Start Guide and the provided software Reference Manual...
... transfer pictures when the memory card write protect switch is Mass storage. (Transfer ) button Operating system Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later) Pictures transferred using USB in the lock position ( 11). 60 For more information on installing provided software and transferring pictures to your computer, you will use depends on your computer, see the Quick Start Guide and the provided software Reference Manual...
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... playback mode, a the current print order. icon appears on all pictures in the DPOF setting files. When printing, a date on pictures printed using a printer that supports date-print configuration for Print set. Once a date is taken without any other setting because it is added to be printed without setting date, it is changed after shooting pictures. You can not be deleted from the image. • When both Print set and Date imprint are differences between Print set in the playback menu and Date imprint in the Print set menu. A date...
... playback mode, a the current print order. icon appears on all pictures in the DPOF setting files. When printing, a date on pictures printed using a printer that supports date-print configuration for Print set. Once a date is taken without any other setting because it is added to be printed without setting date, it is changed after shooting pictures. You can not be deleted from the image. • When both Print set and Date imprint are differences between Print set in the playback menu and Date imprint in the Print set menu. A date...
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... delete only the voice memo recorded to the picture, press in the camera, pictures stored on the memory card. • When the memory card is not inserted in the camera, pictures stored in the memory are deleted. This option is used to select Delete ( 96), and then press . Delete Press MENU button in the playback menu. Notes on the memory card. The delete menu contains the following options: Option Description Erase selected images Delete selected pictures. Erase all images Delete all pictures...
... delete only the voice memo recorded to the picture, press in the camera, pictures stored on the memory card. • When the memory card is not inserted in the camera, pictures stored in the memory are deleted. This option is used to select Delete ( 96), and then press . Delete Press MENU button in the playback menu. Notes on the memory card. The delete menu contains the following options: Option Description Erase selected images Delete selected pictures. Erase all images Delete all pictures...
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... select Auto transfer ( 96), and then press . This option is in effect will not be used to mark pictures for transfer to a computer and to transfer pictures selected for transfer. Pictures taken while this option is used to turn automatic transfer marking on CD) for details. • The COOLPIX4200 can be marked for transfer with another model of Nikon digital camera. Select image(s) Mark selected pictures for transfer. Auto Transfer Press MENU button in playback mode...
... select Auto transfer ( 96), and then press . This option is in effect will not be used to mark pictures for transfer to a computer and to transfer pictures selected for transfer. Pictures taken while this option is used to turn automatic transfer marking on CD) for details. • The COOLPIX4200 can be marked for transfer with another model of Nikon digital camera. Select image(s) Mark selected pictures for transfer. Auto Transfer Press MENU button in playback mode...
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... Nikon digital camera supports NTSC and PAL standards. The Setup Menu 121 to select Reset all Select this option to restore the settings listed on a computer ( 60) or when connecting the camera to a printer supporting Direct Print ( 68). Before connecting your camera to a video device such as a television or VCR ( 59), choose a video mode that matches the video standard used when viewing pictures on the next page to select USB ( 109), Select the USB setting used in...
... Nikon digital camera supports NTSC and PAL standards. The Setup Menu 121 to select Reset all Select this option to restore the settings listed on a computer ( 60) or when connecting the camera to a printer supporting Direct Print ( 68). Before connecting your camera to a video device such as a television or VCR ( 59), choose a video mode that matches the video standard used when viewing pictures on the next page to select USB ( 109), Select the USB setting used in...
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...transfer pictures using camera's (Transfer ) button. Error has occurred Turn camera off and turn camera on E4200. error persists, contact retailer or - tion. Nikon representative. USB cable disconnected or memory card removed while pictures are taken, turn the camera off and then on computer or correct make of camera. cuting some form of camera. processing. USB option set incorrectly to the ory card. shooting mode. • To show pictures in provided software to transfer pictures. 60 - 63 Technical Notes 131 View file on again. Display Problem Solution...
...transfer pictures using camera's (Transfer ) button. Error has occurred Turn camera off and turn camera on E4200. error persists, contact retailer or - tion. Nikon representative. USB cable disconnected or memory card removed while pictures are taken, turn the camera off and then on computer or correct make of camera. cuting some form of camera. processing. USB option set incorrectly to the ory card. shooting mode. • To show pictures in provided software to transfer pictures. 60 - 63 Technical Notes 131 View file on again. Display Problem Solution...
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... to the memory or memory card at the time the problem occurred. Change Monitor settings in setup menu. 115 Monitor is hard to read • Ambient lighting is too bright: move to a darker location. • Monitor brightness needs adjustment. • Monitor is in standby mode. Note that disconnecting the power source as expected, check the list of any data not recorded to the page numbers listed in...
... to the memory or memory card at the time the problem occurred. Change Monitor settings in setup menu. 115 Monitor is hard to read • Ambient lighting is too bright: move to a darker location. • Monitor brightness needs adjustment. • Monitor is in standby mode. Note that disconnecting the power source as expected, check the list of any data not recorded to the page numbers listed in...
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... indicators in, 4 - 5, 133 turning on , 49 Thumbnail playback, 53 Time zone, 112 Transfer making pictures for display on and off , see Power switch P PAL, see Video mode Panorama assist, 27, 39, 40 Party/Indoor, 27, 35 PictBridge, 64, 68 Playback menu, the, 96 - 108 Playing pictures back, 24 - 26 full-screen, 24 - 26, 53 movies, 52 on TV, 59 thumbnail, 53 zoom, 55 Power switch, 2, 12 - 13 Power-on lamp, 2, 12 - 13, 17 Print, 69 Print set...
... indicators in, 4 - 5, 133 turning on , 49 Thumbnail playback, 53 Time zone, 112 Transfer making pictures for display on and off , see Power switch P PAL, see Video mode Panorama assist, 27, 39, 40 Party/Indoor, 27, 35 PictBridge, 64, 68 Playback menu, the, 96 - 108 Playing pictures back, 24 - 26 full-screen, 24 - 26, 53 movies, 52 on TV, 59 thumbnail, 53 zoom, 55 Power switch, 2, 12 - 13 Power-on lamp, 2, 12 - 13, 17 Print, 69 Print set...