Setup guide

Flash System
◆ The camera’s intelligent built-in Speedlight fires
automatically when ambient light is insufficient,
ensuring bright, colorful pictures with negligible
red-eye effect.
◆ Flash modes include Rear Curtain Sync and user
controllable for creative flash photography and
stroboscopic image capture, as
well as auto flash, anytime
flash, no flash, slow sync, and
red-eye reduction. Rear-
Curtain Sync opens the
shutter and fires the flash
just before it closes, turning
available light into a radiant stream that follows the flash-illuminated
subject. Repeating Flash, delivers a strobe effect, firing the flash con-
tinuously at preselected intervals.
◆ For more flash power and flexibility you can add external Nikon
flashes (including the SB-22s/23/27/30/50DX and SB-80DX) via the
camera’s accessory shoe. This opens up possibilities for even
more powerful, high-quality and multiple-flash photography—
including Nikon's wireless Speedlight system.
Intuitive Design - Easy Operation
Coolpix 5400 photographers will have com-
plete and immediate access to important
camera settings at one's fingertips without
having to navigate through the menu sys-
tem with the addition of a new command
dial based on the award-winning Nikon
D100 design. The new command dial will
leave 5400 photographers free to seek out
their next great shot. .
◆ In addition, the Mode dial allows direct
selection of exposure modes, movie
mode, white balance, ISO sensitivity, image size, playback mode and other camera set-
tings. The Mode dial is the ideal complement to the Command dial and the Multi selec-
tor, greatly simplifying camera setting and allowing you to concentrate on shooting.
◆ Compact, lightweight magnesium (Mg) alloy body is designed for maximum durability
and portability, and affords a secure, comfortable grip for stability during shooting.
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Multiple Shooting Modes
◆ For pure flexibility, the Coolpix 5400
offers multiple shooting modes includ-
ing Single, Continuous High/Low, Multi-
Shot 16, Ultra High-Speed Continuous
Macro and Movie modes.
—Continuous L (Low)
Capture 1.5 frames per second (fps) up
to 18 frames
—Continuous H (High)
Camera’s high-capacity 64MB buffer
memory lets you capture up to 7 full-
size images at up to 3 fps in this mode
—Multi-Shot 16 Mode
Capture a collage of 16 small images
(568 x 426 pixels) at 2 frames-per-sec-
ond which fills-in a 4x4 array within a
single high-resolution image as the
shooting progresses
—Ultra High-Speed Continuous Mode
Capture up to 100 QVGA-sized images
(320 x 240 pixels) at 30 fps
—Macro Mode
The Coolpix 5400 can shoot subjects as
close as 0.4 inches with extreme detail
and clarity. Ultra Macro is supported by
the exclusive Best Shot Selector (BSS)
feature, which automatically chooses
the sharpest of three images.
—Movie Modes
Select from TV or Small movie modes.
TV mode lets you record up to 70-sec-
ond movies with VGA-size (640 x 480)
images and sound at 15 frames per sec-
ond; Small movie mode lets you record
up to 3 minute movies with sound at 15
fps and QVGA-size (320 x 240) images.
—Time Lapse Movie Mode
With the optional AC adapter and a keen
imagination, the camera can produce
incredible time-lapse movie sequences,
by capturing motion JPEG files showing
slow-moving objects or events over a
long duration such as a sunrise to sun-
set or a flower blooming. Here is how it
works: The camera takes a series of still
images at specified intervals (30 sec-
onds to 60 minutes) and joins these
frames together to create a QuickTime
movie with a frame rate of 30 fps.
Automatic White Balance plus White Balance Bracketing
◆ 256-segment Matrix Auto White Balance provides outstanding color balance in
every image. In addition, there are six manual modes with fine tuning (Daylight,
Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Speedlight, Shade). There is also a preset and
White Bracketing mode.
◆ White Balance Bracketing allows you to automatically shoot the same scene with 3
different white balance settings, ensuring greater color accuracy in all conditions.