User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Quick Topic Search
- For Smart Device Users
- Introduction
- Parts of the Camera
- Preparing for Shooting
- Basic Shooting and Playback Operations
- Shooting Features
- Selecting a Shooting Mode
- Auto Mode
- Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
- Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)
- P, S, A, and M Modes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting)
- Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector
- Flash Mode
- Self-timer
- Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures)
- Using the Creative Slider
- Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)
- Using the Zoom
- Focusing
- Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)
- Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting
- Playback Features
- Playback Zoom
- Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display
- List by Date Mode
- Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence
- Editing Images (Still Images)
- Quick Effects: Changing Hue or Mood
- Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation
- D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast
- Red-eye Correction: Correcting Red-eye When Shooting with the Flash
- Glamour Retouch: Enhancing Human Faces
- Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image
- Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy
- Movies
- Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer
- Using the Menu
- Technical Notes
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Introduction
Read This First
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Nikon COOLPIX A900 digital camera.
Symbols and Conventions Used in This Manual
• Tap or click in the lower right of each page to display “Quick Topic Search”
(Aii).
• Symbols
• SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards are referred to as “memory cards” in this
manual.
• The setting at the time of purchase is referred to as the “default setting.”
• The names of menu items displayed on the camera screen, and the names of
buttons or messages displayed on a computer screen appear in bold.
• In this manual, images are sometimes omitted from screen display samples so that
screen indicators can be more clearly shown.
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B
This icon marks cautions and information that should be read before
using the camera.
C
This icon marks notes and information that should be read before using
the camera.
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