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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 1
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 2 ShortCourses.com Preface Short Courses prides itself on providing helpful A Short Course Pocket Guide and accurate information to the digital photogra- Nikon Coolpix 4500 phy community. This Pocket Guide and others like it are made available at no cost to help you get © Copyright 2003 by Dennis P. Curtin. All rights the most out of your camera. reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States The ste
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 3 Managing Your Digital Images Digital Desktop Studio Photography Since there are no film costs when shooting with your If you want to photograph small subjects—coins, 4500, you’ll soon be overrun by images you’ve taken. To stamps, glassware, pottery, jewlery, or anything else help you organize, manage, and use this ever-expanding small enough to fit on a desktop, here is the guide you image collection, we’ve published the guide “Managing need. Us
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 4 The ezCube While working on the book “Digital Desktop Studio Photography” we looked high and low for lighting products that were easy to use AND easy to store. We are now making arrangements to make these products available to you at our partner site. Neither ShortCourses nor the authors benefit financially from any of these sales. We’re recom- mending them because they work! Lets see why. Digital Desktop Studio Photography http://www.tabletopst
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 5 CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................ 2 Increasing Depth of Field .............................................11 Books and Batteries..................................................... 3 Using Focus Lock for Maximum Depth of Field ...........11 Digital Desktop Studio Photography ............................. 4 Using Focus Lock for Minimum Depth of Field ............11 Taking a Picture in Auto
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 6 MENU OFF is displayed in the lower right corner of Taking a Picture in Auto Mode the menu, then press it again or press the left point on 1. Press the power switch toward ON and then the Multi Selector. release it. Swivel the lens to a comfortable position, remove the lens cap, and check the number of pictures remaining in the lower right corner of the Resetting the menus monitor. 1. With the camera in P, A, S, or M mode, press the 2. Compose th
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 7 ■ To play a movie (page 121) when the first frame is Deleting Some or All Images displayed full-screen on the monitor (it’s marked with 1. With the camera in any shooting mode, press the a movie icon), press down the Multi Selector’s center Playback button twice to display full-screen the point once to load the movie and again to play it. last picture you took. Press the same point to pause and restart the movie. 2. Press the MENU button, press
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 8 down point to protect it and mark it with a key 3. Use the left or right point on the Multi Selector to icon. (You use the same procedures to remove the highlight a thumbnail image and press the up icon.) point to mark it with the hidden image icon. (You use the same procedures to remove the icon.) 4. When finished marking images, press the Multi Selector’s center or right point to complete the 4. Press the Multi Selector’s center point to compl
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 9 3. When finished, rotate the Command Dial until the increments of 1/3 of a stop. The monitor displays P* changes back to P, select another shooting mode, the result of the changes. Selecting a + value makes press the Playback button, or turn off the camera. the scene look brighter, and selecting a – value makes it look darker. (You can also set exposure compensation on the shooting menu in P, S, A, or Using Shutter-Priority Mode M modes by selec
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 10 Using Histograms Changing the ISO ■ If the histogram shows most pixels toward the left 1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode, hold down (darker) side of the graph, use exposure compensa- the ISO button on the back of the camera and turn tion to add exposure (page 50). the Command Dial to cycle through the settings AUTO, 800, 400, 200, and 100. ■ If the histogram shows most pixels toward the right (lighter) side of the graph, use exposure com
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 11 Using Focus Lock Increasing Depth of Field 1. With the camera in any shooting mode, point it so ■■ ■■■ Photograph in bright sun so the aperture closes the subject you want to lock focus on is in the down. active AF Area. ■■ ■■■ Zoom the lens out to a wider angle of view. 2. Press the shutter button halfway down and hold it ■■ ■■■ Move farther away from the subject. there to lock in the focus. The AF lamp next to the ■■ ■■■ Switch to aperture-pr
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 12 Setting White Balance Turning Noise Reduction On and Off 1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode press the 1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode press the MENU button to display the shooting menu. MENU button to display the shooting menu. 2. Press the down point on the Multi selector to 2. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to highlight White Balance and press the right point to highlight Noise Reduction, and press the right p
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 13 2. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to Setting the Zoom Startup Position highlight Lens, and press the right point to display 1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode, press the a submenu of choices. MENU button to display the shooting menu. 3. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to 2. Press the down button on the Multi Selector to highlight your choice and then press the center or highlight Zoom Options and press t
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 14 Using Anytime Flash Mode Adjusting Brightness and Contrast 1. With the camera in any shooting mode, repeatedly 1. With the camera in P, S, A, or M mode, press the press the Flash/ISO button on the back of the MENU button to display the shooting menu. camera until the anytime flash icon (a lightning 2. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to bolt) is displayed on the monitor. highlight Image Adjustment, and press the right 2. When fi
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 15 highlight Folders and press the right point to Attaching a Voice Memo to a Photo display a list of folders. 1. With the camera in any shooting mode, press the 3. Do one of the following: Playback button twice to display full-screen the ■■ last photo you took. ■■■ To select a folder, press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to highlight the folder you want 2. Press the points on the Multi Selector to scroll to to use, and press the right
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A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY 16 4. Press the up or down point on the Multi Selector to Preparing Print Sets highlight a setting and press the center or right 1. With the camera in any shooting mode, press the point to set it. Playback button twice to display full-screen the 5. Press the MENU button to hide the menu. When last picture you took, then press the MENU button. on, AE-L is displayed on the monitor in yellow 2. Press the down point on the Multi Selector to indicating
