Nikon 4500 User Manual

A SHORT COURSE IN NIKON COOLPIX 4500 PHOTOGRAPHY

A S HORT COURSE

POCKET GUIDE

COOLPIX 4500

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Nikon Coolpix 4500

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Preface

Short Courses prides itself on providing helpful
and accurate information to the digital photogra­phy community. This Pocket Guide and others
like it are made available at no cost to help you get
the most out of your camera.

The step-by-step instructions in this free pocket
guide are excerpted from the comprehensive book
“A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 4500 Photogra­phy” and its accompanying e-book. It will be a
useful guide when out in the field. T o learn more
about the procedures featured here, the context in
which they are used, and tips that make them even
more useful, check out the book from which they
are excerpted by visiting the Short Course’s
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The page number cross-references within this guide’ s
instructions refer to pages in the accompanying book
where you will find the procedures fully discussed and
all options decsribed.

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Managing Y our Digital Images

Since there are no film costs when shooting with your
4500, you’ll soon be overrun by images you’ve taken. T o
help you organize, manage, and use this ever-expanding
image collection, we’ve published the guide “Managing
Digital Pictures with W indows XP and Beyond.” This
book explains clearly everything you need to know
about how you store, transfer , and organize your images.
It gives you the answer to the question I hear most often
“where have my digital images gone?”

Books and Batteries

Digital Desktop Studio Photography

If you want to photograph small subjects—coins,
stamps, glassware, pottery , jewlery, or anything else
small enough to fit on a desktop, here is the guide you
need. Using your digital camera’s white balance setting,
you can photograph under almost any kind of light,
including desk lamps you may already have. In this
book you’ll learn the entire range of possibilities from
inexpensive compact fluorescent bulbs to expensive
studio strobes. You’ll also learn about camera settings,
backgrounds, composition, and everything else you
need to know to master this hot new field. The book even
has a chapter on placing your images on eBay.

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Nikon Batteries and Chargers

Y ou will find you almost certainly need a second battery
for your camera so one can be charging while you are
using the other . You may also find that you need a faster
or better charger than the one that comes with the
camera. The place to go for these needs is
GreenBatteries.com.

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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. W e 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. W e’re r ecom­mending them because they work! Lets see why .

Digital Desktop S tudio

Photography

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These two objects are normally difficult to photo­graph because of the recesses, textures, and
reflective surfaces. What made these shots
posssible, by a photographer with very limited
experience, was a light tent called the ezCube.
When lit from outside by natural light, or lamps of
some kind, the cube is flooded with soft,
shadowless light and makes even difficult shots

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fast and easy.
Here’s what the light tent looks like with a product

inside it. The front cover has been pulled back so
you can look inside. Normally , the cover is closed
and you photograph through a slit.

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The best lights we’ve been able to find are those
from Smith-V ictor . They are high-quality and low
cost. T o make the lights even better , we replaced the
incandescent bulbs with compact flourescent
lightbulbs (CFLs) that are daylight balanced, last
almost forever , and run cool.

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CONTENTS

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Preface ........................................................................ 2

Books and Batteries..................................................... 3

Digital Desktop Studio Photography ............................. 4

T aking a Picture in Auto Mode...................................... 6

Using Menus................................................................ 6

Resetting the menus .................................................... 6

Reviewing Images......................................................... 6

Managing Y our Images................................................. 6

Using Playback Zoom .................................................. 7

Using Thumbnail Playback ........................................... 7

Deleting Some or All Images ........................................ 7

Turning Disable Delete On and Off................................ 7

Protecting Images ........................................................ 7

Displaying a Slide Show............................................... 8

Connecting the Camera to a TV ................................... 8

Hiding and Unhiding Images ......................................... 8

Selecting an Image Quality and Size............................ 8

Changing Shooting Modes ........................................... 8

Using Scene Modes..................................................... 8

Using Program and Flexible Program Mode ................. 8

Using Shutter-Priority Mode ......................................... 9

Using Aperture-Priority Mode........................................ 9

Using Ma nual Mode ..................................................... 9

Changing the Metering Mode........................................ 9

Using Exposure Compensation .................................... 9

Using Exposure Lock ................................................... 9

Using Autoexposure Bracketing ................................... 9

Displaying Histograms ................................................. 9

Using Histograms....................................................... 10

Turning Info.txt On and Off.......................................... 10

Using the Self-Timer................................................... 10

Using Best Shot Selector........................................... 10

Changing the ISO....................................................... 10

Increasing The Sharpness of Moving Objects ............. 10

Changing the Autofocus Setting ................................. 10

Using AF Area Mode .................................................. 10

Using Manual Focus .................................................. 10

Using Focus Lock .......................................................11

Turning Focus Confirmation On and Off .......................11

Selecting Continuous or Single Autofocus ...................11

Using the Infinity Focus Setting...................................11

Increasing Depth of Field.............................................11

Using Focus Lock for Maximum Depth of Field ...........1 1

Using Focus Lock for Minimum Depth of Field ............11

Decreasing Depth of Field in Automatic Mode .............1 1

Capturing Creative Blur................................................11

Setting White Balance ............................................... 12

Setting White Balance Preset .................................... 12

Using White Balance Bracketing................................ 12

Turning Noise Reduction On and Off........................... 12

Using Bulb ................................................................. 12

Zooming the Lens....................................................... 12

Turning Fixed Aperture On and Off.............................. 12

Setting the Zoom Startup Position.............................. 13

Using Digital Zoom ..................................................... 13

Turning Digital Zoom Off and On ................................. 13

Using Lens Converters ............................................... 13

Changing Flash Modes............................................... 13

Changing Speedlight Options ..................................... 13

Using red-Eye Mode................................................... 13

Using Anytime Flash Mode ........................................ 14

Using Slow Sync Flash Mode .................................... 14

Using Flash Cancel.................................................... 14

T aking Macro Close-ups............................................. 14

Increasing depth of Field in Close-ups ........................ 14

Adjusting Brightness and Contrast ............................. 14

Specifying Image Sharpness ...................................... 14

Adjusting Saturation................................................... 14

T aking Panoramas ..................................................... 14

Attaching a V oice Memo to a Photo........................... 15

Playing Back a Voice Memo ...................................... 1 5

Using Continuous Photography .................................. 15

Using User Sets......................................................... 15

Choosing or Deleting Folders ..................................... 15

Using Perspective Control .......................................... 15

Creating a Small Pic .................................................. 15

Preparing Print Sets................................................... 16

Deleting a Print Set.................................................... 16

Using the Set-up Menu............................................... 16

Using AE Lock ........................................................... 16

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