Nikon COOLPIX 2100 quick start guide
Quick Start
Guide
Quick Start
Quick Start
Guide
Guide
En
Shoot
Take pic tures fo r a ny occasion — j ust
point and shoot!
Review
View your pictures at a touch of a
button.
Transfer
Copy pictures to your computers
quickly and easily using Nikon View.
For information on installing
Nikon View, see pages 11–20.
pp. 1 – 8
pg. 9
pp. 10 – 27
Quick Start
Guide
Check the package contents
Check that you have all the items listed below.
COOLPI X 210 0 digital
CompactFlash™
memory card
Rechargeable EN- MH1
batteries (× 2)
Camera strap
camera
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Quick Start
Quick Start
Guide
Shoot
pp. 1 – 8
Take pictures for any occasion — just
point and shoot!
Review
pg. 9
View your picturesat a touch of a
button.
Transfer
pp. 10– 27
Copy pictures to your computers
quickly and easily using Nikon View.
For information on installing
Nikon View, see pages 11–20.
USB interface
cable
Guide to Digital
Photography with
the COOLPIX 2100
Video cable MH-70 battery charger
with power cable
Warranty
Warranty “Important Infor-
mation” envelope
Nikon View
Nikon View
CD-ROM
Quick Start Guide
(this guide)
Macintosh and Windows
Macintosh and Windows
Nikon View
Reference Manual
CD-ROM
Nikon View
Reference Manual
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Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories
You r N iko n COO LPI X digital camera is designed to the highest standards and includes complex
electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including AC adapters) certifi ed
by Nikon specifi cally for use with your Nikon digital camera are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this electronic circuitry.
T
HE USE OF NON -NIKON ELEC TRONIC ACCESSO RIES CO ULD DAMA GE YOUR CAMERA AND MAY VOID YO UR NIKON
WARR ANT Y.
For more information about Nikon brand accessories, contact your local authorized Nikon
dealer.
Parts of the Camera
The principle camera parts are listed below. See the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX 2100 for more information.
Mode dial
Power-on lamp
Eyelet for
camera strap
Memory card
slot cover
Shutter-release
button
Power switch
Viewfi nder
Green (AF) lamp
Interface connector
cover
Parts of the camera
Zoom buttons
USB/video - out
connector
00
1
2
Monitor
Multi selector
(play/transfer)
button
Battery - chamber
cover
Battery - chamber
cover latch
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Taking Pic tures
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4
3
2
Step 1 Charge the batteries
Plug the AC adapter plug into the battery charger. Plug the wall plug
1
into a power outlet. The CHARGE lamp will light.
AC inlet CHARGE lamp
AC adapter plug
2
Charge the batteries
3
Wall plug
Insert a pair of EN-MH1 batteries as indi cated on the charger.
The CHARGE lamp will start to blink.
Charging is complete when the CHARGE
4
lamp stops blinking.
It takes about two and a half hours to
charge a pair of batteries once they are
fully discharged.
2
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Replacing Batteries
Tur n th e camera off and make sure that the power-on lamp has gone
out before removing or inserting batteries.
Read Battery Warnings
Read and follow all warnings and instructions supplied by the
battery manufacturer.
Damaged Batteries
The following batteries can not be used:
• Batteries with peeling or damaged insulation.
Using batteries with damaged insulation could
result in leakage, overheating, or rupture. Note
that due to manufacturing defects even new batteries may have faulty insulation.
• Batteries with insulation that covers only the sides
of the battery and not the area around the negative terminal.
• Batteries with a fl at negative terminal. Do not use
such batteries even if the insulation adequately
covers the area around the negative terminal.
EN- MH1 Batteries
Using an MH-70 battery charger, charge EN-MH1 batteries before fi rst
use. Charge each pair of batteries at the same time—do not charge
batteries one at a time or mix batteries with different charges. Note
that EN- MH1 batteries may discharge quickly immediately after purchase or after the batteries have been left unused for an extended
period. This is normal, and the batteries will retain a charge for longer
periods after being used and recharged several times. For more information on charging batteries, see the documentation provided with
the MH-70.
Alternative Power Sources
•
To power t he camera continuously for extended periods, use a Nikon EH61 AC ada pter (available separately; see the Guide to Digital Photography
with the COOLPIX 2100 ). Do not, under any circumstances, use an -
other make or model of AC adapter. Failure to observe this precaution
could result in overheating or in damage to the camera.
• We recommend that you buy CRV3 lithium batteries as a back- up
power source.
• The camera can also be used with a pair of ZR6 (AA) nickel-manganese batteries or FR6/L91 (AA) lithium batteries.
Charge the batteries
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2
1
3
Step 2 Attach the camera strap
Attach the camera strap.
Step 3 Insert the batteries
Open the battery-chamber cover
1
Pressing the battery-chamber latch ( ), slide
the cover out and fl ip it open (
Attach the camera strap / Insert the batteries
Insert the batteries
2
Insert the batteries as shown in the label inside the battery chamber.
).
Close the battery - chamber cover
3
Close the battery- chamber cover (
slide it in until it latches (
battery-chamber cover is properly latched.
4
). Be sure that the
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2
3
4
Step 4 Insert the memory card
You r Nikon digital camera stores pictures on CompactFlash
Confi rm that the camera is off
1
The power-on lamp should be off.
Open the memory card slot cover
2
Insert the memory card
3
Insert the memory card in the direction of the
arrow as shown in the label on the underside
of the memory card slot cover. The memory
card is fully inserted when the eject button is
Eject button
level with the top of the memory card.
™
memory cards.
Insert the memory card
Direction of
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insertion
Termi na ls
Insert the memory card terminals fi rst.
Inserting the card upside down or backwards could damage the camera or the
card. Check to be sure the card is in the
correct orientation.
Front
Close the memory card slot cover
4
5
1
Step 5 Take pictures
2
Turn the came ra on. The power-on lamp will light, and a welcome
1
message will be displayed. The camera is ready to shoot when the view
through the lens is displayed in the camera monitor.
The fi rst time you use the camera, the date and time will not be set,
and the
Take p ictur es
monitor.
Turn the mode dial to and confi rm that the camera is on.
2
(“date not set”) icon will blink in the top right corner of the
Mode dial
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3
Check indicators in the monitor.
4
3
The level of the batteries is shown in the monitor as follows:
Display Camera status
NO ICON Camera functions normally.
WARNING ! !
BATTERY
EXHAUSTED
Number of exposures
remaining
Frame your subject in the center of the monitor.
4
Recharge or replace batteries
without delay.
Batteries exhausted. Replace
with fresh or fully charged
batteries.
Take p ictur es
Zoom buttons
Press T to zoom in on your subject so
that it fi lls a larger area of the frame.
Press W to zoom out, increasing the
area visible in the frame.
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Zoom out Zoom in
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5
When the camera focuses, the green (AF) lamp next to the viewfi nder
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5
and the focus indicator in the monitor will light. If the lamp fl ickers, the
camera is unable to focus on the subject in the center of the monitor.
Change your composition and try again.
) lamp
Red (
Green (AF) lamp
Focus indicator
Take p ictur es
On Flash will fi re when picture is taken.
Red ( )
lamp
Green (AF)
lamp/focus
indicator
Flash charging. Remove fi nger briefl y from shutter- re-
Blinks
lease button, then try again.
Flash off or not required.
Off
Subject in focus.
On
Camera unable to focus on subject at center of frame.
Flashes
Using focus lock, focus on another subject at same distance, then recompose picture and shoot.
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot.
6
The COOLPIX 2100 has a two-stage shutter- release
button. Pressing the shutter- release button halfway
focuses the camera. Pressing it the rest of the way
down releases the shutter to record a picture.
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