Nikon COOLPIX 2100 quick start guide

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Quick Start

Guide

Shoot	pp. 1–8
Take pictures for any occasion—just
point and shoot!
Review	pg. 9
View your pictures at 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.

Check the package contents

Check that you have all the items listed below.

	CompactFlash™ Rechargeable EN-MH1		Camera strap
COOLPIX 2100 digital	memory card	batteries (× 2)
camera
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			Quick Start
			Guide
			Shoot
			Review
			Transfer
USB interface	Video cable	MH-70 battery charger	Quick Start Guide
cable		with power cable	(this guide)

Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX 2100

Nikon View

Nikon View

Warranty

Reference Manual

Warranty “Important Infor-			Nikon View	Nikon View
mation” envelope			CD-ROM	Reference Manual
				CD-ROM

Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories

Your Nikon COOLPIX digital camera is designed to the highest standards and includes complex electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including AC adapters) certified by Nikon specifically for use with your Nikon digital camera are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this electronic circuitry.

THE USE OF NON -NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE YOUR CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARRANTY.

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	Shutter-release
	button
Eyelet for
camera strap	Power switch
Memory card
slot cover
Zoom buttons	Multi selector
Viewfinder
	(play/transfer)
	button
Green (AF) lamp

Interface connector cover

Battery-chamber cover

2100

	Monitor	Battery-chamber
		cover latch

USB/video-out

connector

Parts of the camera		1

batteries the Charge

Taking Pictures

Step 1 Charge the batteries

Plug the AC adapter plug into the battery charger. Plug the wall plug into a power outlet. The CHARGE lamp will light.

AC inlet

CHARGE lamp

AC adapter plug

Wall plug

Insert a pair of EN-MH1 batteries as indicated on the charger.

The CHARGE lamp will start to blink.

Charging is complete when the CHARGE lamp stops blinking.

It takes about two and a half hours to charge a pair of batteries once they are fully discharged.

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Replacing Batteries

Turn the 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 flat 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 first 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 the camera continuously for extended periods, use a Nikon EH61 AC adapter (available separately; see the Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX 2100). Do not, under any circumstances, use another 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-manga- nese batteries or FR6/L91 (AA) lithium batteries.

batteries the Charge

Taking Pictures

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batteries the Insert / strap camera the Attach

Step 2 Attach the camera strap

Attach the camera strap.

Step 3 Insert the batteries

Open the battery-chamber cover

Pressing the battery-chamber latch ( ), slide the cover out and flip it open ( ).

Insert the batteries

Insert the batteries as shown in the label inside the battery chamber.

Close the battery-chamber cover

Close the battery-chamber cover ( ) and slide it in until it latches ( ). Be sure that the battery-chamber cover is properly latched.

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Step 4 Insert the memory card

Your Nikon digital camera stores pictures on CompactFlash™ memory cards.

Confirm that the camera is off

The power-on lamp should be off.

Open the memory card slot cover

Eject button

Direction of

insertion

Terminals Front

Insert the memory card

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 level with the top of the memory card.

Insert the memory card terminals first. 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.

Close the memory card slot cover

card memory the Insert

Taking Pictures

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pictures Take

Step 5 Take pictures

Turn the camera on. The power-on lamp will light, and a welcome message will be displayed. The camera is ready to shoot when the view through the lens is displayed in the camera monitor.

The first time you use the camera, the date and time will not be set, and the(“date not set”) icon will blink in the top right corner of the monitor.

Turn the mode dial toand confirm that the camera is on.

Mode dial

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Check indicators in the monitor.

The level of the batteries is shown in the moni-

	tor as follows:
	Display	Camera status
	NO ICON	Camera functions normally.
		Recharge or replace batteries
		without delay.
	WARNING ! ! Batteries exhausted. Replace
	BATTERY	with fresh or fully charged
	EXHAUSTED	batteries.

Number of exposures remaining

Frame your subject in the center of the monitor.

Zoom buttons

Press T to zoom in on your subject so that it fills a larger area of the frame. Press W to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame.

Zoom out Zoom in

pictures Take

Taking Pictures

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pictures Take

When the camera focuses, the green (AF) lamp next to the viewfinder and the focus indicator in the monitor will light. If the lamp flickers, the camera is unable to focus on the subject in the center of the monitor. Change your composition and try again.

Red () lamp

Green (AF) lamp

Focus indicator

		On	Flash will fire when picture is taken.
	Red ( )	Blinks	Flash charging. Remove finger briefly from shutter-re-
	lamp		lease button, then try again.
		Off	Flash off or not required.
	Green (AF)	On	Subject in focus.
	lamp/focus		Camera unable to focus on subject at center of frame.
		Flashes	Using focus lock, focus on another subject at same dis-
	indicator
			tance, then recompose picture and shoot.

Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot.

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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