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Take Pictures with the COOLPIX 4300
Please take the time to read this Quick Start Guide and discover how to take and view pictures with your COOLPIX4300.
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Prepare the camera
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Unpack the camera
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Take pictures
See the “Nikon Guide to DIgital Photography” for details on each operation.
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1 Unpack the camera
Check that you have all the items listed below.
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Quick Start Guide |
Guide to Digital |
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Photography with |
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Camera Strap |
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CompactFlash™ |
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USB Interface Cable |
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CD-ROMs included with the product vary with country or region of purchase.
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Reference Manual |
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1 Connect to AC power.
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Note: An exhausted battery can be fully recharged in approximately 2 hours.
CHARGE lamp
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3 Prepare the camera
1 Attach the camera strap.
2 Camera OFF.
Pressing the battery-chamber cover latch ⁄, slide the battery-chamber cover out ¤ and flip it open ‹.
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Hold the cover shut, and slide it to the closed position.
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Important: Memory cards are labeled with an arrow(s) showing the direction of insertion. With this label facing the back
Direction of insertion
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4 Take pictures
The steps below explain how to take pictures using the monitor in a(auto) mode, where most of the settings are controlled by the camera.
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Note: The first time you use the camera, the date and time will not be set, and a flashing clock icon
() will appear in the monitor. For more information, see the Guide to Digital Photography, page 21.
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4 Frame your subject.
Press W on zoom button to zoom out,
T to zoom in.
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focus the camera for your next shot, press the halfway.
Congratulations on your first pictures!
See the next page for the Scene mode and page 16 for installing software.
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