Nikon COOLPIX 5700 quick start guide

Step 1 — Unpack the camera

Step 2 — Charge the battery Step 3 — Ready the camera Step 4 — Take pictures Step 5 — Check the results

Step

Unpack the camera

Take the camera and accessories out of the box. Check that you have all the items list ed below.

쐃 COOLPIX 5700 digital camera 쐇 Quick Start Guide (this guide) 쐋 Guide to Digital Photography with the

COOLPIX 5700

쐏 Warranty 쐄 “Important Information” envelope 쐂 Camera strap 쐆 CompactFlash™ memory card 쐊 Re charge able EN-EL1 battery with ter mi nal

cov er

쐎 MH-53 battery charger 쐅 Audio/Video cable 쐈 USB interface cable 쐉 Nikon View installer CD -ROM 씈 Nikon View reference manual CD- ROM 씉 Lens cap with cord

This guide outlines all the basic steps necessary to take pictures with your COOLPIX 5700. Read the instructions below to learn how to set-up your camera, take and review pictures.

The reverse side of this guide explains how to install Nikon View and transfer your pictures to a computer.

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Warranty

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Step

Ready the camera

Attach the camera strap as shown. Repeat for other eyelet.

Slide the bat tery-cham ber cov er latch on the bottom of the cam era to the open po si tion

(

) and open the battery-cham ber cov er as shown below. Insert the battery as shown by the label on the inside of the battery-chamber cover. Close the cover, and return the latch to the closed position (

Open the memory card-slot cover. Conﬁ rm that the eject button is pressed down, then

insert the card fully into the card-slot as shown in the label on the inside of the card - slot cover. Once the card is fully inserted, close the card-slot cover.

Before in sert ing card, conﬁ rm that ejection button is pressed down

Memory cards are labeled with an arrow(s) showing the di rec tion of insertion. With this label facing the back of

Important

Note

the camera (the side with the monitor), insert the card in the direction of the arrow, sliding it in until it is ﬁ rmly in place.

The memory card provided with your camera is formatted at ship ment. Other memory cards must be formatted before ﬁ rst use. See the Guide to Digital Pho- tography, page 135.

Label on inside of mem o ry card slot cov er

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Direction of in ser tion

Ter mi nals

Front of card

Step

The steps below explain how to take pic tures in User Set A, the

Take pictures

Hold the camera steady with both hands to prevent cam era movement from blurring your

pic tures.

When taking pic tures, be careful to avoid press ing the controls on the left of the cam era body.

If the subject is too dark, the built-in Speedlight will pop up au to mat i cal ly. When hold ing the cam era, be care ful not ob struct

Important

After framing the shot in the monitor or viewﬁ nder by mov-

ing the camera or using the zoom button, press the shut ter- re lease but ton half way and check that the cam era is in focus.

Focus and exposure are locked when the shutter re lease but ton is pressed halfway down. They remain locked as long as the button is pressed.

Flash ready indicator

When light levels are low, the red speed light indicator will light, show ing that the pop-up speedlight will ﬁ re if a picture is taken.

Press the shutter- re lease but ton the rest of the way down to take a picture.

the Speedlight with your ﬁ ngers. If you obstruct the speedlight a warning will appear in the monitor or viewﬁ nder.

Autofocus In di ca tor

When the shot is in fo cus, the green autofocus indicator will light.

automatic point and shoot mode, where most of the set tings are con trolled by the cam era. When you ﬁ rst use the cam era, it is set to User Set A by default. For more informa tion about choos ing a User Set, refer to Guide to Dig i tal Photography, pag e 6 8.

When taking pic tures, be careful not to ob struct the red-eye re duc tion lamp with your ﬁ ngers.

Press halfway

Zoom but ton

Press T on zoom button to zoom out,

to zoom in.

Press the shutter release button all the way down to take a picture.

Press halfway Press all the

way down

Parts of the COOLPIX 5700

Refer to this illustration for a quick in tro duc tion to the parts of the cam era and their func tions. To learn more, see the Guide to Dig i tal Pho tog - ra phy.

Flash mode button

Selects a ﬂ ash mode from auto, ﬂ a s h c a n cel (off), auto with redeye re duc tion, ﬁ ll-ﬂ ash or slow sync.

AE/AF Lock button

Locks focus and exposure.

Built- in Speedlight

Pops up automatically if the sub ject is too dark (except in ﬂ ash can cel mode).

Control panel

Shows status of camera set tings.

LCD illuminator button

Illuminates the control panel dis play.

Speaker

Plays back movie sound.

Command dial

Use by itself or in combination with oth er buttons to adjust cam era settings.

Note

Microphone and speaker

The COOLPIX 5700 can record movies up to 60 sec onds in length (Guide to Dig i tal Pho- tography, page 77). Sound is automatically recorded with the microphone when you make a movie, and played back over the speaker when the movie is viewed.

Diopter adjustment dial

Adjusts viewﬁ nder focus. Use when the view in the viewﬁ nder appears blurred.

Image Quality/Size button

Sets image quality, or together with com mand dial to set image size.

Focus mode button

Selects either autofocus, in ﬁ n i ty, macro close-up or self tim er mode.

Microphone

Records sound when you make movies.

Power switch

Shutter-release button

Exposure mode button

Press while rotating command dial to select an exposure mode.

Exposure compensation button

Alters exposure from the value suggested by the camera.

Function button

Changes user set (default settings). Can also be used to adjust other settings of your choice.

쐂 쐆 쐊

CHARGE

MH–53

LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGER

Shape of cable de pends on country or re gion of pur chase

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Nikon View

Macintosh and Windows

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Reference Manual

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Macintosh and Windows

CD-ROMs included with prod uct vary with coun try or re gion of pur chase

Nikon View

Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories

You r Ni kon COOL PIX digital camera is designed to the highest standards and includes complex electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery chargers, batteries, and AC adapters) certiﬁ ed by Nikon spe ciﬁ cal ly for use with your Nikon digital camera are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this electronic circuitry.

HE USE OF NON-NIKON ELECTRONIC ACC ESS ORI ES COUL D DAMAGE YOUR CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARR ANTY.

For more information about Nikon brand accessories, contact your local authorized Nikon dealer.

Remove the lens cap and slide the mode selector

on the back of the cam era to (shooting) mode. Turn the cam era on.

Use the control panel to check the battery level and the number of exposures re main ing.

Open the monitor.

Number of ex po sures re main ing

Battery level is shown in the control panel as fol lows:

Make sure the memory card has enough memory. If the num ber of exposures remaining reaches zero, or if the “OUT OF MEMORY” mes sage is displayed in the monitor or viewﬁ nder, change the memory card or delete some im ag es (pages 33,84,145) to free up space on the card. It may be possible to record more pic tures at a different im age quality or size (pages 48- 52).

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Battery fully charged.

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Low battery. If possible, ready a ful ly charged spare bat tery.

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Battery exhausted. No pho tos can be tak en until the bat tery has been recharged or re placed.

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Step

Check the results

Press the button to view the last picture stored on the mem o ry card.

Press once Press twice

Press button once to display images in top left corner of mon i tor, twice to view images full screen.

Press the multi selector down ( ) or right ( ) to view pictures in the order that they were

re cord ed. Press the multi selector up ( ) or left ( ) to go back.

Other Camera Controls

쐃 Monitor Can be rotated to frame pictures at al most

any angle.

쐇 Electronic viewﬁ nder Can be used instead of the monitor when am-

bient lighting is very bright.

/ SEL button

쐋 Switches display between monitor and view-

ﬁ n d e r .

쐏 Menu button Displays SHOOTING, PLAY BACK an d SET- UP

menus.

쐄 Zoom button Adjusts lens focal length from wide an gle

to tele pho to . In playback mode, T dis plays thumbnails, zooms in on selected image.

쐂 Mode selector Switches between shooting and playback

modes.

쐆 Multi selector Use for navigating the menus and se lect ing

photos for view ing during playback.

쐊 Memory card-slot cover Open the card cover to insert a memory

card.

쐎 Delete button Deletes selected images.

쐅 Display button

Hides or displays camera settings and pho to information displayed in monitor or viewﬁ nder.

쐈 Quick review button Use to review images straight after shoot ing.

Step

Charge the battery

Connect the power cable (provided) to the MH- 53

bat tery charg er and plug the charg er into an AC power source. Charg ing will be gin when the EN- EL1 re charge able bat tery is inserted. Slide the battery into the charger terminals ﬁ rst (as shown right).

The CHARGE lamp on the charger will blink while the

battery charges. Charg ing is com plete when the

CHARGE lamp remains lit.

Note

An exhausted battery can be fully recharged in approximately 2 hours.

CHARGE

MH–53

LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGER

Insert in di rec tion of arrow

CHARGE

EN- EL1

MH–53

LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGER

CHARGE

MH–53

LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGER

CHARGE Lamp

Terminals

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Electronic viewﬁ nder

/ SEL but ton

Note

Pictures can be framed in the monitor or viewﬁ nder. Pressing the / SEL button will tog gle be tween the monitor and viewﬁ nder (which can not be used simultaneously) when the mon i tor is open. The mon i tor can be used to frame pic tures at al most any an gle. The viewﬁ nder can be used when bright am bi ent lighting makes the dis play in the monitor dif ﬁ cult to see.

The ﬁ rst time you use the camera, the date and time will not be set, and a ﬂ ashing clock icon ( ) will appear in the monitor. For more information, see the Guide to Digital Photography, page 20.

Mon i tor

You can end image review at any time by pressing the shutter re lease button half way down. Press the shut ter release but ton all the way down to take a picture.

When you have ﬁ nished taking pictures, turn the camera off. This

com pletes our over view of basic camera operations.

For information on transferring your pictures to a computer, see the re verse side of this sheet. To make the most of all the features of your Nikon digital camera, be sure to read the Guide to Digital Pho tog ra phy.

Multi selector

Viewing pictures on a TV

Using the Audio/Video cable provided with your camera, you can connect the COOLPIX 5700 to a television set. Sound recorded with movies will be played back through the television speakers.

To learn more, see the Guide to Digital Photography, page 46.

Connect the camera to the television as shown in the illustration.

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VIDEO AUDIO

Slide the mode selector on the back of the camera to playback ( ) mode, then turn the camera

on. The television screen will display your most recent picture. When viewing pictures on a televi -

sion screen, the camera monitor and viewﬁ nder will be blank.

Connect the black plug to the camera's A/V OUT connector.

Connect the yellow plug to the video-in jack on the TV or VCR. Connect the white plug to the au dio-in jack.

Viewing Pictures on a Computer

Supported Operating Systems: Windows

(pre-installed versions only)

Macintosh •Mac OS X (10.1.2 or later) •Mac OS 9.0–9.2

Step1 Install Nikon View

Depending on the version of Nikon View installed, the installation process and the dialogs and messages displayed may differ from those described here.

Before Installing Nikon View:

• Turn off any virus - checking software

• Exit all other applications that may be running

Uninstall Existing Versions of Nikon View and Nikon Capture Version 1.x

Before installing Nikon View, you will need to uninstall Nikon Capture version

1.x ( i f installed) and any earlier versions of Nikon View.

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Mac OS X

When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon View, log on as the “Computer administrator” (Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional), “Ad mi ni st rat o r” ( W indows 2000 Professional) or “Admin” (Mac OS X).

Connecting the Camera to a Computer

Be sure to install Nikon View before connecting the camera to your com- puter. If the Add New Hardware Wizard is displayed when the camera is connected, click Cancel to exit the wizard.

Windows

Turn the computer on and wait for the operating system to start up.

Insert the Nikon View installer CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. The Install Center program will launch automatically and a language selection dialog will be displayed. Select a language and click Next.

If the Language Selection Dialog Is Not Displayed

Select My Computer from the Start menu (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional; in other versions of Windows, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop) and double-click the CD-ROM (NKVIEW6) icon in the “My Computer” window.

Click Easy Install. The standard in-

stall includes:

• PTP driver (Windows XP only)

•

Coolpix Camera Drivers (Mass Storage driver)

(Windows 98 SE only)

• Panorama Maker

• Quick Time 5

• Nikon View

The first components to be installed are the camera drivers. What driv-

ers are installed depends on your computer’s operating system.

Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional

Follow the on-screen instructions to install the PTP driver. On some systems a Microsoft Wizard may install the PTP driver. Click “Finish” or “OK” after the installation of the PTP driver.

Windows 2000 Professional/Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

No drivers are installed. Proceed to Step 5.

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Coolpix Camera Drivers.

Installation of Panorama Maker opens

with a language selection dialog. Choose a language and click OK. The opening dialog of the Panorama Maker install wizard will be displayed; follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.

Installation will continue with Quick

Time 5. No registration number is required; leave the registration information blank and click Next.

•Wi n d ows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional

•Wi n d ows Millennium Edition (Me)

The Nikon View setup program will now

start. After reading the license agreement, click Yes to accept the agreement and proceed with installation.

The destination folder for Nikon View will

be displayed under “Destination Folder”. Click Next to install Nikon View to this folder, or click Browse to select another destination.

Click Yes to create the destination folder.

Click Yes to create a shortcut to Nikon View on the desktop, No to proceed without creating a desktop shortcut.

Click Finish to exit the Nikon View installer.

Click Yes to restart your computer.

After the computer restarts, remove the Nikon View installer CD - ROM from the CD- ROM drive.

If the “Select Language” dialog is displayed after the computer restarts, click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer CD- ROM from the CD-ROM drive.

Macintosh

Turn the computer on and wait for it to start up.

Insert the Nikon View installer CD- ROM into the CD - ROM drive.

Mac OS X

After inserting the Nikon View installer CD ROM into the CD- ROM drive, double- click the CD- ROM (Nikon View 6) icon on the desktop and then double- click the Welcome icon. A language-selection dialog will be displayed; select a language and click Next.

Mac OS 9

The language-selection dialog will be displayed automatically when you insert the Nikon View installer CD- ROM.

CarbonLib (Mac OS 9 Only)

CarbonLib 1.5 or later is required to install this Nikon software. If the installer detects an earlier version of CarbonLib, a message will be displayed. Click Install to upgrade to CarbonLib 1.6.

Once installation is complete, be sure to restart the computer before going on to install Nikon software.

Click Easy Install to begin installation of

the following software:

• Panorama Maker

• Nikon View

• Quick Time 5 (Mac OS 9 only)

Follow the on-screen instructions to install

Panorama Maker.

Enter your administrator name and pass -

word and click OK (Mac OS X only).

•Wi n d ows 2000 Professional

•Wi n d ows 98 Second Edition (SE)

Pictures taken with your COOLPIX 5700 can be transferred to a computer, where they can be viewed and organized. To transfer your pictures, you will need to install Nikon View as described below. For complete instructions on using Nikon View, see the Nikon View Reference Manual (on CD-ROM).

Installation of Nikon View opens with a

license agreement. Click Accept to ac - cept the agreement and proceed with installation. The Nikon View “ReadMe” will then be displayed. This document contains important information; be sure to read it thoroughly before clicking Con- tinue to proceed with installation.

Click Install to install Nikon View.

Add Nikon View to the Dock or create an alias on the desktop.

Mac OS X Click Yes to add Nikon View to the Dock, No to proceed without adding Nikon

View to the Dock.

Mac OS 9

Click Yes to create a alias for Nikon View on the desktop, No to proceed without creating an alias.

Click Quit to complete installation of

Nikon View.

Installing Quick Time 5 (Mac OS 9 Only)

Under Mac OS 9, installation of Quick Time 5 will begin when installation of all other software is complete. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation. When the Registration dialog is displayed, click Continue. Do not

supply registration information.

Click Restart to restart your computer.

After the computer restarts, remove the Nikon View installer CD -ROM from the CD- ROM drive.

If the “Select Language” dialog is displayed after the computer restarts, click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer CD- ROM from the CD- ROM drive.

Nikon View

Nikon View is made up of four components: Nikon Transfer, Nikon Browser, Nikon Viewer, and Nikon Editor. More information on Nikon View can be found using on-line help or by reading the Nikon View Reference Manual included on the reference CD- ROM provided with your camera.

Pictures taken with your Nikon digital camera

Nikon Viewer

When you connect the camera, Nikon Transfer will start automatically.

Use Nikon Viewer to inspect your pictures in detail.

Nikon Transfer

Nikon Transfer is used to transfer (copy) to your com puter the pictures stored on the camera memory card.

Nikon Browser

Step2 Transfer pictures

Use a Reliable Power Source

When transferring pictures between the camera and the computer, use a fully-charged EN-EL1 battery. If in doubt, charge the battery before beginning transfer or use an EH-53 AC adapter or EH -21 AC adapter/battery charger (available separately). Do not, under any

circumstances, use another make or model of AC adapter.

After turning the camera off, open the memory card slot cover on the

side of the camera and check that the eject button is pressed all the way down. Insert a memory card as shown in the label on the inside of the memory card slot cover, closing the cover once the card is fully inserted. The memory card should contain at least one picture.

Direction of

insertion

Terminals

Eject but ton

Mac OS X (Version 10.1.2–10.1.5)

Before connecting the camera, select Applications from the Finder Go menu and double- click the Image Capture icon. The Image Capture dialog will be displayed. Select None from the Automatic Task and Hot Plug Action menus and close the Image Capture dialog. If you install Ap ple iPhoto software after you install Nikon View, repeat this step to prevent both iPhoto and Nikon View from starting when you connect your camera.

Mac OS X (Version 10.2 or later)

Before connecting the camera, select Applications from the Finder

Go menu and double-click the Image Capture icon. The Image Cap-

ture dialog will be displayed. Select Preferences… from the Image Capture menu to display the Image Capture Preferences dialog. In the “Camera Preferences” area, select No application from the “When a camera is connected, open” menu.

Use the UC-E1 USB cable to connect the camera to the computer as

shown in the illustration.

USB Hub

The camera may not function as expected when connected via a USB hub or keyboard.

The Nikon View Reference Manual is distributed in Adobe Portable Docu- ment Format (PDF) and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. Windows users who have not already installed this application can install the copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader included on the reference CDROM (the Macintosh version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is not included).

Nikon Editor

Use Nikon Editor to edit your pictures.

Nikon Browser lists the pictures on your computer as thumbnail images (appearance of Nikon Browser window may differ slightly in some areas).

* Illustrations are for Windows XP.

Front

Select None

Select No application

The functional example of Nikon View

E-mail

Upload

Not available in some areas.

Slide shows

Find pictures

HTML output

Turn the camera on.

Windows

The camera will automatically be recognized and registered as a new device. Once the camera has been registered, the Nikon Transfer component of Nikon View will be displayed in the computer monitor. The camera monitor will remain blank.

AutoPlay (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional)

A Removable Disk dialog will be displayed when the camera is turned on.

Select

Select Copy pictures to a folder on my

computer using Nikon View 6 and click OK to start Nikon View. To bypass this dia - log in the future, check Always do the selected action.

See “Troubleshooting” in the Nikon View Reference Manual for information on what to do if Nikon Transfer fails to start automatically.

Macintosh

The Nikon Browser component of Nikon View will start, followed by Nikon Transfer. The camera monitor will remain blank.

Click the button in the Nikon Transfer window. All pictures on the

memory card will be transferred to your computer.

Windows Macintosh

Once transfer is complete, your pictures will be displayed in the Nikon

Browser component of Nikon View.

Windows

The default destination folder for transferred pictures is the My Pictures or My Documents folder. Pictures will have file names of the form “Imgnnnn”, wh ere “nnnn” is a four- digit number assigned automatically in ascending order by Nikon View, starting from 0001.

Macintosh

The default destination folder for transferred pictures is the Pictures folder (Mac OS X) or the Documents folder (Mac OS 9). Pictures will have file names of the form “Imgnnnn”, where “nnnn” is a four-digit number assigned automatically in ascending order by Nikon View, starting from 0001.

Once your pictures are displayed in Nikon Browser, transfer is com -

plete and you can remove the camera from the system.

Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional

Click the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon ( ) in the taskbar and select Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears.

Windows 2000 Professional

Click the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” icon ( ) in the taskbar and select Stop USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears.

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Click the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” icon ( ) in the taskbar and select Stop USB Disk from the menu that appears.

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

In My Computer, click with the right mouse button on the removable disk corresponding to the camera and select Eject from the menu that appears.

Mac OS X

Drag the “NO_NAME” camera volume into the Trash.

Mac OS 9

Drag the “untitled” camera volume into the Trash.

You ca n now turn the camera off and disconnect the USB cable.

Copy pictures to a folder on my computer using Nikon View 6

Mac OS 9Mac OS X

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