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May 18, 2013

You should format the memory card in your camera on a regular basis. By using the camera’s built-in “Format” function, found in the menus, you lessen the chance of having card problems in the future. Doing so is better than just deleting the images using the camera or the computer.

May 17, 2013

When you’re at a parade take photos of the parade goers, especially your children and the looks on their faces. You’ll see a lot of smiles and excitement.

May 16, 2013

Take a self-portrait each day for a week or month (or a year). It’s harder than you think to take an attractive photo of yourself, and if you do it for long enough you’ll have an interesting series that shows how you’ve changed over time.

May 15, 2013

Everyone loves a parade. For more interesting photos, look for details like the band’s uniforms, a cheerleader’s colorful pom-poms or a bright red fire engine.

May 14, 2013

When shooting groups of five or more people, make sure you stagger them. Put tall folks in the back and the shortest ones in front. It may seem simple, but blocking out just one face can ruin a group portrait. Always tell them, “If you don’t have a clear view of me, the camera can’t see you.”

May 13, 2013

Posing a bride and groom for photos is sometimes difficult. Concentrate on close shots of just the two of them, with clean backgrounds. Then create a fun group shot having them in the center, with others gathered around them. Just make sure no one gets in front of them. After all, it’s their day.

May 12, 2013

Take plenty of photos during your Mother’s Day celebrations. Remember to print multiple copies, so everyone can have their own photographs of mom to cherish.

May 11, 2013

Use a polarizing filter to lessen or eliminate reflections from glass. This works really well on windows of stores or cars. But the trade-off is that your exposure will be a bit longer, as the light is cut down by almost two stops.

May 10, 2013

Capture the hustle and bustle of the city at night. Place your camera on a tripod and use a long exposure (slow shutter speed) to blur the movement of cars and people. Try shooting for about 10 seconds first, and then adjust creatively to catch the motion of the lights and the feel of the city.

May 9, 2013

Make a great team picture. Get the team together in front of a nice background—maybe the goal, the net or the team logo on the field or floor. Shoot the ordinary, and then let the kids have some fun, making faces or funny poses. That’s the one they will always remember.

May 8, 2013

Try shooting panoramas if you’re at a sport stadium, beach or park, for more interesting images. Some Nikon Digital Cameras have an Easy Panorama mode or a Panorama Assist mode, which make these photos easy to shoot.

May 7, 2013

When photographing animals of any kind—pets, birds in flight, animals at the zoo—try to zoom in as close as you can or use a longer lens to isolate the animal from its background. By getting a close-up view you have a greater chance of capturing a wonderful expression on the face of the animal, which will give you a more interesting photograph.

May 6, 2013

Want a unique video of sports action? Use the slow-motion mode that many Nikon digital cameras offer. By shooting the action faster than normal and played back at normal speed, your subject’s movements are slowed down and look more deliberate.

May 5, 2013

When celebrating Cinco de Mayo, take plenty of photos of the colorful decorations in addition to candid photos of everyone having a great time.

May 4, 2013

Change your white balance during a sunrise or sunset. Take your camera off auto white balance and switch to Cloudy or Shady white balance. This will add more strength to the reds, oranges and yellows. Auto White Balance tries to keep colors neutral.

May 3, 2013

To get a shot of someone at sunset, turn on your flash and place the person with the beautiful sunset behind them. With the flash on, they will be illuminated. With the flash off, they will be silhouetted.

May 2, 2013

Spend a day capturing images only in black and white. You have to look at the world differently to take a good-looking photo in black and white, and that will help sharpen your artistic skills.

May 1, 2013

May is National Photo Month! Celebrate by taking photos every day. Give yourself an assignment such as taking a self-portrait each day of the month, or photographing an object every day.

April 30, 2013

If your camera can capture images in both RAW and JPEG format, do so even if you don’t work with RAW images now. These RAW files have the highest image quality possible, so you can edit them years from now and be sure you’re getting the best looking image possible.

April 29, 2013

Set your Speedlight to Rear Curtain Sync. This fires the flash at the end of the exposure, not the beginning, and can create interesting streaks and effects in moving subjects. Experiment with the different flash modes your camera and Speedlight offers.

April 28, 2013

Pick a day and use a fixed focal length lens instead of a zoom (or only one focal length on your zoom, like 35mm). By practicing moving you and the camera to re-frame your images you’ll become more engaged with your subject.

April 27, 2013

If you are photographing out of the window of a plane be sure to keep from touching the window, walls, armrests or other parts of the plane. The vibrations caused by the engines are transmitted through the fuselage and can make your photos blurry. Instead, sit up in the seat and hold the camera as still as you can, close to the window.

April 26, 2013

Arbor Day, which celebrates the planting and caring for trees is celebrated across the USA at different times of the year. Some states celebrate in February while others celebrate the holiday in April, so we decided to celebrate it twice! Use this holiday to take some cool photographs of trees.

April 25, 2013

Frame your storm photograph before it happens. Remember that the sky is your subject, so dramatic clouds are what you’re framing for, and then you hope that lightning will happen in that space. Keep the horizon in the lower third of the frame with the sky the top two-thirds.

April 24, 2013

Shooting a lightning storm can be exciting. Use a tripod and set you camera to record a long exposure. With D-SLRs, 15 seconds is a good start, but you may have to use up to 30 seconds, or bulb setting (where the shutter stays open as long as you hold down the shutter button). Because you never know when the lightning will occur, keep shooting for best results. And don’t forget the tripod! Otherwise you’ll have blurry photos.

April 23, 2013

Try different kinds of framing with your flower shots. Instead of centering the flower, try placing it off to the left or the right of the frame. This will allow for you to be creative with the negative space (areas without the subject). Look for the patterns of other out of focus flowers in the background.

April 22, 2013

Celebrate Earth Day by taking photographs of nature, or of Earth Day Events in your neighborhood.

April 21, 2013

Try photographing flowers early in the morning when dew is on the petals. If there’s no dew, make your own. Take a small sprayer and fill it with glycerin and water and spray the flowers for those natural looking dewdrops. You can also use just water.

April 20, 2013

If you accidentally delete your images or see a card error message, stop using the memory card. There is software that can recover your “lost pictures” even if they don’t show up on the camera. Continuing to use the card before running that software on it can ruin your chances of saving those photos.

April 19, 2013

When you can, transfer your photos from the camera to a computer using an external memory card reader. Take out your memory card and insert it into the reader. It doesn’t rely on battery power (like the camera does when using it to download image and video files) and often can transfer the files faster. Plus your camera is still ready to shoot, even while you’re downloading.

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Key Features

6.0 Megapixels for stunning prints as large as 16 x 20 inches.

Incredible, bright 2.4-inch LCD makes it easy to view and share pictures.

Nikon In-Camera Innovations featuring:
In-Camera Red-Eye Fix™ automatically fixes most instances of red-eye in the camera. You may never see red-eye again.
Face-Priority AF - Nikon's face-finding technology that automatically focuses on faces
D-Lighting that rescues dark or backlit images by improving brightness and detail where needed.

3x Optical Zoom-NIKKOR Glass Lens gets you close to the action.

Adjusts up to ISO 800 to keep shooting even in lower light.

LCD, Video and Photo Gallery images are for illustrative purposes only.

Specifications

Effective Pixels

6.0 million

Image Sensor

CCD

Sensor Size

1/2.5 in.

Total Pixels

6.18 million (approx.)

Lens Zoom

Lens Specification

6.2-18.6mm (35mm [135] format picture angle: 37.5-112.5mm); f/2.8-5.2

Autofocus (AF)

Contrast-detect TTL AF

Auto-area AF Mode

Yes

Focus Range

Approx. 1 ft. 3 in. (40 cm.) to infinity
Macro close-up mode: Approx. 5.9 in. (15 cm.) to infinity

Focus Modes

Auto
Continuous-servo (C)
Face-Priority AF
Single-servo AF (S)

Focus Lock

Half press of shutter-release button (single-point AF in AF-S)

Single-point AF Mode

Yes

Monitor Size

2.4 in. diagonal

Monitor Type

TFT-LCD

Monitor Resolution

115,000-dots

Storage Media

SD memory card

Not compatible with Multi Media Cards (MMC).

Internal Memory

Approx. 7MB

Storage System

JPEG: JPEG-baseline-compliant; can be selected from Size priority and Optimal quality
Quicktime

Storage File System

DCF 2.0
EXIF 2.21
DPOF compliant

Movie

Movie with sound

Voice Memo Function

Yes

Image Size (pixels)

2816 x 2112 (6M)
2048 x 1536 (3M)
1024 x 768 (PC)
640 x 480 (TV)

ISO Sensitivity

Auto (auto gain ISO 64-800)

Lowest ISO Sensitivity

Highest ISO Sensitivity

800

Exposure Modes

Auto
Scene

Automatic Exposure Scene Modes

Yes

Scene Modes

Back Light
Beach/Snow
Close Up
Copy
Dusk/Dawn
Face-Priority AF
Fireworks Show
Landscape
Museum
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Panorama Assist
Party
Portrait
Sports
Sunset
Voice Recording

Image Optimization

B & W
Cyanotype
Sepia
Standard
Vivid

Exposure Compensation

± 2 EV in steps of 1/3

Exposure Lock

Yes

White Balance

Auto
Cloudy
Daylight
Fluorescent
Incandescent
White Balance Preset

Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution

Up to 5 shots at approx. 2.0 frames per second

Continuous Shooting Options

Continuous
Multi-shot 16
Single

Self-timer

Electronically controlled timer with duration of 10 sec.

Built-in Flash

Yes

Built-in Flash Distance

9 ft (3m)

Flash Sync Modes

Slow sync
Red-eye reduction with slow sync
Flash cancel/ flash off
Auto
Auto with red-eye reduction
Anytime flash

Interface

USB

Video Output

NTSC
PAL

Projector Playback Functions

Full frame
Thumbnail (4 or 9 or 16 segments)
Zoom
Slideshow
Sound playback

Battery / Batteries

Two rechargeable EN-MH1 NiMH batteries

Battery Life (shots per charge)

Nikon Rechargeable: 250 shots (CIPA)

Tripod Socket

¼-20

Approx. Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth)

3.5 in. (89.5 mm) x 2.4 in. (60.5 mm) x 1.1 in. (27.0 mm)

Excluding projections.

Approx. Weight

4.0 oz. (115.0 g)

Supplied Accessories

Two 1.5V LR6 AA-size alkaline batteries
USB Cable UC-E6
Audio Video Cable EG-CP14
Strap
Dock Insert PV-14
PictureProject CD-ROM

*Supplied accessories may differ depending on country or area.

**Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer.
***Refer to the product manual or the Compatible Lenses Specification for additional details.

LCD, Video and Photo Gallery images are for illustrative purposes only.

EH-65A AC Adapter$39.95

ViewNX

ViewNX 2

EN-MH1 COOLPIX Ni-MH AA-Type$10.95

PV-14 Image Link Dock Insert$16.95

PV-15 Image Link Dock Insert$21.95

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ViewNX 2

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The camera is not compatible with Windows 2000. Please install the latest version for View NX 2 in your computer that will allow you to download the photos.
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My son was playing with the camera and has it locked on a different language.

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I try to take a picture, the lens extends, then the camera retracts the lens and turns itself off.
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You will need to send your camera for service in order to be evaluated by one of our technicians.
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Please install the latest version for View NX 2 in your computer that will allow you to download the photos.
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I mistakenly did not set the date and now cannot seem to do so. The flashing icon that means the date is annoying. How can I now set the date?

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