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Nikon Coolpix 990 User Manual

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Capture modes

1) Single
2) Continuous
3) Multi-Shot 16 (16 frames in 1/16 size)
4) VGA Sequence
5) Ultra High-speed Continuous (approx. 30 fps for 80 QVGA-size images)
6) Movie (40 sec. for QVGA-size images at 15 fps)

Exposure metering

4-mode TTL metering:
1) 256-segment Matrix
2) Center-Weighted
3) Spot and
4) Spot AF Area

Shutter

Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter
8 to 1/1,000 sec.

Aperture

7-blade iris diaphragm
3 EV range in 1/3 EV steps

Exposure control

1) Programmed Auto with Flexible Program
2) Shutter-Priority Auto (with Sensitivity control)
3) Aperture-Priority Auto
4) Manual; Exposure Compensation (±2 EV in 1/3 EV steps)
Auto Bracketing (5 steps within ±2/3 EV)

Exposure range

EV -2~+15.5 (W), EV -0.8~+16.7 (T) (ISO 100 equivalent)

ISO Sensitivity

100, 200, 400 or Auto

White balance

1) Matrix Auto White Balance with TTL control
2) 5-mode Manual with 7-step fine tuning (Fine/Incandescent/Fluorescent/
Cloudy/Speedlight)
3) Preset

Self-timer

10 sec. or 3 sec. duration

Built-in Speedlight

Guide number 9/30 (at ISO 100, m/ft.)

Flash control

Flash modes:
1) Auto Flash
2) Flash Cancel
3) Anytime Flash
4) Slow Sync
5) Red-Eye Reduction

External Speedlight

Multi-flash sync terminal connects to external Nikon Speedlight SB-28/28DX/26/25/24/22
through the Multi-Flash Bracket Unit SK-E900; built-in Speedlight can be canceled when
using external Speedlight(s)

Playback menu

1) 1 frame
2) Thumbnail (4/9 segments)
3) Slide show
4) Zoom playback (stepless up to 3x)
Histogram indication & highlight point display
Peaking indication
Hide and protect attributes can be set to each image

Delete function

Deletes all frames or selected frames

Interface

USB interface; Serial interface (Windows: 115kbps, Macintosh: 230kbps)

Video output

NTSC or PAL (selectable)