Nikon Coolpix P300 User Manual
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Selecting Scenes for Shooting (Scene Mode)
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Notes on Scene Auto Selector
• The digital zoom is not available.
• Depending upon shooting conditions, the camera may not select the desired scene mode. Should
this occur, switch to A (Auto) mode (
A24) or choose the desired scene manually (A44).
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Focusing in Scene Auto Selector
• In Scene auto selector, the camera detects and focuses on a face (see “Shooting with Face Priority”
A85) for more information).
• When the shooting mode icon is d or i (Close-up), in the same way as when the AF area
mode (
A83) is set to Auto, the camera automatically selects one or more of the nine focus areas
containing the subject closest to the camera.
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Shooting with Night landscape and Night portrait When Using Scene Auto
Selector
• If the camera switches to g (Night landscape) when using Scene auto selector, pictures are shot
continuously, and the camera combines these pictures to save a single picture.
• If the camera switches to h (Night portrait) when using Scene auto selector, flash mode is fixed
at slow sync with red-eye reduction for shooting human subjects (the camera does not shoot
continuously).
• In dark surroundings, the use of a tripod is recommended. Set Vibration reduction (
Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.
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Notes on Flash
• U
(Auto) (default setting) or W (Off ) flash mode settings (A32) can be applied.
- When U (Auto) is applied, the camera automatically chooses the optimum flash mode setting
for the scene mode it has selected.
- When W (Off ) is set, the flash does not fire even when the flash is raised.
• If you do not want to use the flash, you can shoot while the flash is lowered.
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Functions Available in Scene Auto Selector
• Self-timer (
A35) and exposure compensation (A39) settings can be adjusted.
• Smile timer (
A36) is not available.
• The rotary multi selector