Nikon P300 - Manual (Page 57)

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Selecting Scenes for Shooting (Scene Mode)
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1 When HDR is set to Off, the flash mode is fixed at X (fill flash).
When HDR is set to any setting other than Off, the flash mode is fixed at W (off).
2 The self-timer is available.
3 Other settings can be selected.
o Backlighting
Use when light is coming from behind the subject, throwing features or details into
shadow.
Press the
d button to adjust HDR (high dynamic range) composite settings in HDR for the
shooting scene.
• When HDR is set to Off (default setting): The flash fires to
prevent the subject from being hidden in shadow.
- Shoot pictures with the flash raised.
- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot a
single picture.
• When HDR is set to Level 1 to Level 3: Use when taking
pictures with very bright and dark areas in the same frame.
Level 1 is suitable when the contrast is low, and Level 3 is
suitable when the contrast is high.
- The P icon is displayed on the shooting screen.
- When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, the
camera shoots pictures continuously with a high shutter
speed, and saves the following two images.
- An image without HDR composition
- HDR composite image (the effects of over-exposure and under-exposure are
reduced)
- The second image saved is an HDR composite image. If only one image can be saved,
the camera enhances brightness and contrast in dark portions of the image with D-
Lighting (
A111) when shooting, and saves a single image.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steady without
moving it until a still picture is displayed. After taking a picture, it takes some time to
save the image. Do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to the
shooting screen.
- The angle of view (image area) seen in the saved image will be narrower than that seen
on the monitor at the time of shooting.
- Depending on the scene, dark shadows may appear around a bright subject or the
area around a dark subject may appear bright. Set the level low to adjust.
• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
m m/W 1 n Off
2 p Off o 0.0
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