Nikon Coolpix 8800 User Manual
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Basic Photography
Basic Photography
The Battery Indicator
Shooting
display
Control
panel
Status
Notes
—
Battery fully charged.
Camera functions normally.
Battery partially discharged.
Low battery. Ready spare
battery.
If built-in Speedlight fi res, monitor
turns off while fl ash recharges.
turns off while fl ash recharges.
WARNING!!
BATTERY
EXHAUSTED
(fl ashes)
Battery exhausted.
No pictures can be taken until
battery has been recharged or
replaced.
battery has been recharged or
replaced.
Step 1 —Rotate the Mode Dial to
Shooting
mode:
mode:
indicates
auto mode.
Battery
indicator
8M
8M
8M
F2.8
F2.8
F2.8
1/60
60
1/60
126
126
126
Monitor / electronic
viewfi nder
Control panel
Exposure mode (
46): P (pro-
grammed auto) is automatical-
ly selected in
ly selected in
mode.
Number of exposures remaining ( 36):
Depends on capacity of memory card and
options chosen for image quality and size.
Depends on capacity of memory card and
options chosen for image quality and size.
Image quality / size (
33):
Choose according to how
picture will be used.
picture will be used.
This section describes how to take pictures in
(auto) mode, an automatic,
“point-and-shoot” mode recommended for fi rst-time users of digital cameras.
Rotate the mode dial to
and turn the camera on
The lens will extend and the monitor or electronic view-
fi nder will display a welcome message (
fi nder will display a welcome message (
135). The
camera is ready to shoot when the view through the
camera lens is displayed and the control panel lights.
camera lens is displayed and the control panel lights.
Vibration reduction (VR) indicator (
45):
Displayed when vibration reduction is on. Vi-
bration reduction reduces blurring caused by
small camera movements (camera shake).
bration reduction reduces blurring caused by
small camera movements (camera shake).