Nikon COOLPIX S6 User Manual

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Preserves the colors seen in the weak natural light before sunrise or 
after sunset.

Slow shutter speeds are used to produce stunning night landscapes.

Use to photograph fl owers, insects, and other small objects at rang-
es as close as 4 cm (1.6 in.), with the background artistically blurred.  
Camera zooms to macro close-up position.  Macro close-up icon ( ) 
turns green, indicating that camera can focus as close as 4 cm (1.6 in.) 
to lens.  Camera focuses continuously until shutter-release button is 
pressed halfway to lock focus.

Use indoors where fl ash photography is prohibited (for example, in 
museums and art galleries) or in other settings in which you do not 
want to use the fl ash.  BSS (

 78) turns on automatically.

Slow shutter speeds are used to capture the expanding burst of light 
from a fi rework.

Provides clear pictures of text or drawings on a white board or in 
printed matter such as a business card.  Use macro close-up (

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to focus at short ranges.  Colored text and drawings may not show 
up well.

Use when light is coming from behind a portrait subject, throwing 
their features into shadow.  The fl ash fi res automatically to “fi ll in” (il-
luminate) shadows.