Nikon COOLPIX S5200 Reference Manual

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j Night landscape

• The focus area or focus indicator (

A9) always glows green when the shutter-release button is 

pressed halfway.

• From the screen displayed after j Night landscape is selected, select Hand-held or Tripod.
• Hand-held (default setting): Select this option to produce shots with reduced blurring and 

noise even when the camera is hand-held.
- When  the  j icon at the top left of the monitor lights in green, press the shutter-release 

button all the way to capture a series of images which will be combined into a single image 
and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image 

is displayed. After taking an image, do not turn the camera off before the monitor switches to 
the shooting screen.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image will be narrower 

than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.

• Tripod: Select this option when using a tripod or other means to stabilize the camera during 

shooting.
- Vibration reduction is disabled even when Vibration reduction (

A104) in the setup menu 

is set to On.

- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is pressed all 

the way.

• Digital zoom cannot be used.

k Close-up

• Macro mode (

A62) is enabled and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at 

which it can focus.

• You can move the focus area. To move the focus area, press the 

k button, and then press the 

multi selector 

H, I, J, or K.

To change settings for any of the following functions, first press the 

k button to cancel focus-

area selection, then change the settings as desired.
- Flash  mode
- Self-timer
- Exposure compensation

• The camera focuses even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You may hear 

the sound of the camera focusing.