Nikon P500 Manuale Utente

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Sh
ooting

Rotate the mode dial and align an icon to the mark to select one of the following 
shooting modes.

Auto mode

A Auto mode (A28)

An automatic, “point-and-
shoot” mode 
recommended for first-
time users of digital 
cameras.

j, k, l, m mode (A69)

Choose these modes for 
greater control over 
shutter speed and 
aperture value.

F Smart portrait mode 
(

The camera detects smiling 
faces using face priority 
and releases the shutter 
automatically. The Skin 
softening function makes a 
human subject’s skin 
appear smoother.

M User setting mode (A108)

Setting combinations that are 
frequently used for shooting 
can be saved. The saved 
settings can be immediately 
retrieved for shooting simply 
by rotating the mode dial to 

M.

Scene mode (

Shoot with settings suitable for the scene by choosing one of the scene modes.
y (Scene): Choose the desired scene from 15 different scene types, and the camera’s 
settings are automatically optimized for the selected scene. 
In Scene auto selector mode, the camera automatically selects the optimum scene mode 
for simpler shooting.
j (Night landscape): Produces night landscape shots with reduced blurring and noise, or 
capture the atmosphere of a night landscape with a slow shutter speed.
e (Night portrait): The flash fires to light the portrait subject while preserving the 
atmosphere of the evening or night view.
o (Backlighting): The flash fires to prevent the backlit subject from being hidden in 
shadow, or the HDR function can be used to shoot scenes with high contrast.