Nikon P500 Manuale Utente

Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode)

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• The mode dial can be used to select scenes when shooting (

• See “Shooting in the Scene Selected by the Camera (Scene Auto Selector)” 

A46) for more information on Scene auto selector scene mode.

• The X shown for each scene is the setting for the flash mode when the flash is 

raised (

A36). n is the setting for the Self-timer (A39), p is the setting for 

focus mode (

A40) and o is the setting for exposure compensation (A43).

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Other settings can be selected.

j Night landscape

Q

Use this mode to capture the ambience of night landscapes.
Press the 

d button to select Hand-held or Tripod in Night 

landscape.

• Hand-held (default setting): This enables you to shoot with 

the minimum of camera shake and noise even when holding 
the camera by hand.

- The Y icon is displayed on the shooting screen.
- When the j icon at the top left of the monitor lights in green, press the shutter-release 

button all the way to shoot a series of pictures, which will be combined into a single 
image and saved.

- 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, 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.

• Tripod: Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a tripod.

- The Z icon is displayed on the shooting screen.
- Vibration reduction (

A193) is automatically set to Off regardless of the applied 

option in the setup menu (

- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot a single picture at slow shutter 

speeds.

• Camera focuses at infinity. When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus 

area always lights in green. However, because the camera focuses at infinity, it may not 
be able to focus on nearby objects.

• The digital zoom is not available.
• AF-assist illuminator (

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Q: Noise reduction is performed for pictures shot in scene modes with Q, so they may take longer 

to record.