Nikon COOLPIX B500 Manuale Proprietario

The Shooting Menu (The Common Shooting Options)

* Image mode can be set in any shooting mode other than short movie show mode. The 

setting is also applied to other shooting modes (except Easy panorama scene mode).

Select the combination of image size and compression ratio to be used when saving images.
The higher the image mode setting, the larger the size at which it can be printed, and 
the lower the compression ratio, the higher the quality of the images, but the number 
of images that can be saved is reduced.

* The numerical values indicate the number of pixels that are captured.

Example: P 4608×3456 = approx. 16 megapixels, 4608 × 3456 pixels

B

Change the printer setting to “Border” when printing images at a 1:1 aspect ratio. Some 
printers may not be able to print images at a 1:1 aspect ratio.

B

This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions (

C

• The approximate number of images that can be saved can be checked on the screen 

when shooting (

• Note that due to JPEG compression, the number of images that can be saved may vary 

greatly depending on the image content, even when using memory cards with the same 
capacity and the same image mode setting. In addition, the number of images that can be 
saved may vary depending on the make of the memory card.

• If the number of exposures remaining is 10,000 or more, the number of exposures 

remaining display shows “9999.”

Enter shooting mode* 

M d button M Image mode M k button

Option*

Compression ratio

Aspect ratio 

(horizontal to vertical)

Q 4608×3456P

Approx. 1:4

4:3

P 4608×3456 (default setting)

Approx. 1:8

4:3

R 3264×2448

Approx. 1:8

4:3

r 2272×1704

Approx. 1:8

4:3

q 1600×1200

Approx. 1:8

4:3

O 640×480

Approx. 1:8

4:3

g 4608×2592

Approx. 1:8

16:9

s 3456×3456

Approx. 1:8

1:1