The LCD screens that you see in this review had to be photographed as there is no video out-
port that we normally use to capture the displays with. LCD monitors on any camera were
never designed with enough resolution to be photographed. So we hope you understand why these
screen captures are not up to standard with our usual high-res direct output method.
Record Mode Displays
Typical Auto record mode LCD screen display.
The QuickReview button lets you see the last image captured in a quarter-size screen without
leaving Record mode. Press the button again to make the image full screen. Tap the shutter
release or the QuickReview button again to quickly return to Record mode.
Record Mode Menus
By pressing the MENU button while in Record, the following screens are displayed:
In the Auto Record mode
Screen one:
IMAGE QUALITY - Fine, Normal or Basic
IMAGE SIZE - 2048(x1536), 1600(x1200), 1280(x960), 1024(x768) or 640(x480)
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION - "+" or "-" 2 stops in 1/3 stop increments
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In the Manual Record mode
Screen one:
IMAGE QUALITY - Fine, Normal or Basic
IMAGE SIZE - 2048(x1536), 1600(x1200), 1280(x960), 1024(x768) or 640(x480)
WHITE BALANCE - Auto, White Bal. Preset, Fine(sun), Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy or Speedlight
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION - "+" or "-" 2 stops in 1/3 stop increments
CONTINUOUS - Single, Continuous or Multi-Shot 16
BEST SHOT SELECTOR - ON / OFF
IMAGE SHARPENING - Auto, High, Normal, Low or Off
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Screen Two is the same in both
Auto and Manual Record:
- Brightness - LCD backlight - brighter or dimmer.
- CF Card Format - Format the CF card in the camera.
- Date - Adjust date and time.
- Auto Off - Auto turn-off time for LCD - 30s, 1m, 5m, or 30m.
- Language - De, ENglish, Fr, Japanese, Es.
- USB - PTP, Mass Storage
- RESET ALL - No / Reset (resets all values to default)
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The Scene Menu allows access to the creative modes: Off(Auto - default), Backlight, Museum,
Beach and Snow, Night Portrait, Night Landscape, Copy, Close up, Sunset, Party/Indoor,
Portrait, Landscape, and Fireworks Show.
Flash Modes: Auto, Auto Red-eye reduction, flash cancel, and forced fill flash.
Self Timer, accessed with the "up" 4-way Nav. control, turns on the 10 sec. Self Timer.
Record Mode, accessed with the "down" 4-way Nav. control,
allows access to the Manual or Movie record modes.
Play Mode Displays
Typical Play mode LCD screen display. This is the maximum
amount of overlay information that can be displayed.
Thumbnail index pages can display 4 images per page or ...
You can display 9 thumbnails if your eyesight is really good.
The image can be magnified in many steps up to 6x, once enlarged you can scroll
around it using the 4-way controller.
Typical screen display while in the Movie Play mode. The Coolpix 3500 can record QuickTime
MOVie clips up to 35 seconds in length at 320 x 240 resolution and 15 frames per second. There
is no microphone so the movies are silent. The optical zoom can't be used during movie
recording.
Play Mode Menu
Play mode menu has options for Deleting images, Setting DPOF printing information, Protecting
images, enabling Auto Transfers, Compact Flash Card Formatting, and LCD brightness control.
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