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Coolpix P4

Nikon Coolpix P4 Review

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Nikon Coolpix P4

Playback Modes & Screens

The Playback screen displays the time and date of capture, the folder name and filename. The

icon in the middle on the left indicates that this image is marked for Auto Transfer. A voice memo can be recorded by depressing the shutter button. On the bottom is the image quality/size and the image # / total # of images on the SD card or internal memory.

Press the OK button to display the exposure information and histogram. Potentially over-exposed areas will blink.

Press the zoom "W"ide button to enter the Index mode which can show 4, 9 or 16 thumbnail images per page.

Press the zoom "T"ele button to enlarge the playback image. It can be magnified from 1.2x to 10.0x in multiple steps, once enlarged you can scroll around inside of it using the 4-way controller. At any magnification step you can save the cropped image by pressing the shutter button.

Up to a 20-second voice memo can be recorded and attached to the current image by pressing the shutter button, release it to stop recording.

Playback menu has options for Listing pictures by a specific date, D-Lighting (see below), Print set (DPOF) printing information, automated slideshow, image Delete, image Protect, Auto Transfer, Small pic and Copy. The Small Picture option creates a smaller image for email or web use, select from 640x480, 320x240 or 160x120 size.

The Photo Trim option works in conjunction with playback zoom, allowing you to crop out a smaller section of an image. These operations prompt you to create a new image or overwrite the original.

Chose the D-Lighting function from the menu to brighten up the background of flash pictures or to brighten darker areas of most images. It's quick and easy!

QuickTime movies are played back in full screen mode, playback starts by pressing the 4-way controller's center button.

During playback, the 4-way controller's left and right buttons are used to select the playback controls displayed at the top of the LCD; pressing the center button performs the selected action. The bar at the bottom indicates the playback position with the running time in seconds displayed on the right.

The Set-Up menu options:

Menus

Welcome screen

Date

Monitor Settings

Date imprint

Shot Confirmation

AF assist

Sound settings

Auto Off

Format card

Language

Interface

Auto transfer

Reset all

Firmware version

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