Nikon 25514 User guide

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Quick Start Guide

DIGITAL CAMERA

Table of Contents

Step 1

Step 1 Install Nikon View ....................................pg. 13

Step 2

Step 2 Transfer pictures .......................................pg. 23

Windows...........................................pg. 14

Macintosh.........................................pg. 19

Take Pictures

pp. 2–11

Install Nikon View and Transfer Pictures

pp. 12–29

Step 1

Step 1 Charge the batteries...................................pg. 2

Step 2

Step 2 Attach the camera strap.............................pg. 3

Step 3

Step 3 Insert the battery and memory card .........pg. 4

Step 4

Step 4 Turn the camera on.....................................pg. 5

Step 5

Step 5 Choose a language and set the clock........pg. 6

Step 6

Step 6 Take pictures ...............................................pg. 8

Step 7

Step 7 View pictures ............................................ pg. 11

Check the package contents

pg. 1

Check the package contents 1

Warranty

Nikon View

Reference Manual

Check that you have all the items listed below.

COOLPIX 3700

digital camera

EN-EL5 rechargeable li-ion

battery (with terminal cover)

MH-61 battery charger

with power cable

Camera strap

UC-E6 USB interface cable EG-CP14 audio/video cable

Viewﬁ nder eyecup

Warranty

Nikon View

CD-ROM

Nikon View Reference

Manual CD-ROM

SD memory card

Quick Start Guide

(this guide)

Guide to Digital

Photography with the

COOLPIX 3700

En

The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography

with the

DIGITAL CAMERA

En

Quick Start Guide

DIGITAL CAMERA

2 Take pictures

Charge the batteries

Step 1

Charge the batteries

The CHARGE lamp will start to

blink.

Connect the power cable to the MH-61 battery charger (

1

) and

insert the wall plug into a power outlet (

2

). The CHARGE lamp

will light (

3

).

Remove the terminal cover from

EN-EL5 and insert the battery into

the MH-61, making sure that the

small projection on the battery is

inserted into the matching pit on

the charger. Charging will begin

immediately.

1

2

3

Charge the batteries/Attach the camera strap

Charging is complete when the

CHARGE lamp stops blinking.

An exhausted battery can be fully

recharged in about two hours.

Step 2

Attach the camera strap

Attach the camera strap securely to the eyelet on the camera body as shown

below.

Attaching the Viewﬁ nder Eyecup

A viewﬁ nder eyecup can be

attached as an aid to users

who wear glasses or to pre-

vent light from entering via

the viewﬁ nder. Attach the

eyecup as shown at right.

4

Insert the battery and memory card

Step 3

Insert the battery and memory card

Open the memory card slot/

battery-chamber cover

Slide the cover in the direction

shown in (

1

) until it stops and

the cover opens (

2

).

Insert the battery

Insert the battery as shown in

the label at the entrance to the

battery chamber, making sure

the positive (“+”) and negative

(“–”) terminals are in the correct

orientation. The small projection

on the battery is on the same side

as the negative terminal.

Inserting the battery upside

down or backwards could dam-

age the camera. Check to be

sure the battery is in the correct

orientation.

The orange battery latch is

pushed aside as the battery is in-

serted. The latch will close when

the battery is fully inserted.

1

2

5Take pictures

Insert the battery and memory card/Turn the camera on

Insert the memory card

Insert the memory card in the

direction of the arrow, as shown

in the label at the entrance to the

memory card slot.

Insert the memory card terminals

ﬁ rst. Inserting the card upside

down or backwards could dam-

age the camera or the card.

Check to be sure the card is in the

correct orientation.

Close the memory card slot/

battery-chamber cover

Close the cover (

1

) and slide it in

until it latches (

2

).

2

1

Terminals

Step 4

Turn the camera on

Rotate the mode dial to

6

Choose a language and set the clock

Conﬁ rmation dialog displayed. Highlight Yes.

Step 5

Choose a language and set the clock

The ﬁ rst time the camera is turned on, a language-selection dialog will be

displayed in the monitor. Follow the steps below to choose a language and

set the time and date.

The multi selector is used to navigate through the camera menus.

Cancel and return

to previous menu,

or move cursor left

Display sub-menu, move cur-

sor right, or make selection.

Move cursor up

Move cursor down

Press left, right,

up, or down

DATE

Set time and date ?

No

Yes

Highlight Deutsch (German), English,

Español (Spanish), Français (French),

Italiano, (Italian), Nederlands (Dutch),

Svenska (Swedish), (Japanese),

(Simpliﬁ ed Chinese), or

(Korean).

LANGUAGE

Set

Deutsch

English

Es

p

añol

Français

Italiano

Nederlands

Svenska

DATE

Set time and date ?

No

Yes

TIME ZONE menu displayed.

†

TIME ZONE

2003.

01

.

01 00

:

00

Da

y

li

g

htSavin

g

London, Casablanca

Press center ( )

to make selection

† To turn daylight saving time on or off,

press multi selector down to highlight

DaylightSaving and press center of

multi selector. When DaylightSaving

is checked, time will automatically be

advanced one hour. To return to Step

4, press multi selector up to highlight

current time zone.

7Take pictures

Choose a language and set the clock

Display DATE menu.

DATE

200301

00 00

01

DM Y

Select home time zone.

HOME TIME ZONE

Back Set

Display map of world time zones.

London

,

Casablanc

a

HOME TIME ZONE

B

ack

Set

Select Month. Repeat steps – to

edit Month, Year, hour, and minute.

Highlight D M Y.

DATE

200310

00 00

31

DM Y

DATE

200310

10 00

31

DM Y

Choose order in which Day,

Month, and Year will be displayed.

Exit to shooting mode.

Edit Day (order of Day, Month, and

Year may differ in some areas).

DATE

200301

00 00

31

DM Y

200331

10 00

10

DATE

MD Y

8

Take pictures

Step 6

Take pictures

Check indicators in the monitor.

The battery level is shown in the monitor as follows:

Display Description

NO ICON Battery fully charged.

Low battery. If ﬂ ash ﬁ res, monitor turns off while Speed-

light recharges.

WARNING!!

BATTERY

EXHAUSTED

Battery exhausted. Recharge and reinsert battery, or use

spare battery.

Battery level indicator

Number of exposures

remaining

9Take pictures

Take pictures

Ready the camera

Hold the camera steadily in both hands.

Frame the subject

Frame the subject in the center of the monitor. Pictures can be

framed in the monitor or the viewﬁ nder.

Zoom buttons

Press T to zoom in on the

subject so that it ﬁ lls a larger

area of the frame. Press W

to zoom out, increasing the

area visible in the frame.

Don’t Block the Shot

To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep your ﬁ ngers and

other objects away from the lens and ﬂ ash window.

10

Take pictures

Take the picture

Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way

down to take the picture. To prevent blur, press the

shutter-release button down smoothly.

The COOLPIX 3700 has a two-stage shutter-release button. Pressing

the shutter-release button halfway focuses the camera. Pressing it

the rest of the way down releases the shutter to record a picture.

Focus

Press the shutter-release button halfway to set focus and expo-

sure. Focus and exposure will lock while the shutter-release but-

ton is pressed halfway.

With the shutter-release button pressed halfway, check focus and

ﬂ ash:

Red ( )

lamp

On Flash will ﬁ re when picture is taken.

Blinks Flash charging.

Off Flash off or not required.

Green (AF)

lamp/focus

indicator

On Subject in focus.

Blinks green

(AF lamp) or

red (focus

indicator)

Camera unable to focus on subject at center

of frame. Using focus lock, focus on another

subject at same distance, then recompose

picture and shoot.

Focus indicator

Red ( ) lamp

Green (AF) lamp

11Take pictures

View pictures

Step 7

View pictures

Now that you’ve taken a few pictures, you can transfer (copy) them

to a computer, where you can view, edit, and organize them.

Turn the camera off

Rotate the power switch in the

direction shown until it stops and

then release it. The camera is off

when the power-on lamp is off.

button

When the camera is

off, pressing the

button for about one

second will turn the

camera on with a pic-

ture displayed in the

monitor.

(playback) button

View additional pictures

Press the multi selector down or

right to view pictures in the order

recorded, up or left to view pic-

tures in reverse order. Keep the

multi selector pressed to scroll

quickly to the desired frame.

To return to shooting mode, press

the button again.

View previous picture

View next picture

12

Install Nikon View

Step 1

Step 1 Install Nikon View

Step 2

Step 2 Transfer pictures pg. 23

Windows

pg. 14

Supported Operating Systems

Windows XP Home Edition/Professional

Windows 2000 Professional

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

• Preinstalled versions only

• Only computers with built-in USB ports supported

Macintosh

pg. 19

See the back cover for detailed system requirements.

Install Nikon View and transfer pictures

Supported Operating Systems

Mac OS X (10.1.2 or later)

Mac OS 9.0–9.2

• Only computers with built-in USB ports supported

13

Install Nikon View

Step 1

Install Nikon View

Before Installing Nikon View

• Turn off any virus-checking software

• Exit all other applications that may be running

Uninstall Existing Versions of Nikon View and Nikon Capture Version 1.x

• Before installing Nikon View, you will need to uninstall Nikon Capture version

1.x (if installed) and any earlier versions of Nikon View.

Connecting the Camera to a Computer

Be sure to install Nikon View before connecting the camera to your

computer. If the Add New Hardware Wizard is displayed when the

camera is connected, click Cancel to exit the wizard.

Important

14

Install Nikon View Windows

Installing Nikon View (Windows)

Turn the computer on and wait for Windows to start up.

If the Language Selection Dialog Is Not Displayed

Select My Computer from the Start menu (Windows XP Home Edition/

Windows XP Professional; in other versions of Windows, double-click

the My Computer icon on the desktop) and double-click the CD-ROM

(NKVIEW6) icon in the My Computer window.

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional,

Windows 2000 Professional

When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon View, log on as the

“Computer administrator” (Windows XP Home Edition, Windows

XP Professional), “Administrator” (Windows 2000 Professional).

Important

Insert the Nikon View installer CD-

ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The

Install Center program will launch

automatically and a language selec-

tion dialog will be displayed. Select a

language and click Next.

Click Easy Install. The standard in-

stall includes:

• A PTP driver (Windows XP only)

• Coolpix Camera Drivers (Mass Stor-

age driver) (Windows 98 SE only)

• Panorama Maker

• QuickTime 5

• Nikon View

15Install Nikon View and transfer pictures

Install Nikon View

Windows

The ﬁ rst components to be installed are the camera drivers. What

drivers are installed depends on the computer’s operating system.

Windows XP Home Edition/Professional

Follow the on-screen instructions to install the PTP driver. On some sys-

tems a Microsoft Wizard may install the PTP driver. Click Finish or OK

after the installation of the PTP driver.

Windows 2000 Professional/Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

No drivers are installed. Proceed to Step .

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Coolpix Camera Drivers.

Installation of Panorama Maker opens

with a language selection dialog.

Choose a language and click OK.

16

Install Nikon View Windows

Finish to exit the Panorama

Click Next to install Panorama Maker.

The destination folder for Panorama

Maker will be displayed under “Des-

tination Folder.” Click Next to install

Panorama Maker to this folder, or

click Browse to select another des-

tination.

After reading the license agreement,

click Yes to accept the agreement and

proceed with installation.

The opening dialog of the Panorama

Maker install wizard will be displayed;

click Next.

17Install Nikon View and transfer pictures

Install Nikon View

Windows

Yes to create a shortcut to

No to

shortcut.

Click Yes to create the destination

folder.

Next to install

Nikon View to this folder, or click

Browse to select another destina-

tion.

The Nikon View setup program will

now start. After reading the license

agreement, click Yes to accept the

agreement and proceed with instal-

lation.

Installation will continue with

QuickTime 5. No registration number

is required; leave the registration in-

formation blank and click Next.

18

Install Nikon View Windows

After the computer restarts, remove the Nikon View installer CD-

ROM from the CD-ROM drive.

This completes installation of Nikon View. The next step is to trans-

fer pictures to your computer.

Finish to exit the Nikon View

If the “Select Language” dialog is displayed

after the computer restarts, click Quit to close

the dialog and then remove the Nikon View

installer CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.

Yes to restart your computer.

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