Nikon COOLPIX P900 Reference Manual - Page 38

Selecting a Shooting Mode You can rotate the mode dial to align the desired shooting mode with the indicator mark on the camera body. • A (Auto) mode Select this mode to perform general shooting in a variety of shooting conditions. • y, B, j, e, o, d (Scene) modes Select any one of scene modes based on the shooting conditions, and you can take pictures with the appropriate settings for those conditions. - y: Press the d button and select a scene mode. - B (scene auto selector): The camera recognizes the shooting conditions when you frame a picture, and you can take pictures in accordance with the conditions. - j (night landscape): Use this mode to shoot night landscapes. - e (night portrait): Use this mode to shoot evening and night portraits that include background scenery. - o (backlighting): Use this mode to shoot backlit subjects. - d (sports): Use this mode to shoot sports photos. • s (Creative) mode The camera saves four images with effects and one image without effects simultaneously in one shot. • F (Smart portrait) mode Use glamour retouch to enhance human faces during shooting, and use the smile timer or self-collage function to take pictures. • M (Short movie show) mode The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 seconds long (e 1080/30p or S 1080/25p) by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips that are several seconds long. C Help Display The descriptions of functions are displayed while changing the shooting mode or while the setting screen is displayed. Press the shutter-release button halfway to quickly switch to shooting mode. You can show or hide the descriptions using Help display in Monitor settings in the setup menu (A97). 24 Shooting Features Selecting a Shooting Mode