Nikon COOLPIX P900 Quick Start Guide for customers in Asia Oceania the Middle - Page 22

Other Functions 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 (A14). 12 Other Functions