Nikon COOLPIX S3500 User Manual - Page 106

Design Rule for Camera File Systems DCF, Systems DCF

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Technical Notes Storage Media File system File formats Exposure Metering Exposure control Range Shutter Speed Aperture Range Sensitivity Self-timer Built-in Speedlight Range (approx.) Flash control Interface Type I CompactFlash™ (CF) cards Compliant with Design rule for Camera File systems (DCF), Exif 2.2, and Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Compressed: JPEG-baseline-compliant Movies: QuickTime 256-segment matrix metering Programmed auto exposure with exposure compensation (-2.0 - +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV) W: 1.9 - 16.9 EV T: 3.5 - 18.6 EV Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter 2 - /1 3000 s Electronically-controlled preset aperture Two steps (f/2.7 and f/4.5 [W]) Approximately equivalent to ISO 50 (auto gain to ISO 200 equivalent) Ten-second duration 0.4 - 3.0 m (1´4˝ - 9´10˝) (W) 0.4 - 1.7 m (1´4˝ - 5´7˝) (T) Sensor flash system USB Design Rule for Camera File Systems (DCF) Your camera names pictures according to the Design Rule for Camera File Systems (DCF), a standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different makes of camera. 96

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Technical Notes
Design Rule for Camera File Systems (DCF)
Your camera names pictures according to the Design Rule for Camera File
Systems (DCF), a standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure
compatibility among different makes of camera.
Sensitivity
Approximately equivalent to ISO 50 (auto gain to ISO
200 equivalent)
Self-timer
Ten-second duration
Interface
USB
Electronically-controlled preset aperture
Aperture
Range
Two steps (f/2.7 and f/4.5 [W])
Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter
Shutter
Speed
2–
1
/
3000
s
Built-in Speedlight
Range (approx.)
0.4 – 3.0 m (1´4˝ – 9´10˝) (W)
0.4 – 1.7 m (1´4˝ – 5´7˝) (T)
Flash control
Sensor flash system
Exposure
Metering
256-segment matrix metering
Exposure control
Programmed auto exposure with exposure compensa-
tion (–2.0 – +2.0 EV in steps of
1
/
3
EV)
Range
W: 1.9 – 16.9 EV
T: 3.5 – 18.6 EV
Storage
Media
Type I CompactFlash
(CF) cards
File system
Compliant with Design rule for Camera File systems
(DCF), Exif 2.2, and Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)
File formats
Compressed: JPEG-baseline-compliant
Movies: QuickTime