Nikon COOLPIX 5200 User Manual - Page 94

Best Shot Selector

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The Shooting Menu Best Shot Selector Press MENU button in (auto shooting) mode to select BSS ( 74), and then press . When the "Best Shot Selector" (BSS) is on, the camera takes a maximum of ten pictures as long as the shutter-release button is held down. These images are then compared and the sharpest picture (the picture with highest level of detail) is saved to the memory or memory card. BSS is recommended for situations in which inadvertent camera movement can produce blurred pictures, for example when: • the camera is zoomed in • the camera is in macro close-up mode • lighting is poor and the flash can not be used Select On or Off and press . Option Off (default setting) Description BSS off; camera functions normally. BSS on. Flash mode set to automatically and focus, On exposure, and white balance for all photos are deter- mined by the first picture in each series. Notes on BSS • BSS may not produce the desired results with a moving subject or if you change the composition while the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down. • When shooting pictures using self-timer, BSS is switched to Off. BSS will return to On after an image has been taken using the self-timer. • When BSS is On, Noise reduction ( 95) is not available even if this option is set to On. Continuous, Auto Bracketing, and BSS BSS can not be used simultaneously with Continuous ( 82) or Auto bracketing ( 88). The camera takes pictures with the latest setting among those options. BSS When BSS is set to On, a BSS icon appears in the monitor. 84

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The Shooting Menu
Best Shot Selector
When the “Best Shot Selector” (BSS) is on, the cam-
era takes a maximum of ten pictures as long as the
shutter-release button is held down. These images
are then compared and the sharpest picture (the
picture with highest level of detail) is saved to the memory or memory card.
BSS is recommended for situations in which inadvertent camera movement
can produce blurred pictures, for example when:
the camera is zoomed in
the camera is in macro close-up mode
lighting is poor and the flash can not be used
Select
On
or
Off
and press
.
Notes on BSS
BSS may not produce the desired results with a moving subject or if you change the composition
while the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down.
When shooting pictures using self-timer,
BSS
is switched to
Off
.
BSS
will return to
On
after an
image has been taken using the self-timer.
When
BSS
is
On
,
Noise reduction
(
95) is not available even if this option is set to
On
.
Continuous, Auto Bracketing, and BSS
BSS
can not be used simultaneously with
Continuous
(
82) or
Auto bracketing
(
88). The camera takes pictures with the latest setting among those options.
BSS
When
BSS
is set to
On
, a
BSS
icon appears in the monitor.
Press
MENU
button in
(auto shooting) mode to
select
BSS
(
74), and then press
.
Option
Description
Off
(default setting)
BSS off; camera functions normally.
On
BSS on. Flash mode set to
automatically and focus,
exposure, and white balance for all photos are deter-
mined by the first picture in each series.