Nikon Coolpix 8800 User Manual - Page 40

Copy ( ) Provides clear pictures of text or drawings on a white board or in printed matter such as a business card. •Camera focuses on subject in center of frame. •Use macro close-up ( 40) to focus at short ranges. •Colored text and drawings may not show up well in final picture. * Auto† - Back light ( ) Use when light is coming from behind a portrait subject, throwing their features into shadow, or when the subject is in the shade but the background is brightly lit. The built-in Speedlight fires automatically to "fill in" (illuminate) shadows. •Camera focuses on subject in center of frame. Auto - Panorama assist ( ; 31) Use when taking a series of pictures that will later be joined to form a single scene (for example, a panorama or 360 ° virtual-reality image). •White balance and exposure are fixed at values for first shot in series. Exposure compensation, flash mode, focus mode, and zoom can not be changed after first shot. •Camera focuses on subject in center of frame. * Auto* - * Other modes can be selected. † Macro close-up mode can be selected. Scene Mode Noise Reduction Randomly-spaced, brightly-colored pixels ("noise") tend to appear in pictures taken at slow shutter speeds. In night portrait, night landscape, and dusk/dawn modes, pictures taken at speeds slower than ¼ s are processed to reduce noise, more than doubling processing time. NR is displayed when noise reduction is in effect. 30