your nikon digital camera offers a choice of five "scene" modes for common compositions, such as portraits, landscapes, and close-ups, which require special combinations of settings that apply to any scene of the same type. when a scene is selected using the mode dial, camera settings are automatically adjusted to produce optimal results for the selected composition, sparing you the necessity of adjusting camera settings one-by-one. a movie mode is also available for recording silent movies up to twenty seconds long.

    mode selection is made using the mode dial. in addition to (auto) mode ( 15), the following options are available:

   

   

    camera shake

    at slow shutter speeds, aicon appears in the monitor. pictures taken at these speeds may be blurred by inadvertent camera movement ("camera shake"). while use of a tripod is recommended when this icon is displayed, you may also be able to prevent blurring by holding the camera steadily in both hands with your elbows against your torso. theicon on these pages marks scenes in which blurring is likely to occur.

   

    movie

    this mode is used to record normal-quality silent movies 320 ×240 pixels in size (qvga) at a rate of about fifteen frames per second. recording begins when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down and ends when the shutter-release button is fully pressed a second time.

    ·in place of the number of exposures remaining, the exposure-count display in monitor shows the length of the movie that can be recorded.

    ·movie ends automatically after twenty seconds or when no more space is available on the memory card.

    ·movies are stored as quicktime movie files ending in ".mov".

    ·the flash turns off () automatically, and digital zoom is disabled. optical zoom can only be adjusted before shooting begins.

    ·menus are disabled in movie mode.

    focus mode/self-timer

    macro close-up and infinity ( 40) are available only in (auto) and(beach/snow) modes. in all other modes, the camera is set to focus automatically on subjects 30 cm (1') or more from the camera. the self-timer is available in all modes except (movie).

    noise reduction

    a special feature called "noise reduction" is enabled in night portrait mode to help make pictures as clear as possible. when noise reduction is in effect, slightly more time is required to process pictures before they are saved to the memory card.