User manual NIKON COOLPIX 5400 - QUICK START GUIDE

Step 3 1 Step Ready the camera 5 1 Step Set the camera clock 7 View the results . Your most recent picture will be displayed in the monitor. D I G I TA L CA M E R A 1 Attach the camera strap Attach the camera strap as shown below. Repeat for the second eyelet. 2 3 4 Set the camera clock to record the time and date of creation with each image file. SET-UP En Language Date Folders Monitor options Seq. numbers Shutter sound Auto off 1/3 1 1/3 Rotate the mode dial to Quick Start Guide Read this guide for a basic introduction to taking pictures with your COOLPIX5400 at default, "pointand- shoot" settings. The reverse side provides instructions for installing Nikon View and transferring pictures to your computer. Complete information on using your Nikon digital camera can be found in the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX5400 or the Nikon View Reference Manual (on CD). 2 N ik o n N ik o n N ik o n SET-UP En Language Date Folders Monitor options Seq. numbers Shutter sound Auto off N ik o SET-UP menu displayed. Highlight Date. 2 Insert the battery ) After confirming that the camera is off, slide the battery- chamber cover latch ( to the position and open the battery- chamber cover. Insert a fully- charged EN- EL1 battery as shown in the label on the underside of the battery- chamber cover. Close ) to the the cover and slide the battery- chamber cover latch ( position. 2 3 Y DATE M D 4 Y DATE M D To view additional pictures, press the multi selector down or right to view pictures in the order recorded, up or left to view pictures in reverse order. Keep the multi selector pressed to scroll quickly to the desired frame. L1 EN-E 5 2CR Display DATE menu. Edit Year. Step 1 Thumbnail Playback Check the package contents 3 Insert the memory card Open the memory card slot cover on the side of the camera and check that the eject button is pressed all the way down. Insert the card as shown in the label on the inside of the memory card slot cover, closing the cover once the card is fully inserted. 5 Y DATE M D 6 Y DATE M D Use thumbnail playback to view multiple pictures simultaneously. 1 ( ) button during playback displays the pictures on the memory Pressing the ( ) button again card in "contact sheets" of four thumbnail images. Press the to view images in sheets of nine thumbnail images. Take the camera from the box and confirm that you have all the items listed below. ³ COOLPIX5400 · Quick Start Guide (this guide) » Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX5400 ¿ Warranty ´ "Important Information" envelope ² AN- E5000 camera strap ¶ CF (CompactFlashTM) memory card º EN- EL1 rechargeable battery (with terminal cover and instruction manual) ¾ MH- 53 battery charger (with power cord and instruction manual) µ EG - 5000 audio/video cable ¸ UC- E1 USB interface cable ¹ Nikon View installer CD - ROM Nikon View reference manual CD - ROM LC- CP13 lens cap Select Month. Repeat steps 4­5 to edit remaining items. Highlight YMD. 6 7 4 5 8 6 9 1 2 3 7 Before inserting card, confirm that ejection button is pressed down ( ). Y DATE M D 8 ³ Insert memory cards terminals first with the front of the insertion card toward the rear of the camera. Direction of SET-UP En Language Date Folders Monitor options Seq. numbers Shutter sound Auto off 1/3 8 9 7 2 Use the ( ) and buttons to choose the number of pictures displayed. ! ! En Important Quick Start Guide Terminals Front Choose order in which Year, Month, and Day will be displayed. Return to SET-UP menu. 6 7 1 4 8 9 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 · » Note The memory card supplied with your camera is formatted at shipment. Other memory cards must be formatted before first use. See page 114 of the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX5400. Note If the camera clock has not been set, a flashing icon will appear in the monitor. Any pictures taken while this icon is displayed will have a date stamp of "0000.00.00 00:00". Warranty ¿ CHARGE ´ Shape of cable de pends on country or region of purchase ² ¶ Step 4 Before shooting Step 6 ! ! Take pictures . Step 8 Delete Pictures MH­53 LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGER 1 µ ¸ Remove the lens cap and rotate the mode dial on top of the camera to . 1 2 Rotate the mode dial to 1 Press the multi selector up, down, left, or right until the picture you want to delete is displayed. º ¾ Nikon View Macintosh and Windows Nikon View Macintosh and Windows Jp En De Fr Es Nl It 2 Open the monitor. To prevent blur caused by camera shake, hold the camera steadily in both hands. Make sure that the lens and flash window are not obstructed by your fingers or hair, the camera strap, or other objects such as the cord for the optional AC adapter. ¹ CD - ROMs included with product vary with country or region purchase. 2 Reference Manual ( ) button. A confirmaPress the tion dialog will be displayed. SELECTED IMAGES Erase 1 image(s)? No Yes Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories Your Nikon COOLPIX camera is designed to the highest standards and includes complex electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery chargers, batteries, and AC adapters) certified by Nikon specifically for use with your Nikon digital camera are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this electronic circuitry. THE USE OF NON -NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE YOUR CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARRANTY. For more information about Nikon brand accessories, contact your local authorized Nikon dealer. Important 3 3 Turn the camera on (the power- on lamp will light) and check the battery level and number of exposures remaining in the monitor. Frame your subject in the center of the monitor or viewfinder and press the shutter-re lease button halfway to focus. 3 Press the multi selector down to highlight Yes, then press the center of the multi selector to delete the picture. SELECTED IMAGES Erase 1 image(s)? No Yes Step 2 Charge the battery Number of exposures remaining CH AR GE Red ( ) lamp If lighting is poor, the red ( ) lamp will light to indicate that the flash will fire when the picture is taken. The lamp will blink to show that the flash is charging. Shutter-release button not pressed Shutter-release button pressed halfway Step Green (AF) lamp The green (AF) lamp will light when the camera has focused. If the lamp flickers, the camera is unable to focus on the current subject using autofocus. Zoom buttons Press to increase the area visible in the frame. Press to zoom in on your subject. 1 2 3 Connect the supplied power cord to the MH- 53 battery charger ( ) and plug the cord into an outlet ( ) . LIT HIUM IO N BA TT ER MH Y CH ­5 AR 3 GE R 1/1000 F8.0 12 The number of pictures that can be taken at current settings is shown in the monitor. 9 Turn the camera off Slide the battery into the charger terminals first. Charging will begin immediately. LIT HIU M IO NB AT TE M RY H­5 CH AR 3 GE R When you have finished using the camera, turn it off as shown at right. The power- on lamp will turn out. CH AR GE The battery level is shown in the monitor as follows: NO ICON + - : Battery fully charged : Low battery. Ready a spare battery. Position subject in center of frame. While the battery charges, the CHARGE lamp on the battery charger will flash. Charging is complete when the CHARGE lamp stops flashing. An exhausted battery can be fully recharged in about two hours. WARNING!! : Battery exhausted. Recharge and reinsert BATTERY EXHAUSTED the battery, or use a spare battery. CHARGE lamp CH AR GE CH AR GE Note LIT HIU M Note IO NB AT TE M RY H­5 CH AR 3 GE R For more information, see the instruction manuals sup plied with the battery and battery charger. If no operations are performed for about a minute, the camera will enter standby mode and the monitor will turn off automatically to save power. Press the shutter-release button halfway to reactivate the camera. The length of time before the camera enters standby mode can be adjusted using the Auto Off item in the camera SET-UP menu. See page 140 of the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX5400. 4 To take the picture, smoothly press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down. Shutter-release button pressed halfway Shutter-release button pressed all the way down Now that you have taken a few pictures and viewed them on the camera, you are ready to transfer the pictures to your computer as described on the other side of this guide. For complete instructions on using your camera, see the Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the COOLPIX5400. Viewing Pictures on a Computer Supported Operating Systems: Windows ·Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional (pre-installed versions only) ·Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Macintosh ·Mac OS X (10.1.2 or later) ·Windows 2000 Professional ·Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) ·Mac OS 9.0­9.2 Pictures taken with your COOLPIX5400 can be transferred to a computer, where they can be viewed and organized. To transfer your pictures, you will need to install Nikon View as described below. For complete instructions on using Nikon View, see the Nikon View Reference Manual (on CD-ROM). Step2 Transfer pictures Use a Reliable Power Source When transferring pictures between the camera and the computer, use a fully-charged EN-EL1 battery. If in doubt, charge the battery before beginning transfer or use an EH-53 AC adapter or EH-21 AC adapter/battery charger (available separately). Do not, under any circumstances, use another make or model of AC adapter. turning the camera off, open the 1 Afterof the camera and check thatthe memory card slot cover on the side the eject button is pressed all way down. Insert a memory card as shown in the label on the inside of the memory card slot cover, closing the cover once the card is fully inserted. The memory card should contain at least one picture. Direction of insertion 3 Turn the camera on. Windows The camera will automatically be recognized and registered as a new device. Once the camera has been registered, the Nikon Transfer component of Nikon View will be displayed in the computer monitor. The camera monitor will remain blank. AutoPlay (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional) A Removable Disk dialog will be displayed when the camera is turned on. Select Copy pictures to a folder on my Select Copy pictures to a folder on my computcomputer using Nikon View 6 and click er using Nikon View 6 OK to start Nikon View. To bypass this dialog in the future, check Always do the selected action. Step1 Install Nikon View Depending on the version of Nikon View installed, the installation process and the dialogs and messages displayed may differ from those described here. Before Installing Nikon View: · Turn off any virus-checking software · Exit all other applications that may be running Uninstall Existing Versions of Nikon View and Nikon Capture Version 1.x Before installing Nikon View, you will need to uninstall Nikon Capture version 1.x (if installed) and any earlier versions of Nikon View. Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Mac OS X When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon View, log on as the "Computer administrator" (Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional), "Administrator" (Windows 2000 Professional) or "Admin" (Mac OS X). Connecting the Camera to a Computer Be sure to install Nikon View before connecting the camera to your computer. If the Add New Hardware Wizard is displayed when the camera is connected, click Cancel to exit the wizard. 7 The Nikon View setup program will now start. After reading the license agreement, click Yes to accept the agreement and proceed with installation. 6 Installation of Nikon View opens with a license agreement. Click Accept to accept the agreement and proceed with installation. The Nikon View "ReadMe" will then be displayed. This document contains important information; be sure to read it thoroughly before clicking Continue to proceed with installation. destination folder for Nikon 8 The displayed under "DestinationView will be Folder". Click Next to install Nikon View to this folder, or click Browse to select another destination. 7 Click Install to install Nikon View. Terminals Front See "Troubleshooting" in the Nikon View Reference Manual for information on what to do if Nikon Transfer fails to start automatically. Macintosh The Nikon Browser component of Nikon View will start, followed by Nikon Transfer. The camera monitor will remain blank. Eject button 9 Click Yes to create the destination folder. Yes to create 10 Click on the desktop, a shortcut to Nikon View No to proceed without creating a desktop shortcut. 8 Add Nikon View to the Dock or create an alias on the desktop. Mac OS X Click Yes to add Nikon View to the Dock, No to proceed without adding Nikon View to the Dock. Mac OS 9 Click Yes to create a alias for Nikon View on the desktop, No to proceed without creating an alias. Windows 1 Turn the computer on and wait for the operating system to start up. 2 Insert the Nikon View installer CD-ROM into the CDROM drive. The Install Center program will launch automatically and a language selection dialog will be displayed. Select a language and click Next. If the Language Selection Dialog Is Not Displayed Select My Computer from the Start menu (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional; in other versions of Windows, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop) and double-click the CD-ROM (NKVIEW6) icon in the "My Computer" window. 11 Click Finish to exit the Nikon View installer. Mac OS X (Version 10.1.2­10.1.5) Before connecting the camera, seSelect None lect Applications from the Finder Go menu and double-click the Image Select None Capture icon. The Image Capture dialog will be displayed. Select None from the Automatic Task and Hot Plug Action menus and close the Image Capture dialog. If you install Apple iPhoto software after you install Nikon View, repeat this step to prevent both iPhoto and Nikon View from starting when you connect your camera. Mac OS X (Version 10.2 or later) Before connecting the camera, select Applications from the Finder Go menu and double-click the ImSelect No application age Capture icon. The Image Capture dialog will be displayed. Select Preferences... from the Image Capture menu to display the Image Capture Preferences dialog. In the "Camera Preferences" area, select No application from the "When a camera is connected, open" menu. USB cable 2 Use theinUC-E1illustration. to connect the camera to the computer as shown the When connecting the cable, note that the camera's digital I/O connector is tilted slightly upwards. in the Nikon 4 Click thecard button transferred toTransfer window. All pictures on the memory will be your computer. Windows Macintosh in the 5 Once transfer is complete, your pictures will be displayedBrowserNikon Browser component of Nikon View. Appearance of Nikon window may differ slightly in some areas Windows The default destination folder for transferred pictures is the My Pictures or My Documents folder. Pictures will have file names of the form "Imgnnnn", where "nnnn" is a fourdigit number assigned automatically in ascending order by Nikon View, starting from 0001. Macintosh The default destination folder for transferred pictures is the Pictures folder (Mac OS X) or the Documents folder (Mac OS 9). Pictures will have file names of the form "Imgnnnn", where "nnnn" is a four-digit number assigned automatically in ascending order by Nikon View, starting from 0001. Once your pictures are displayed in Nikon 6 plete and you can remove the camera from Browser, transfer is comthe system. Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional Click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon ( ) in the taskbar and select Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears. Quit 9 Click View. to complete installation of Nikon 12 13 Click Yes to restart your computer. Installing QuickTime 5 (Mac OS 9 Only) Under Mac OS 9, installation of QuickTime 5 will begin when installation of all other software is complete. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation. When the Registration dialog is displayed, click Continue. Do not supply registration information. After the computer restarts, remove the Nikon View installer CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. If the "Select Language" dialog is displayed after the computer restarts, click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. 3 Click Easy Install. The standard install includes: · PTP driver (Windows XP only) · Coolpix Camera Drivers (Mass Storage driver) (Windows 98 SE only) · Panorama Maker · QuickTime 5 · Nikon View Macintosh 1 Turn the computer on and wait for it to start up. the 2 InsertOS XNikon View installer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Mac After inserting the Nikon View installer CDROM into the CD-ROM drive, double-click the CD-ROM (Nikon View 6) icon on the desktop and then double-click the Welcome icon. A language-selection dialog will be displayed; select a language and click Next. Mac OS 9 The language-selection dialog will be displayed automatically when you insert the Nikon View installer CD-ROM. CarbonLib (Mac OS 9 Only) CarbonLib 1.6 or later is required to install this Nikon software. If the installer detects an earlier version of CarbonLib, a message will be displayed. Click Install to upgrade to CarbonLib 1.6. Once installation is complete, be sure to restart the computer before going on to install Nikon software. 10 Click Restart to restart your computer. the computer restarts, 11 After the CD-ROM drive. remove the Nikon View installer CD-ROM from If the "Select Language" dialog is displayed after the computer restarts, click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. USB Hub The camera may not function as expected when connected via a USB hub or keyboard. first components to be installed are the camera drivers. What 4 Theare installed depends on your computer's operating system. drivers Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional Follow the on-screen instructions to install the PTP driver. On some systems a Microsoft Wizard may install the PTP driver. Click "Finish" or "OK" after the installation of the PTP driver. Nikon View Nikon View is made up of four components: Nikon Transfer, Nikon Browser, Nikon Viewer, and Nikon Editor. More information on Nikon View can be found using on-line help or by reading the Nikon View Reference Manual included on the reference CD-ROM provided with your camera. Pictures taken with your Nikon digital camera Nikon Viewer The Nikon View Reference Manual is distributed in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. Windows users who have not already installed this application can install the copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader included on the reference CDROM (the Macintosh version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is not included). Nikon Editor Windows 2000 Professional/Windows Millennium Edition (Me) No drivers are installed. Proceed to Step 5. Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Coolpix Camera Drivers. Windows 2000 Professional Click the "Unplug or Eject Hardware" icon ( ) in the taskbar and select Stop USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears. Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Click the "Unplug or Eject Hardware" icon ( ) in the taskbar and select Stop USB Disk from the menu that appears. Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) In My Computer, click with the right mouse button on the removable disk corresponding to the camera and select Eject from the menu that appears. 3 Click Install to begin installation of the following software: · Panorama Maker · Nikon View · QuickTime 5 (Mac OS 9 only) The functional example of Nikon View E-mail opens 5 Installation of Panorama Makerdialog. with a language selection Choose a language and click OK. The opening dialog of the Panorama Maker install wizard will be displayed; follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation. will continue 6 InstallationNo registration with Quick Time 5. number is required; leave the registration information blank and click Next. When you connect the camera, Nikon Transfer will start automatically. Use Nikon Viewer to inspect your pictures in detail. Use Nikon Editor to edit your pictures. Print 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to install Panorama Maker. Nikon Transfer Slide shows Mac OS X Drag the "NO_NAME" camera volume into the Trash. Mac OS 9 Drag the "untitled" camera volume into the Trash. Find pictures Mac OS X Mac OS 9 5 Enter your administrator name and password and click OK (Mac OS X only). Nikon Transfer is used to transfer (copy) to your computer the pictures stored on the camera memory card. Nikon Browser lists the pictures on your computer as thumbnail images. You can now turn the camera off and disconnect the USB cable. HTML output Nikon Browser * Illustrations are for Windows XP. Printed in Japan SB3J03000401(11) 6MAA6511-A