Nikon COOLPIX 4300 Digital Camera [4MP 3xOptical]

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Probably more detail here than Marti would care to see, which is why I don't show it to her 1:1 on screen;-) The shot at right was taken at the default exposure setting, which is just a little bright, but loses only the brightest highlights. If you'd like something speedier, there's a continuous-shooting mode that captures 3 frames every 2 seconds.

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Again these are all-weather, shock-proofed point-and-shoot cameras, with modest internally stacked zoom lenses, small-ish 1/2. When the depth of field of the COOLPIX is calculated with the same definition from the ratio of the screen size, the depth becomes deep approximately by the ratio of the 135-type film camera to the screen size though a detailed explanation is omitted herein. The reddish cast of the Daylight setting gives the blue background purplish tints that aren't in the original image, and produces purplish tints in the deep shadows of the blue robe.Of course, given its status as a camera able to withstand a bit of rough and tumble, the relatively modest yet useful 5x optical zoom lens providing the equivalent focal range of 24-120mm in 35mm terms is internally stacked. There is not actually much to get a grip on here, save a raised roughened edge to the faceplate, roughened top plate and shutter release button, and six raised plastic bumps at the back to stop our thumb from slipping and sliding around. How does the lens perform, is it really as light as Nikon claims, is there any chromatic aberration? converted in 135-type film camera) and 30cm in front of the lens on the telephoto side (magnification 0.

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To adjust the image quality and size settings, press the Menu button and navigate to the Shooting menu. Optical distortion on the Coolpix 4300 is about average (which is nonetheless too high in my opinion) at the wide-angle end, where I measured approximately 0. Exposure is about right (though slightly dark), and the Coolpix 4300 distinguishes the subtle tonal variations of the pastels in the Q60 target well. The object is to hold both highlight and shadow detail without producing a "flat" picture with muddy colors, and the Coolpix 4300 did a good job.Color accuracy is critical for modern creative work, but many creatives have no idea what a colorimeter is actually doing when you put it on your display.

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You can also experiment with other fun, low-resolution, multiframe-capture settings, such as Ultra HS, which can record about 30 frames per second. Noise in low-light situations is kept to a minimum, even without the additional help of the camera's selectable noise-reduction feature. From a viewpoint of optical designing, the pupil position is optimized for CCD by adding the positive group to the zoom lens of the two groups used in a wide-angle zoom lens, and then the group 3 reduces spherical aberration produced by the group1 and 2. It's compact enough to let you shoot one-handed, although it's not intended for shirt-pocket portability. This is my ultimate "resolution shot," given the infinite range of detail in a natural scene like this, and the Coolpix 4300 performs very well.The Slow Sync again required quite a bit of exposure compensation as the default exposure was quite dark. Also, even when conditions are overcast the camera is capable of delivering a surprising amount of contrast and depth to its JPEG images, ensuring that the results require minimal, if any, tweaking later.

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To manually control the shutter speed, rotate the mode dial on your Nikon Coolpix 4300 to the "M" (manual) mode. The Coolpix 4300's Daylight white balance system produced the best color here, albeit with a slight magenta cast.The rough ratio of the screen size is calculated by dividing the focal length of the 135-type film camera converted from the one of the COOLPIX by the real focal length. All three of the Coolpix 4300's white balance settings had a little trouble here, producing slight color casts in all cases. And the frequently used functions like the exposure compensation and ISO/ASA setting can be changed readily by pushing the two setting buttons at the same time, not inputting one by one respectively in the menu. Saving a TIFF took about 25 seconds, which is unfortunate but not unusual for this uncompressed file type.