Shutter Mechanism and Control Features

The cameras also have a featured called an auto FP High Speed Sync. It is a flash mode used for fill-flash photography under brightly lit conditions. It will fill in and open up shadowed areas in order to portray the greatest detail in subjects. This feature is great when using different types of wide aperture lenses. A lot of photographers use these for action-stopping sports photography because of the fast shutter speeds. For taking portraits, the lenses can be opened up to their full aperture. This allows the subject to be isolated against a blurred background without overexposure.

The Coolpix allows it’s user to choose from a variety of home screens with easy touch control for all of the functions available on the camera. The cameras also allow easy fingertip shooting control and motion detection capabilities. The motion detection option is great for helping to produce sharper images. This is done by selecting a faster shutter speed and higher light sensitivity settings.

Each series also contains a scene auto selector feature which is a feature that recognizes the type of scene or setting. The camera will automatically select the correct scene mode for the best result. They also contain a Smart Portrait System which includes features such as red-eye fix, face-priority AF, smile mode and blink warning, D lighting and skin softening.

Other features include the best shot selector, subject tracking, movie mode, and distortion control. All of these features set the Nikon Coolpix digital camera far apart from its competition.

The best shot selector is a feature in which the image with the sharpest focus from a series of up to ten consecutive images; only the sharpest shot is saved to the memory card. Subject tracking is a feature that allows the system analyzes the image information of the subject obtained by the image sensor. Then, by moving the lens, the system seeks the lens position where the image contrast is highest.

Nikon's Scene Recognition System (SRS) recognizes the position, color, tones and characteristics of a subject or overall scene prior to capture; then, using information from the 1,005-pixel RGB sensor, compares that information to the camera's built-in image database to achieve more accurate autofocus, auto exposure and auto white balance control.

The Scene Recognition System's accuracy and precision are made possible by the image recognition capability of the sensor. Data supplied to the camera's system by the RGB sensor includes subject tracking and identification, highlight analysis and light

For subject identification, the SRS uses color information from the sensor to automatically detect people and skin tones. In this way it can quickly focus on the most important element—the human face—in Auto area AF mode. Even if similar colors exist both in the foreground and background, the Scene Recognition System uses distance information from a D- or G-type AF NIKKOR lens to determine where the main subject is.