Nikon P6000 P6000 User's Manual - Page 162

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu M Noise Reduction At slow shutter speeds, pictures may be affected by "noise" in the form of randomlyspaced, brightly-colored dots concentrated in dark parts of the image. Use this option to reduce noise at slow shutter speeds. Enabling noise reduction increases the time needed to record pictures after they are shot. a Auto (default setting) Noise reduction is performed at slow shutter speeds, likely to result in pictures affected by noise. When Continuous, BSS, or Multi-shot 16 is selected for Continuous, and when Auto bracketing is set to any mode other than Off, noise reduction will not be performed. M On Noise reduction is applied to pictures shot at shutter speeds slower than 1/4 s. On is recommended when shooting at slow shutter speeds. Only Single or Intvl timer shooting can be selected for Continuous. Cannot be applied when Auto bracketing is set to modes other than Off. When noise reduction is performed, the x icon is displayed in the monitor during shooting (A8). Q Distortion Control Correct the distortion. Enabling distortion control reduces the size of the area for shooting. Q On Distortion at frame peripheries is corrected (only when the image quality setting (A124) is set to Fine, Normal or Basic). k Off (default setting) No distortion correction performed. At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A8). C Distortion Control/Converter Display The icon for distortion control/converter displays (A8) are as follows. • Y: Distortion control is set to On, and Wide-angle converter (A149) is set to None. • w: Distortion control is set to Off, and Wide-angle converter is set to On. • x: Both Distortion control and Wide-angle converter are set to On. • No display: Both Distortion control and Wide-angle converter are set to Off. 148 Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus