Problem Solution | Nikon COOLPIXS10 manual

Technical Notes

Problem		Solution
	• Flash is oﬀ.				16
	• Flash window is blocked. If lens cap blocks ﬂ ash window,				14
Pictures are too dark	fully open lens cap.
Pictures are too dark	• Subject is outside range of ﬂ ash.				16
(underexposed)	• Exposure compensation is too low.				22, 30,
	• Exposure compensation is too low.				22, 30,
					57
	• Subject is backlit: select	(scene mode) or use ﬁ ll ﬂ ash.			16, 27
Pictures are too bright	Exposure compensation is too high.				22, 30,
(overexposed)					57
Randomly-spaced	Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
Randomly-spaced	• Using ﬂ ash				16
bright pixels (“noise”)	• Using ﬂ ash				16
bright pixels (“noise”)	• Setting Sensitivity to 50				59
appear in image	• Choosing scene mode option with noise reduction				26
	• Choosing scene mode option with noise reduction				26
Pictures are smeared	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.				75
Colors are unnatural	White balance does not match light source.				56
	Flash is oﬀ. Note that ﬂ ash turns oﬀ automatically in			mode	16, 23,
Flash does not ﬁ re	([Time lapse movie★] excepted) and some scene modes or				31, 57,
	when option other than [Single] or [Intvl timer shooting] is				59
	selected for [Continuous] or BSS is on.				59
	selected for [Continuous] or BSS is on.
AF-assist illuminator	• [Oﬀ ] is selected for AF assist option in camera setup menu.				70
AF-assist illuminator	• AF assist illumination	turns oﬀ automatically in		some	23
does not light	modes.
	modes.
Bright specks in pic-	Flash is reﬂ ecting from particles in air. Turn ﬂ ash oﬀ.				16
tures taken with ﬂ ash
No sound when	Sound is not played when [Oﬀ ] selected for [Sound settings] >				25, 31,
No sound when	[Shutter sound], BSS on, option other than [Single] selected				57, 59,
shutter is released					57, 59,
shutter is released	for [Continuous], or or	mode is selected.			70
	for [Continuous], or or	mode is selected.			70
Optical zoom cannot	Optical zoom cannot be used while shooting movies.				32
be used
Digital zoom cannot	Digital zoom is not available when [Multi-shot 16] is selected				57
be used	for [Continuous].				57
be used	for [Continuous].
Unexpected results	In-camera red-eye ﬁ x may, in very rare cases, be applied to
when ﬂ ash set to	areas not aﬀected by red-eye. Set ﬂ ash to		(auto) or		16, 17,
(auto with red-eye	(ﬁ ll-ﬂ ash) and try again. Note that red-eye reduction is the				24, 25
reduction).	default setting for one-touch portrait, , and		modes.
[Image mode] not	[Image mode] cannot be adjusted when [Multi-shot 16] is
[Image mode] not	selected for [Continuous] or “Sports composite” is selected in				25, 57
available					25, 57
available	scene mode.
	scene mode.
[Date imprint] not	Camera clock has not been set.				66
available	Camera clock has not been set.				66
available
80

Problem

Solution

• Using ﬂ ash

mode

modes.

for [Continuous], or or

mode is selected.

for [Continuous].

areas not aﬀected by red-eye. Set ﬂ ash to

default setting for one-touch portrait, , and