Nikon Coolpix SQ manual Technical Notes Troubleshooting

Technical Notes

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Troubleshooting

Problem	Possible cause
	• Camera is in playback mode.			38
	• Battery is exhausted.			26
No photo is taken	• Flash-ready lamp flickers: flash is charging.			34
	• Message “Memory Card is not formatted” appears in			91
when shutter-
	monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in			101
release button is
	COOLPIX SQ.
fully pressed
	• Message “Memory Card full” appears in monitor:			31
	insufficient memory to record pictures at current 102
	Image quality/size settings.
	• Flash is off.			40
Photos are too dark	• Flash window is blocked.			32
(underexposed)	• Subject is outside range of flash.			41
	• Exposure compensation is too low.			45
Photos are too
bright	• Exposure compensation is too high.			45
(overexposed)
Photos are out of	• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release			36
focus	button was pressed halfway. Use focus lock.			37
	• Shutter speed too slow. Use the flash.
Randomly-spaced	*Noise reduction, which helps reduce noise at slow			47
bright pixels	shutter speeds, is available in the following scenes:
(“noise”) appear in	(Night Portrait),	(Dusk/Dawn) and	(Night	48
				50
image	Landscape). Using these scenes when appropriate
	can reduce noise.

•Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically 40

when:

– (Sports), (Landscape), (Sunset), (Dusk/Dawn), 49

	(Night Landscape),		(Close up),	(Museum), (Fire-	to
					52
Flash does not fire	works Show),	(Copy),	(Panorama Assist)
	–Camera is in movie mode
					69
	–“Continuous” or “Multi-Shot 16” is selected in the
	CONTINUOUS menu (		mode only)		79
	–BSS is on (	mode only)			80
	• Battery level is low.
					26

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