Nikon Auto, Night portrait, Night portrait

	Problem		Cause/Solution	A
		Off is selected for AF assist in the setup menu. AF-
	AF-assist illuminator does	assist illuminator may not light depending on the		78, E81
	not light.	position of the focus area or the current scene mode,
		even when Auto is selected.
	Images appear smeared.	The lens is dirty. Clean the lens.		F6
	Colors are unnatural.	White balance or hue is not adjusted properly.		36, 56,
				E36
	Randomly spaced bright	The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too slow,
		or ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by:
	pixels (“noise”) appear in
		•	Using the flash	47
	image.
		• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting		56, E42
		• The flash mode is set to W(off).		47
		• The flash window is blocked.		24
	Images are too dark	• The subject is beyond the range of the flash.		47
		•	Adjust exposure compensation.	52
	(underexposed).
		•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	56, E42
		• The subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene		37, 47
			mode or set the flash mode setting to X(fill flash).
	Images are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		52
	(overexposed).
Technical	Unexpected results when	When taking images with V(auto with red-eye
		scene mode, the In-Camera Red Eye Fix may be
		reduction), scene auto selector mode, or fill flash with
		slow sync and red-eye reduction in Night portrait
Notes	flash set to V(auto with	applied to areas not affected by red-eye in rare cases.		32, 35, 47
	red-eye reduction).	Use any scene mode other than Night portrait, and
and		change the flash mode to any setting other than V
		(auto with red-eye reduction) and try taking an image
Index		again.

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