Nikon 27706, 27698, 27697, 27699, 27696 manual Night landscape, or Dusk/Dawn as appropriate to

Technical Notes

Problem	Solution
	• Camera can not focus on selected subject using autofo-	92
Pictures are out of	cus. Use focus lock.
focus	• AF-assist illuminator is off. Select Auto for AF assist.	80
	• Focus error. Turn camera off and then on again.	12
	Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera
	shake can be reduced by:
Pictures are blurred	• Using the flash	18
	• Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS)	63
	• Using the self-timer with a tripod	20
Bright specks in	Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off.	18
picture
	Flash is off. Flash turns off automatically when:
	• LANDSCAPE, Scenic view, or Architecture is selected	25
	in landscape assist mode
	• Camera is in sports assist mode	26
	• Night landscape, Museum, Fireworks show, or 29–31
Flash does not fire	Dusk/Dawn is selected in scene mode
	• Sunset, Copy, or Panorama assist is selected in scene 29–31
	mode (other flash modes can be selected)
	• Option other than Time-lapse movie is selected in	36
	movie mode
	• Continuous or Multi-shot 16 is selected for Continuous	61
	• BSS is enabled	63
Randomly-spaced	Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
	• Using the flash	18
bright pixels
	• Selecting scene mode and choosing Night portrait, 27, 29
(“noise”) appear in
image	Night landscape, or Dusk/Dawn as appropriate to
	subject and lighting conditions
	• Flash is off.	18
	• Flash window is blocked.	2, 15
Pictures are too dark	• Subject is outside range of flash: recompose picture 18–19,
(underexposed)	with subject in range of flash or use D-lighting.	43
	• Exposure compensation is too low.	61
	• Subject is backlit: select scene mode setting of Back 18, 31,
	light, use fill flash, or use D-lighting.	43
Pictures are too	Exposure compensation is too high.	61
bright (overexposed)
Pictures are smeared	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.	84
Colors are unnatural	White balance does not match light source.	60
File can not be	File has been overwritten or renamed by computer or	—
played back	other make of camera.
90