Technical Notes

Problem

Possible cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused

 

 

 

 

by camera shake can be reduced by:

 

 

 

Photos are blurred

– Using the flash

 

 

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– Using the Best-Shot Selector (BSS)

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– Using the self-timer

 

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– Using a tripod

 

 

 

 

•Shutter speed too slow. Use the flash.

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Randomly-spaced

•Noise reduction, which helps reduce noise at

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bright pixels

slow shutter speeds, is available in the follow-

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(“noise”) appear in

ing scenes: Night Portrait and Night Land-

 

 

 

image

scape. Using these scenes when appropriate

 

 

 

 

can reduce noise.

 

 

 

 

 

•Flash is off. Note that flash turns off auto-

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matically when:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landscape, Sunset, Night Landscape,

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Museum, or Fireworks Show is selected

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Flash does not fire

in scene mode

 

 

 

 

 

– Camera is in movie mode

 

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Continuous or Multi-Shot 16 is selected in

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the CONTINUOUS menu (

mode only)

 

 

 

 

– BSS is on (

mode only)

 

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•Battery level is low.

 

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Colors are unnatural

•White balance does not match light source.

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No menu is displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

when MENU button

•Camera is in movie mode.

 

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is pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nikon 3500 manual By camera shake can be reduced by, Camera is in movie mode, White balance does not match light source