Troubleshooting
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Date not appearing on pictures | Date does not appear on movies or on | 41, 45, |
even when [Date imprint] is | pictures taken using P, N, F, [Contin- | 47, 70, |
enabled | uous], or when option other than [Off] is | 102, |
| selected for [BSS]. | 104 |
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Camera settings reset | Backup battery is exhausted; all settings | 118 |
| were restored to their default values. |
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Electronically Controlled Cameras
In extremely rare instances, unusual characters may appear in the monitor and the camera may stop functioning. In most cases, this phenomenon is caused by a strong external static charge. Turn the camera off, remove and replace the battery, and then turn the camera on again. In the event of continued malfunction, contact your retailer or Nikon representative. Note that disconnecting the power source as described above may result in the loss of any data not recorded to internal memory or the memory card at the time the problem occurred. Data already recorded will not be affected.
Shooting
| Problem | Cause/Solution | c |
| No picture taken when shutter- | • Camera is in playback mode: press | 30 |
| release button is pressed | o. |
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| • Menus are displayed: press m. | 11 |
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| • Battery is exhausted. | 24 |
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| • Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging. | 33 |
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| Camera cannot focus | • Subject is low in contrast, dominated | 29 |
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| by repeating geometric patterns, cov- |
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| ers too small an area of the frame, or |
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| contains many fine details, objects of |
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| sharply differing brightness, or objects |
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Technical | at different distances from the cam- | 24 | |
• Focus error. Turn camera off and then | |||
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| era. Use focus lock to focus on |
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| another subject at same distance. |
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