Troubleshooting

Problem

Possible cause

 

 

 

 

Randomly-spaced

•Sensitivity (ISO equivalency) too high.

 

58–59

bright pixels appear

•Shutter speed too slow. At shutter speeds of ¼ s

50, 52,

in image (“noise”)

or slower, turn noise reduction on.

 

111

 

•Flash is off. Flash turns off automatically when:

32–33

 

◆Focus mode is set to (infinity)

 

34

 

 

◆Landscape, Sunset, Night landscape, Museum,

37–45

 

Fireworks show, Close up, Copy, Panorama as-

 

 

 

 

sist, Sports, or Dusk/Dawn selected in

 

mode

 

 

 

 

◆Continuous is set to option other than Single

63

 

Flash does not fire

◆BSS is on

 

97

 

 

◆Lens is set to option other than Normal

 

101

 

◆AE lock is on

 

103

 

◆Speedlight cntrl is set to Internal off

 

106

 

◆Optional Speedlight is attached and Speedlight

106, 148

 

cntrl set to Auto

 

 

 

 

 

•Battery is low.

 

18

 

Technical Notes

Colors are unnatural

Can not create small

picture

•White balance does not match light source.

60–62

•Saturation control is too low or too high.

67

Small pictures can not be created in quick review

 

or from movies, small pictures, or pictures taken at

81

Ultra HS or image quality of HI.

 

Can not zoom in on

picture

TV blank when vid- eo cable connected

Nikon View does

not start when cam- era is connected or memory card in- serted in card reader or card slot.

Can not zoom in on movies, small pictures, or pic-

tures taken at Ultra HS.

79

 

Video cable not correctly connected, TV not tuned

82, 144

to video channel, or Video mode not set correctly.

 

•Camera is off, AC adapter (available separately) is

15, 18,

not properly connected, or battery is exhausted.

24

•USB cable is not correctly connected, or card not

84

properly inserted in card reader or card slot.

 

•USB item in setup menu set to PTP when camera

83

connected to computer running Windows 2000

 

Professional, Windows Millennium Edition (Me),

 

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), or Mac OS 9.

 

•Nikon View is not installed.

—

See Nikon View Reference Manual (on CD) for

 

more information.

 

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Nikon COOLPIX5400 manual Problem Possible cause, AE lock is on, Speedlight cntrl is set to Internal off, Cntrl set to Auto
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COOLPIX5400 specifications

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