Technical Notes

Problem

 

Possible cause

 

 

•

Camera is in playback mode.

17, 24

 

•

Battery is exhausted.

12

 

•

Red ( ) lamp blinks: flash is charging.

21

No picture is

•

Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in moni-

11, 119

taken when shut-

 

tor: memory card is not formatted for use in camera.

 

ter-release button

•

Message “MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED”

11

is pressed

 

appears in monitor: memory card is locked.

 

 

•

Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears in monitor: insuf-

78

 

 

ficient memory to record picture at current Image qual-

 

 

 

ity/size setting.

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures are too

•

Flash is off.

42

•

Flash window is blocked.

19

dark (underex-

•

Subject is outside range of flash.

42

posed)

•

Exposure compensation is too low.

47

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures are too

 

 

 

bright (overex-

•

Exposure compensation is too high.

47

posed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures are out

•

Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release but-

23

 

ton was pressed halfway.

 

of focus

 

 

•

Green (AF) lamp flashes: camera unable to focus.

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

•

Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera

 

Pictures are

 

shake can be reduced by:

 

 

Using the flash

42

blurred

 

 

Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS)

84

 

 

 

 

Using the self-timer with a tripod

44

 

 

 

 

•Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by:

 

Using the flash

 

 

42

Randomly-spaced

Selecting

(night portrait assist) mode, or selecting

33, 36

bright pixels

 

(scene) mode and choosing

 

Dusk/Dawn

 

 

 

 

(“noise”) appear

or

Night landscape (In these modes, noise reduc-

 

in image

tion works automatically when shutter speed is low.

 

 

Select an appropriate mode according to your shooting

 

 

condition.)

 

 

 

 

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COOLPIX 5200, 13311 specifications

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