Technical Notes

10

Troubleshooting

Problem

Possible cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Camera is in playback mode.

 

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• Battery is exhausted.

 

 

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No photo is taken

Flash-ready lamp flickers: flash is charging.

 

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• Message “Memory Card is not formatted” appears in

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when shutter-

 

monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in

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release button is

COOLPIX SQ.

 

 

 

 

 

fully pressed

 

 

 

 

 

• Message “Memory Card full” appears in monitor:

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insufficient memory to record pictures at current 102

 

Image quality/size settings.

 

 

 

 

 

• Flash is off.

 

 

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Photos are too dark

• Flash window is blocked.

 

 

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(underexposed)

• Subject is outside range of flash.

 

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• Exposure compensation is too low.

 

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Photos are too

 

 

 

 

 

 

bright

• Exposure compensation is too high.

 

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(overexposed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos are out of

• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release

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focus

button was pressed halfway. Use focus lock.

 

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• Shutter speed too slow. Use the flash.

 

 

 

 

Randomly-spaced

*Noise reduction, which helps reduce noise at slow

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bright pixels

shutter speeds, is available in the following scenes:

 

(“noise”) appear in

(Night Portrait),

(Dusk/Dawn) and

(Night

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image

Landscape). Using these scenes when appropriate

 

 

 

 

can reduce noise.

 

 

 

 

 

Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically 40

when:

(Sports), (Landscape), (Sunset), (Dusk/Dawn), 49

 

(Night Landscape),

(Close up),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Museum), (Fire-

to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flash does not fire

works Show),

(Copy),

(Panorama Assist)

 

–Camera is in movie mode

 

 

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–“Continuous” or “Multi-Shot 16” is selected in the

 

CONTINUOUS menu (

mode only)

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–BSS is on (

mode only)

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• Battery level is low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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