Troubleshooting

 

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

 

 

• Digital zoom is set to Off in the setup menu.

89, E86

 

 

Digital zoom is not available in the following

 

 

 

situations.

 

 

 

- When Portrait, Night portrait, Night

42, 43

 

 

landscape, Backlighting (when HDR is

 

 

Digital zoom cannot be

set to On), Panorama (when Easy

 

 

used.

panorama is selected), Pet portrait, or 3D

 

 

 

photography scene mode is selected

38, E52

 

 

- Touch shooting is set to Subject tracking

 

 

- When shooting in smart portrait mode

50

 

 

- When Multi-shot 16 is selected for the

38, E57

 

 

Continuous setting

 

 

Image mode not available.

Another function that restricts the Image mode

64

 

 

option is enabled.

 

 

 

• Off is selected for Sound settings>Shutter

89, E87

 

 

sound in the setup menu. No sound is heard

 

 

No sound when the shutter

with some shooting modes and settings, even

 

 

is released.

when On is selected.

 

 

 

The speaker is blocked. Do not cover the

3, 26

 

 

speaker.

 

 

 

Off is selected for the AF assist option in the

 

 

AF-assist illuminator does

setup menu. AF-assist illuminator may not light

89, E86

 

depending on the position of the focus area or

 

not light.

 

the current scene mode, even when Auto is

 

 

 

 

Technical

 

selected.

 

Pictures appear smeared.

Lens is dirty. Clean lens.

F5

 

 

Colors are unnatural.

White balance does not match light source.

38, E59

Notes

Randomly spaced bright

Shutter speed too slow or ISO sensitivity is high

 

as the subject is dark. Noise can be reduced by:

 

pixels (“noise”) appear in

 

Using flash

54

and

image.

Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting

38, E56

 

 

The flash mode setting is set to c(off).

54

Index

 

 

Flash window is blocked.

26

 

 

 

 

Subject is beyond flash range.

54

 

Pictures are too dark

Adjust exposure compensation.

59

 

(underexposed).

Increase the ISO sensitivity.

38, E56

 

 

Subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene

46, 54

 

 

mode or set the flash mode setting to X (fill

 

 

 

flash).

 

 

Pictures are too bright

Adjust exposure compensation.

59

 

(overexposed).

 

 

 

F10

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Nikon COOLPIXS100GOLD, COOLPIXS100PURPLE, COOLPIXS100RED manual F10, When Portrait, Night portrait, Night, Continuous setting