Nikon S31 White, COOLPIXS31YEL manual F13, Ups, Take soft pictures, or Create a diorama effect

Problem	Cause/Solution	A
	• Subject is too close. Try moving away from the	43
	subject or setting Choose a style to Shoot close-
	ups.
Camera cannot focus.	• The intended subject is one with which autofocus	62
	does not perform well.
	• Set AF assist in the camera settings menu to Auto.	84, E43
	• Turn camera off and then on again.	21
	• Use flash.	35
Images are blurred.	• Use tripod and self-timer.	37
	• Enable electronic VR.	84, E42
Streaks of light or partial	Smear occurs when extremely bright light strikes the
	image sensor. When recording movies, avoiding
discoloration are visible in		79, F4
	bright objects, such as the sun, reflections of the sun,
the monitor.
	and electric lights is recommended.
Bright specks appear in	Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Set the flash mode	35
images captured with flash.	setting to y Flash off.
	• The flash mode is set to y Flash off.	35
Flash does not fire.	• Choose a style is set to a feature that disables the	43
	flash.
Optical zoom cannot be	Optical zoom cannot be used while recording movies.	79	Technical
used.
Digital zoom cannot be	When Choose a style is set to Shoot under water,
	Take soft pictures, or Create a diorama effect,	45, 47
used.			Notes
	digital zoom cannot be used.
	• Change sounds is set to Turn sound off, or Pick	52	and
No sound when shutter is	a shutter sound is set to zin the shooting menu.
	• Shutter sound is not heard when Choose a style is	45	Index
released.
	set to Take a series of pictures.
	• Do not block the speaker.	2

F13