Nikon manual 192

	Problem		Cause/Solution	A
	Images appear smeared.	The lens is dirty. Clean the lens.		F6
	Colors are unnatural.	White balance is not adjusted properly.		35, 54, E30
		The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too
	Randomly spaced bright	slow, or ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be
	pixels (“noise”) appear in	reduced by:
	image.	•	Using flash	45
		• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting		54, E35
	Randomly spaced bright	When recording movies in dim lighting, the image
		may become somewhat “grainy” in appearance.
	pixels (“noise”) appear in			–
		This occurs when the ISO sensitivity increases, and it
	movies.
		does not indicate a malfunction.
		• The flash mode is set to W(off).		46
		• The flash window is blocked.		24
		• The subject is beyond the range of the flash.		45
	Images are too dark	•	Adjust exposure compensation.	50
	(underexposed).	•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	54, E35
		• The subject is backlit. Select Backlighting		36, 46
			scene mode or set the flash mode setting to X
Technical			(fill flash).
	Images are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		50
	(overexposed).
Notes		When taking images with V(auto with red-eye
		reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and red-eye
and	Unexpected results when	reduction in Night portrait scene mode, the In-
		Camera Red Eye Fix processing may be applied to
	flash set to V(auto with			33, 46
Index		areas not affected by red-eye in rare cases. Use any
	red-eye reduction).
		scene mode other than Night portrait, and change
		the flash mode to any setting other than V(auto
		with red-eye reduction) and try taking an image again.

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