Troubleshooting

TECHNICAL

This section lists the indicators and messages that appear in the viewfinder, control panels, and monitor when there is a problem with the camera. Consult the list below before contacting your retailer or Nikon representative.

Control Panel and Viewfinder Indicators

TESNO —

Indicator

Control View-

panel finder

(blinking) (blinking)

Problem

Lens aperture ring is not set to minimum aperture

Solution

Set ring to minimum ap-

pg. 25

erture (largest f/-number)

Ready fully-charged spare

†

Low battery

battery

pg. 23

††Battery exhausted

Replace battery

 

pg. 23

Use CPU Nikkor lens (IX- Nikkor excepted), or set

pg. 24,

tached lens not Nikkor

lens with built-in CPU

pg. 88,

exposure mode to A or M

pg. 90,

and use lens aperture ring

TROUBLESHOOTING

to set aperture

pg. 198

▼ ▲

 

Camera can not focus us-

(blinking)

 

ing autofocus

 

 

 

Subject too bright; photo will be overexposed

Focus manually

 

pg. 81

 

 

 

In exposure mode: P—use ND filter

S—i n c re a s e s h u t t e r

speed;if indicator per-

pg. 86,

sists, use ND filter

pg. 88

A—choose a smaller aperture (higher f/-num- ber); if indicator per- sists, use ND filter

†Indicators in viewfinder are only visible when a button is pressed. In addition, the meter- ing-method indicater ( ,,) flashes to warn that the battery is low.

†† Indicators in viewfinder and rear control panel turn off to save power.

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