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Beep does not sound:

•Off is selected for Custom Setting d1 (Beep; 0 275).

•Camera is in quiet shutter-release mode (0 86).

•Camera is in focus mode C or M (0 74).

•Release is selected for Custom Setting a2 (AF-S priority selection; 0 264).

•Movie is being recorded (0 58).

Photos not recorded in live view mode:

•Sound of mirror clicking down when shutter-release button was pressed halfway in hand-held mode was mistaken for sound of shutter (0 54).

•Unless Release is chosen for Custom Setting a2 (AF-S priority selection), shutter release is disabled if camera is unable to focus when focus mode S is selected in hand-held mode (0 54, 264).

Randomly-spaced bright pixels, reddish areas, or other irregularities (“noise”) appear in photos:

•Choose lower ISO sensitivity or use high ISO noise reduction (0 96, 259).

•Shutter speed is slower than 8 s: use long exposure noise reduction (0 258).

•Reddish areas or other artifacts appear in long time-exposures: turn long exposure noise reduction on when shooting at a shutter speed of “A” (0 258).

AF-assist illuminator does not light:

•Camera is in focus mode C (0 74).

•Center focus point is not selected for single-point AF or dynamic-area AF (0 76).

•Off selected for Custom Setting a9 (Built-inAF-assist illuminator) (0 268).

•Illuminator has turned off automatically. Illuminator may become hot with continued use; wait for lamp to cool down.

Photos are blotched or smeared:

•Clean lens.

•Clean low-pass filter (0 358). Colors are unnatural:

•Adjust white balance to match light source (0 134).

•Adjust Set Picture Control settings (0 154).

Can not measure white balance: Subject is too dark or too bright (0 145).
Image can not be selected as source for preset white balance: Image was not created	n
with D300S (0 148).

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