Problem

Solution

 

 

 

 

Final photo is larger than area shown

Viewfinder horizontal and vertical frame coverage is

—

in viewfinder.

approximately 95 %.

 

Randomly-spaced bright pixels

• Lower ISO sensitivity or use high ISO noise reduction.

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• Shutter speed is slower than 8 s: use long exposure

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(“noise”) appears in photographs.

noise reduction.

 

 

 

 

Reddish areas may appear in long time-exposures.

 

Reddish areas appear in photos.

Turn long exposure noise reduction On when shoot-

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ing at shutter speeds of “bulb” or “--”.

 

Photos are blotched or smeared.

• Clean lens.

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• Clean low-pass filter.

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• Select mode P, S, A, or M and adjust white balance to

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Colors are unnatural

match light source.

 

• Select mode P, S, A, or M and adjust Optimize image

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settings.

 

Flashing areas appear in images

Press multi selector up or down or rotate sub-com-

 

Shooting data appear on images

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mand dial to choose photo information displayed.

A graph appears during playback

 

 

 

RAW image is not played back.

Photo was taken at image quality of NEF + JPEG.

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• Some photos are not displayed

 

 

during playback

Select All for Playback folder. Note that Current will

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• Message displayed stating that no

automatically be selected when next photo is taken.

 

images are available for playback.

 

 

 

• Select On for Rotate tall.

 

 

• Photo was taken with Off selected for Auto image

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“Tall” (portrait) orientation photos

rotation.

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are displayed in “wide” (landscape)

• Camera orientation was changed while shutter-re-

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orientation.

lease button was pressed in continuous shooting

mode.

 

 

 

 

• Camera was pointed up or down when photo was

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taken.

 

Can not delete photo.

Photo is protected: remove protection.

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Can not change print order.

Memory card is full or locked.

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Can not select photo for printing.

Photo is in RAW (NEF) format. Transfer to computer and

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print using supplied software or Capture NX.

 

Can not print pictures via direct USB

Set USB to PTP.

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connection.

 

 

Photo is not displayed on TV.

Choose correct video mode.

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Can not copy photos to computer.

Choose correct USB option.

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Can not use Camera Control Pro.

Set USB to PTP.

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