Nikon L22, L21 Digital zoom cannot be used in the following, AF-assist illuminator does not

Troubleshooting

Problem		Cause/Solution	A
Digital zoom cannot be used.	Digital zoom cannot be used in the following
	situations.
	• When Portrait or Night portrait is selected		36, 37
		for Scene mode.
	• When using smart portrait mode.		46
	• Just before recording a movie (up to 2× can be		55
		applied while recording movies).
	• When Multi-shot 16 is selected for		78
		Continuous.
Image mode not available.	• Image mode cannot be adjusted when Multi-		78
		shot 16 is selected for Continuous.
No sound when shutter is	• Off is selected for Sound settings > Shutter		98
released.		sound in setup menu. Even when set to On,
		the shutter sound is not heard depending on
		the current shooting mode or settings.
	• Do not block the speaker.		4
AF-assist illuminator does not	• Off is selected for AF assist option in camera		97
light.		setup menu.
	• AF-assist illuminator turns off automatically in		36-42
		some scene modes.
Pictures appear smeared.	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.		114
Hues are unnatural.	White balance does not match light source.		76
Randomly spaced bright pixels	The subject is dark, so shutter speed is too slow
(“noise”) appear in image.	or ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be
	reduced by:			Technical
	•	Using flash.	30
Pictures are too dark	•	Flash is off.	30
(underexposed).	• Flash window is blocked.		22	Notes
	• Subject is beyond flash range.		30
	•	Adjust exposure compensation.	34
	• Subject is backlit. Select the Backlight scene		30, 41
		mode, or set the flash mode to X(fill flash).
Pictures are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		34
(overexposed).

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