Nikon L310, 26331 user manual 138, When Portrait, Night portrait, or Pet, Continuous

Troubleshooting

	Problem	Cause/Solution	A
	Streaks of light or partial	Smear may occur when the camera is aimed at a	128
	discoloration are visible in the	bright subject. When using multi-16, sport
	monitor.	continuous, or when recording movies, avoid
		bright objects such as the sun, reflections of the
		sun, and electric lights.
	Bright specks appear in images	Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Set flash	7, 28
	captured with flash.	mode to W(Off).
	Flash does not fire.	• Flash mode is set to W(Off).	7, 28
		• Scene mode in which flash does not fire is	35
		selected.
		• Sport continuous mode is selected.	48
		• A feature that cannot be used with the flash is	61
		selected.
	Digital zoom cannot be used.	Digital zoom cannot be used in the following
		situations.
		• When Portrait, Night portrait, or Pet	36, 37,
		portrait is selected for scene mode	43
		• When smart portrait mode is selected	46
		• When Multi-shot 16 is selected for	58
		Continuous
	Image mode not available.	A feature that cannot be used with image mode	61
		is selected.
	No sound when shutter is	Off is selected for Sound settings > Shutter	115
	released.	sound in setup menu. Depending on the
		current shooting mode or settings, the shutter
Technical		sound is not heard even when set to On.
	Images appear smeared.	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.	127
	Hues are unnatural.	White balance or hue is not adjusted properly.	56
Notes	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 using flash.	28
		• Select a lower ISO sensitivity.	59
	Images are too dark	• Flash mode is set to W(Off).	7, 28
	(underexposed).	• Flash window is blocked.	22
		• Subject is beyond flash range.	28
		• Adjust exposure compensation.	32
		• Raise the ISO sensitivity.	59
		• Subject is backlit. Select the Backlighting	28, 41
		scene mode, or raise the flash and set the flash
		mode to X (fill flash).
	Images are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.	32
	(overexposed).

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