Nikon L340 Skin softening

Problem		Cause/Solution	A
Images appear	The lens is dirty. Clean the lens.		98
smeared.
Colors are	White balance or hue is not adjusted properly.		24, 62
unnatural.
Randomly spaced	The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too
	slow, or ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be
bright pixels
	reduced by:
(“noise”) appear in
	•	Using the flash	32
image.
	• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting		65
	• The flash is lowered or a shooting mode that		11, 32,
		restricts the flash is selected.	37
	• The flash window is blocked.		12
Images are too	• The subject is beyond the range of the flash.		111
dark	•	Adjust exposure compensation.	36
(underexposed).	•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	65
	• The subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene		25, 32
		mode or raise the flash and set the flash mode
		setting to X(fill flash).
Images are too
bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		36
(overexposed).
Unexpected	Use any scene mode other than Night portrait,
results when flash
	and change the flash mode to any setting other
set to V(auto			32, 37
	than V(auto with red-eye reduction) and try
with red-eye
	taking the picture again.
reduction).
	• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones		40
Skin tones are not		may not be softened.		Technical
		menu.
softened.	• For images containing four or more faces, try		49
		using the Skin softening effect in the playback
				Notes
	It may take more time to save images in the
	following situations:
	• When the noise reduction function is in		–
		operation, such as when shooting in a dark
Saving images		environment
takes time.	• When shooting in Panorama assist scene mode		26
	• When the flash mode is set to V(auto with		33
		red-eye reduction)
	• When the skin softening function is applied while		40, 67
		shooting

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