Nikon COOLPIXL810BLK, COOLPIXL810BLUE, COOLPIXL810RED user manual F13

Problem		Cause/Solution	A
	• The flash is lowered or the flash mode is set to W(off).		51
	• Flash window is blocked.		23
Images are too dark	• Subject is beyond flash range.		51
	•	Adjust exposure compensation.	59
(underexposed).
	•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	49, E33
	• Subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene mode, or		40, 51
		raise the flash and set the flash mode to X(fill flash).
Images are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		59
(overexposed).
	When taking pictures with V(auto with red-eye
	reduction), or when taking pictures with Night portrait
Unexpected results when	(either in easy auto mode or the Night portrait scene
	mode) and the fill flash with slow sync and red-eye		37, 51
flash set to V (auto with	reduction is used, red-eye reduction may be applied, in rare
red-eye reduction).	cases, to areas not affected by red-eye. Use auto mode or
	any scene mode other than Night portrait, and change
	the flash mode to any setting other than V(auto with
	red-eye reduction) and try taking a picture again.
	• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may		45
Skin tones are not softened.		not be smoothed.
	• Use Skin softening in the playback menu for		70, E11
		images containing four or more faces.		Technical
	• When the noise reduction function is in operation,		–
	It may take more time to save images in the following
	situations.			Notes
Saving images takes time.		such as when shooting in a dark environment
	• When the flash mode is set to V (auto with red-		54
		eye reduction)		and
	• When the skin softening function is applied while shooting		36, 37, 46
				Index
A ring-shaped belt or	When shooting with backlighting or when a very
	strong light source (such as sunlight) is in the frame, a
rainbow-colored stripe	ring-shaped belt or rainbow-colored stripe (ghosting)		–
appears in the monitor or	may occur. Change the position of the light source, or
images.	frame the picture so that the light source does not
	enter the frame and try again.

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