Nikon Nikon COOLPIX S4200 manual F10

Troubleshooting

	Problem		Cause/Solution	A
	Randomly spaced bright	Shutter speed too slow or ISO sensitivity is high as
		the subject is dark. Noise can be reduced by:
	pixels (“noise”) appear in	•	Using flash.	55
	image.
		• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting.		39, E42
	Randomly spaced bright	When recording movies in dim lighting, the image
	pixels (“noise”) appear in	may become somewhat “grainy” in appearance.		–
		This occurs when the ISO sensitivity increases, and
	movies.
		it does not indicate a malfunction.
		• The flash mode is set to c(Off)		56
		• Flash window is blocked.		28
		• Subject is beyond flash range.		55
	Images are too dark	•	Adjust exposure compensation.	61
	(underexposed).	•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	39, E42
		• Subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene		48, 55
			mode or set the flash mode setting to X (Fill
			flash).
	Images are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		61
	(overexposed).
		When taking pictures with b(Auto with red-eye
		reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and red-eye
	Unexpected results	reduction in Night portrait scene mode, In-
	when flash set to	Camera Red-Eye Fix may be applied to areas not		44, 55
Technical	b(Auto with red-eye	affected by red-eye. Use any scene mode other
	reduction).	reduction) and try shooting again.
		than Night portrait, and change the flash mode
		to any setting other than b(Auto with red-eye
Notes
		• Under some shooting conditions, facial skin		70
and	Skin tones are not		tones may not be softened.
		• Select e (Skin softening) for Glamour		70, E23
	softened.
Index			retouch in the retouch menu for images
			containing four or more faces.
		It may take more time to save images in the
		following situations.
		• When the noise reduction function is in		–
	Saving images takes		operation.
	time.	• When flash mode is set to b(Auto with red-		56
			eye reduction).
		• When the skin softening function is applied		43, 44, 70,
			while shooting.	E47
		When shooting with backlighting or when a very
	Colored circles or light	strong light source (such as sunlight) is in the
		frame, colored circles or light streaks (ghosting)
	streaks appear in the			–
		may occur. Change the position of the light source,
	monitor or images.
		or frame the picture so that the light source does
		not enter the frame and try again.

F10