Troubleshooting

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

Unexpectedresults

In very rare cases, when V (Auto with red-eye reduction)

 

occurred when

or the red-eye reduction fill flash or slow-sync fill flash in the

 

Night portrait scene mode is used for flash photography,

 

flash is set to auto

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areas other than red eyes may be corrected. Set a flash mode

with red-eye

other than V(Auto with red-eye reduction), select a scene

 

reduction.

 

mode other than Night portrait, and resume shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skin softening

Skin softening may not produce the desired results

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depending on shooting conditions.

 

results are not as

 

For pictures with four or more faces, try using Skin

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expected.

softening in the playback menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It may take more time to save images in the following

 

 

situations.

 

 

When the noise reduction function is in operation

 

When flash is set to V(Auto with red-eye reduction)

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When taking pictures in the following scene modes.

 

Saving images

- Hand-heldin j (Night landscape)

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takes time.

- HDR set to other than Off in o (Backlighting)

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- Noise reduction burst in Landscape

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- Hand-held in Night portrait

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- Easy panorama in Panorama

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When Continuous H: 120 fps or Continuous H: 60 fps

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is selected for Continuous in the shooting menu

 

 

 

 

Cannot set or use

Another function that is set now is restricting the

 

Continuous or

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Exposure

Continuous setting or Exposure bracketing.

 

bracketing.

 

 

 

 

 

Playback

Problem

 

Cause/Solution

A

File cannot be

File was overwritten or renamed by computer or another

make or model of camera.

 

played back.

Movies recorded with cameras other than COOLPIX P300

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cannot be played back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback zoom cannot be used with movies, small

Cannot zoom in on

 

pictures, or cropped copies of size 320 × 240 pixels or

 

 

smaller.

 

picture.

 

Playback zoom may not be available for pictures taken

 

 

 

with cameras other than COOLPIX P300.

 

 

 

 

 

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