Nikon P520 Shooting Issues

	Troubleshooting
Problem	Cause/Solution	A
Monitor is turned	Battery temperature is high. Turn off camera, and allow battery to
off, and the power-	cool down before resuming use. After the lamp flashes for 3	23
on lamp flashes	minutes, the camera turns off automatically, but you can also
quickly.	press the power switch to turn it off manually.
	When functions such as movie recording or sending images
Camera	using an Eye-Fi card are used for a long time, or when the camera	94
temperature rises.	is used in a location with a high ambient temperature, the
	camera temperature may rise. This is not a malfunction.
Shooting Issues
Problem	Cause/Solution	A
Cannot set to		87, 90,
	Disconnect the HDMI cable or USB cable.	E17,
shooting mode.
		E19
	• When camera is in playback mode, press the cbutton,	32
	shutter-release button or b(emovie-record) button.
No picture can be	• When menus are displayed, press the dbutton.	10
	• Battery is exhausted.	22
taken.
	• When the scene mode is Night portrait or R (Backlighting)	38, 40,
	with HDR set to Off, raise the flash.	56
	• When flash lamp flashes, flash is charging.	56
Cannot take 3D	In some shooting conditions, such as when the subject moves or
	the subject is dark or low in contrast, the second shot may not be	–
images
	taken or the 3D image may not be saved.
	• Incorrect focus mode setting. Check or change the setting.	62, 63
	• The intended subject is one with which autofocus does not	81
Camera cannot	perform well.	104, E71	Technical
	pressed halfway.
	• Set AF assist in the setup menu to Auto.
focus.	• Subject is not in focus area when shutter-release button is	30, 69	Notes
	• The focus mode is set to E(manual focus).	62
	• Turn camera off and then on again.	23
			and
	Colored stripes may appear when shooting subjects with
appear on the	repeating patterns (such as window blinds); this is not a		Index
Colored stripes	malfunction.
monitor when	The colored stripes will not appear in captured images or	–
	recorded movies. However, when using Continuous H: 120 fps
shooting.
	or HS 480/4×, the colored stripes may be seen in the captured
	images and recorded movies.
	• Use flash.	56
Pictures are	• Use vibration reduction or motion detection.	104, 104
	• Use D(Best Shot Selector).	68
blurred.
	• Use a tripod to stabilize the camera (use with the self-timer for	59
	better results).

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