Troubleshooting

Notes Technical

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Problem

Cause/Solution

A

 

Subject is dark, and either the shutter speed is too slow, or

 

Randomly spaced

ISO sensitivity has been raised.

 

• Use flash.

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bright pixels

• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting.

138

(“noise”) appear in

• Applying Noise reduction in the shooting menu to suit

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image.

situations.

 

 

 

 

• Choosing scene mode with noise reduction.

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• Flash is W(off).

32

 

• Built-in flash has been blocked by foreign objects.

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Pictures are too

• Subject is beyond flash range.

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• Adjust exposure compensation.

40

dark

• Raise the ISO sensitivity.

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(underexposed).

• Subject is backlight during shooting. Raise the built-in

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flash, set Backlight of the scene mode or set the flash

 

 

mode to X(fill flash), and then shoot the picture.

 

 

 

 

Pictures are too

Adjust exposure compensation.

40

bright (overexposed).

 

 

 

 

When Vor “fill flash with slow sync and red-eye reduction”

 

Unexpectedresults

of the Night portrait scene mode is applied during

 

when flash set to

shooting, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix may, in very rare cases, be

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auto with red-eye

applied to areas not affected by red-eye. Set a flash mode

 

reduction.

other than Vwhen in a shooting mode other than the

 

 

Night portrait scene mode during shooting.

 

 

 

 

Camera does not

On is selected for Noise reduction in the shooting menu.

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shoot continuously.

 

 

 

 

• Self timer/remote control has been selected.

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• Multi-shot cannot be used when NRW (RAW), NRW

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Camera does not

(RAW) + Fine, NRW (RAW) + Normal or NRW (RAW) +

 

Basic is selected for Image quality.

 

shoot with Multi-

 

• At an ISO sensitivity setting of 3200 or 6400, the

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shot.

Multi-shot option of the continuous shooting mode is

 

 

 

 

not available.

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• Auto bracketing has been selected.

 

 

 

Contrast in

Option other than Off is selected for Active D-Lightingin

 

COOLPIX Picture

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Control cannot be

shooting menu.

 

adjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

Playback

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

File cannot be

• File was overwritten or renamed by computer or other

-

make of camera.

 

played back.

 

• Time lapse movie or interval timer shooting in progress.

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