Nikon P900 HDR, Off, Auto, softening, Backlighting

Problem		Cause/Solution	A
No sound when	Off is selected for Shutter sound in Sound settings		46, 49,
the shutter is	in the setup menu. No sound is produced with some
	shooting modes and settings, even when On is		57
released.
	selected.
AF-assist	Off is selected for the AF assist option in the setup
	menu. AF-assist illuminator may not light depending on
illuminator does			49, 57
	the position of the focus area or the current scene
not light.	mode, even when Auto is selected.
Images appear	The lens is dirty. Clean the lens.		F6
smeared.
Colors are	White balance or hue is not adjusted properly.		49, 51,
unnatural.			E6
Randomly	The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too slow or
spaced bright	ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by:
pixels (“noise”)	•	Using the flash	18, 36
appear in image.	• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting		49, 52
Bright spots	When shooting at a slow shutter speed in multiple
	exposure mode, noise (bright spots) may appear in		–
appear in image.
	saved images.
	• The flash window is blocked.		16
Images are too	• The subject is beyond the range of the flash.		F17
	•	Adjust exposure compensation.	44
dark
	•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	49, 52
(underexposed).
	• The subject is backlit. Raise the flash, or set the scene		18,
		mode to Backlighting with HDR set to Off.	E7
Images are too				Technical
bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		44
(overexposed).
Unexpected	Use any scene mode other than Night portrait, and			Notes
flash set to V			36,
	change the flash mode to any setting other than V
results when
(auto with red-	(auto with red-eye reduction/red-eye reduction) and try		E15	and
	taking the picture again.
eye reduction).
				Index
	• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may		E20
Skin tones are		not be softened.
not softened.	• For images containing 4 or more faces, try using Skin		49, 55
		softening in the playback menu.

F11