Problem

Cause/Solution

A

 

Streaks of light or partial

Smear occurs when extremely bright light strikes the

 

 

image sensor. When recording movies, avoiding

 

 

discoloration are visible in

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bright objects, such as the sun, reflections of the sun,

 

the monitor.

 

 

and electric lights is recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bright specks appear in

Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Set the flash mode

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images captured with flash.

setting to yFlash off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The flash mode is set to yFlash off.

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Flash does not fire.

• Choose a style is set to a feature that disables the

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flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical zoom cannot be

Optical zoom cannot be used while recording movies.

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used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital zoom cannot be

When Choose a style is set to Shoot under water,

 

 

Take soft pictures, or Create a diorama effect in

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used.

 

the shooting menu, digital zoom cannot be used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shutter sound is turned off using Change

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No sound when shutter is

sounds in the shooting menu. Even if the shutter

 

 

sound is not turned off, the shutter sound is not

 

 

released.

heard depending on the shooting mode and

 

 

 

current settings.

2

 

 

Do not block the speaker.

Technical

Images appear smeared.

Lens is dirty. Clean lens.

F8

 

 

 

 

 

Colors are unnatural.

Hue does not match light source.

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Notes

Randomly spaced bright

The subject is dark, so shutter speed is too slow or ISO

 

pixels (“noise”) appear in

sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by using

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image.

flash.

 

andIndex

 

 

 

 

 

 

F13

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Nikon 26317, S30 manual F13