Troubleshooting

 

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

 

Images are too bright

Adjust exposure compensation.

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(overexposed).

 

 

 

 

 

When taking pictures with V(auto with red-eye

 

 

 

reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and red-eye

 

 

Unexpected results when

reduction in Night portrait scene mode, In-Camera

 

 

Red Eye Fix may be applied to areas not affected by

 

 

flash set to V(auto with

43, 62

 

red-eye in rare cases. Use any scene mode other than

 

red-eye reduction).

 

 

Night portrait, and change the flash mode to any

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting other than V(auto with red-eye reduction)

 

 

 

and try taking a picture again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones

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Skin tones are not

may not be softened.

 

 

softened.

Use Skin softening in the playback menu for

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images containing four or more faces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It may take more time to save images in the

 

 

 

following situations.

 

 

 

When the noise reduction function is in

 

 

operation, such as when shooting in a dark

 

 

 

environment.

 

 

 

When the flash mode is set to V (auto with

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Saving images takes time.

red-eye reduction).

 

 

 

When shooting in Night landscape, Night

43, 45, 47

 

 

portrait, or Backlighting (when HDR is set to

 

Technical

 

On) scene mode

39, E38

 

When using continuous shooting mode

 

 

When the skin softening function is applied

42, 43, 56

 

 

while shooting.

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

When shooting with backlighting or when a very

 

A ring-shaped belt or

strong light source (such as sunlight) is in the

 

and

frame, a ring-shaped belt or rainbow-colored

 

rainbow-colored stripe

Index

appears in the monitor or

stripe (ghosting) may occur. Change the position

of the light source, or frame the picture so that the

 

images.

 

 

 

 

light source does not enter the frame and try

 

 

 

 

 

 

again.

 

 

 

 

 

F10

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Nikon S6300 manual F10, When shooting in Night landscape, Night

S6300 specifications

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