Nikon S7 manual Electronically Controlled Cameras, Shooting, 139, Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause/Solution	c
Date not appearing on pictures	Date does not appear on movies or on	39, 43,
even when [Date imprint] is	pictures taken using P, N, F, [Contin-	45, 68,
enabled	uous], or when option other than [Off] is	100,
	selected for [BSS].	102
Camera settings reset	Backup battery is exhausted; all settings	116
	were restored to their default values.

Electronically Controlled Cameras

In extremely rare instances, unusual characters may appear in the monitor and the camera may stop functioning. In most cases, this phenomenon is caused by a strong external static charge. Turn the camera off, remove and replace the battery, and then turn the camera on again. In the event of continued malfunction, contact your retailer or Nikon representative. Note that disconnecting the power source as described above may result in the loss of any data not recorded to internal memory or the memory card at the time the problem occurred. Data already recorded will not be affected.

Shooting

Problem	Cause/Solution	c
No picture taken when shutter-	• Camera is in playback mode: press	28
release button is pressed	o.
	• Menus are displayed: press m.	9
	• Battery is exhausted.	22
	• Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging.	31
Camera cannot focus	• Subject is low in contrast, dominated	27
	by repeating geometric patterns, cov-
	ers too small an area of the frame, or
	contains many fine details, objects of
	sharply differing brightness, or objects
	at different distances from the cam-		Technical
	era. Use focus lock to focus on
	another subject at same distance.
	• Focus error. Turn camera off and then	22
	on again.		Notes

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