Nikon S7 manual 140, Use tripod and self-timer, Selected for Continuous Image mode not available

Troubleshooting

Technical Notes

140

Problem	Cause/Solution	c
Pictures are blurred	• Use flash.	30
	• Use anti-shake mode.	47
	• Use A.	102
	• Use tripod and self-timer.	32
Bright specks appear in pictures	Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn	31
taken with flash	flash off.
Flash does not fire	Flash is off. Note that flash turns off	30
	automatically in T modes other than	35
	[Time-lapse movieA] and [Stop-motion	68
	movie], some scene modes, when [Con-	100,
	tinuous] or [Multi-shot 16] is selected for	102
	[Continuous], or when option other than
	[Off] is selected for [BSS].
Optical zoom cannot be used	Optical zoom cannot be used while	68
	recording movies.
Digital zoom cannot be used	Digital zoom is not available in assist	35,
	modes, or when [Multi-shot 16] is	100
	selected for [Continuous].
[Image mode] not available	[Image mode] cannot be adjusted when	100
	[Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continu-
	ous].
No sound when shutter is	• [Off] is selected for [Sound settings] >	121
released	[Shutter sound] in setup menu.	39, 68,
	• P or T mode is selected, option
	other than [Single] is selected for	100,
	[Continuous], or option other than	102
	[Off] is selected for [BSS].
AF-assist illuminator does not	• [Off] is selected for AF assist option in	121
light	camera setup menu.
	• AF-assist illuminator turns off auto-	35
	matically in some modes.
Pictures appear smeared	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.	133
Colors are unnatural	White balance does not match light	97
	source.
Randomly spaced bright pixels	Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be
(“noise”) appear in image	reduced by:
	• Using flash	30
	• Fixing the sensitivity	103
	• Choosing scene mode with noise reduction	37-45