Mode (Auto) APlayback: and Photography Basic

Using the Flash

BShooting When Lighting is Poor or When the Flash is Set to W(Off)

•Use of a tripod is recommended to stabilize the camera during shooting and avoid the effects of camera shake. When the camera is stabilized with a tripod, set Vibration reduction (A175) to Off in the setup menu (A167).

•Emay be displayed in the shooting mode. When Eis displayed, the ISO sensitivity has increased automatically.

•When shooting at slow shutter speeds in dark location, the noise reduction function may operate. When the noise reduction function operates, it may take more time to save images.

BNote on Using the Flash

Reflections from dust particles in the air may appear as bright spots in pictures. To reduce these reflections, set the flash to W(Off), or shoot pictures with the built-in flash lowered.

CFlash Lamp

The flash lamp shows the flash status when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway down.

• On: Flash fires when picture is shot.

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Blinks: Flash is charging. Wait a few seconds and try again.

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Off: Flash does not fire when picture is shot.

When the battery level is low, the monitor is turned off during charging of the flash.

CAuto with Red-eye Reduction

This camera uses advanced red-eye reduction (“In-Camera Red-Eye Fix”).

Pre-flashes are fired repeatedly at low intensity before the main flash, reducing the red-eye effect.

If the camera detects “red-eye” when a picture is taken, Nikon’s own In-Camera Red-Eye Fix processes the image before it is recorded.

Note the following when taking pictures:

•Because pre-flashes are fired, there is a slight lag between when the shutter-release button is pressed and when the picture is shot.

•The time required to save the picture increases slightly.

•Advanced red-eye reduction may not produce the desired results in some situations.

•In extremely rare instances, areas not subject to red-eye may be affected by advanced red-eye reduction processing. In these cases, choose another mode and try again.

•The red-eye reduction process when NRW (RAW) images (A68) are recorded consists only of the pre-flashing before the main flash (including the JPEG image that is recorded at the same time).

When Red-eye reduction (A177) in the setup menu is set to Pre-flash off, the shutter is released immediately when the shutter-release button is fully pressed, without firing the pre-flashes before the main flash.

DMore Information

See “Using Speedlights (External Flash Unit)” (A202) for more Information.

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