Northern Industrial Tools P5000 user manual Noise reduction on

Shooting (Continued)

Problem	Solution	B
Pictures are smeared.	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.	96
Colors are unnatural.	White balance does not match light source.	70
	Shutter speed too slow or ISO sensitivity too high. Noise
	can be reduced by:
Randomly-spaced	• Using flash	24
bright pixels (“noise”)	• Choosing P, S, A, or M mode and setting ISO sensitivity to	71
appear in image.	64
	• Choosing scene mode with noise reduction or turning	30–33,
	Noise reduction on	78
	• Rotate mode dial to T or choose higher ISO sensitivity.	37, 71
	• Flash is off.	24
Pictures are too dark	• Flash window is blocked.	18
(underexposed).	• Subject is outside of range of flash.	24
	• Exposure compensation is too low.	28
	• Subject is backlit: select N (scene mode) or use fill flash.	24, 33
Pictures are too bright	Exposure compensation is too high.	28
(overexposed).
Unexpected results	Advanced red-eye reduction may, in very rare cases, be
when flash set to V	applied to areas not affected by red-eye. Set flash to S	24–25,
(auto with red-eye	or T and try again. Note that red-eye reduction is default	30
reduction).	flash setting for K, A, and D modes.

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