Novatel Wireless S51C Shooting, Electronically Controlled Cameras

Troubleshooting

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	• When camera is in playback mode, press	28
shutter-release button is	i or the shutter-release button.
pressed	• When menus are displayed, press m.	12
	• Battery is exhausted.	22
	• When flash lamp blinks, flash is charging.	31
Camera cannot focus	• The intended subject is one with which	27
	autofocus does not perform well.
	• Set [AF assist] in the setup menu to [Auto].	113
	• Focus error. Turn camera off and then on	22
	again.
Pictures are blurred	• Use flash.	30
	• Use high-sensitivity shooting mode.	35
	• Use vibration reduction.	113
	• Use A.	94
	• Use tripod and self-timer.	32
Bright specks appear in	Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn	31
pictures taken with flash	flash off.
Flash does not fire	• Flash is off.	30
	• Some scene modes that cannot turn on	36
	flash are selected.
	• T mode other than [Stop-motion movie]	63
	is selected.
	• [Continuous] or [Multi-shot 16] is selected	93, 94
	for [Continuous], or [On] is selected for
	[BSS].
Optical zoom cannot be used	Optical zoom cannot be used while recording	63
	movies.
Digital zoom cannot be used	Digital zoom is not available when [Multi-shot	93
	16] is selected for [Continuous].

Notes Technical

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