Nikon coolpix Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes
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
Date not appearing on pictures
even when [Date imprint] is
enabled
Date does not appear on movies or on
pictures taken using P, N, F, [Contin-
uous], or when option other than [Off] is
selected for [BSS].
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47, 70,
102,
104
Camera settings reset Backup battery is exhausted; all settings
were restored to their default values.
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Problem Cause/Solution c
No picture taken when shutter-
release button is pressed
Camera is in playback mode: press
o.
Menus are displayed: press m.
Battery is exhausted.
Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging.
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Camera cannot focus Subject is low in contrast, dominated
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-
era. Use focus lock to focus on
another subject at same distance.
Focus error. Turn camera off and then
on again.
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Problem Cause/Solution c