Nikon COOLPIX 7600 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes
No picture is taken
when shutter-
release button is
pressed
• Camera is in playback mode.
• Batteries are exhausted.
•Red (!) lamp flickers: flash is charging.
• Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
• Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in
monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in your
camera.
Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears in monitor:
insufficient memory to record picture at current Image
mode setting.
22
12
20
20
10-11,
106
79
Pictures are too dark
(underexposed)
• Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
Subject is outside range of flash.
• Exposure compensation is too low.
24
18
24
83
Pictures are too
bright (overexposed)
• Exposure compensation is too high. 83
Pictures are out of
focus
• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release
button was pressed halfway.
• Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
20
20
Pictures are blurred
Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera
shake can be reduced by:
Using the flash
Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS)
Using the self-timer with a tripod
24
85
26
Randomly-spaced
bright pixels
(“noise”) appear in
image
• Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
Using the flash
m
(night portrait assist) mode is selected or
E
DUSK/
DAWN
or
F
NIGHT LANDSCAPE
is selected in
e
(scene) mode.
24
34,
37
Colors are unnatural
• White balance does not match light source.
Color options is not set to Standard color.
81
86
Flash does not fire
Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically
when;
The mode dial is set to N (landscape assist),
j (sports assist), or W (movie), or to e (scene)
mode with any of D SUNSET, E DUSK/DAWN,
F NIGHT LANDSCAPE, G MUSEUM,
H FIREWORKS SHOW, or I COPY selected in
scene menu.
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32,
33,
70,
36-37
Problem Possible cause Q