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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes and Index
Playback
Unexpected results when flash
set to V (auto with red-eye
reduction).
When taking pictures with V (auto with red-
eye reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and
red-eye reduction in Night portrait scene
mode, In-Camera Red Eye Fix may be applied to
areas not affected by red-eye. Use any scene
mode other than Night portrait, and change
the flash mode to any setting other than V
(auto with red-eye reduction) and try taking a
picture again.
30, 55
Skin tones are not softened.
• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones
may not be smoothed.
• Use Skin softening in the playback menu for
images containing four or more faces.
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Saving images takes time.
It may take more time to save images in the
following situations.
• When the noise reduction function is in
operation
• When the flash mode is set to V (auto with
red-eye reduction)
• When the skin softening function is applied
while shooting
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31
54, 55,
66
Problem Cause/Solution
A
File cannot be played back.
• File or folder was overwritten or renamed by
computer or other make of camera.
• The COOLPIX S5100 is not able to play back
movies recorded with another make or model
of digital camera.
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Cannot zoom in on image.
Playback zoom cannot be used with movies,
small pictures, or images that have been
cropped to a size of 320 × 240 or smaller.
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Cannot record or play back
voice memos.
• Voice memos cannot be attached to movies.
• Voice memos cannot be attached to images
captured with other cameras. Voice memos
attached to images using another camera
cannot be played back on this camera.
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Problem Cause/Solution
A