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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,
then turn the camera on again. In the event of continued malfunction, contact
your retailer or Nikon-authorized service representative. Note that disconnecting
the power source as described above may result in the loss of any data not saved
to internal memory or the memory card at the time the problem occurred. Data
already saved will not be affected.
Shooting
Monitor turns off, and the
power-on lamp blinks rapidly.
Battery temperature is high. Turn off camera and
allow battery to cool down before resuming use.
After the lamps blink for three minutes, the
camera will turn off automatically. Pressing the
power switch also turns off the camera.
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Problem Cause/Solution A
No picture taken when shutter-
release button is pressed.
• When the camera is in playback mode, press
the A button, shutter-release button, or
b(e movie-record) button.
• When menus are displayed, press the d
button.
• Battery exhausted.
• When flash lamp blinks, flash is charging.
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Cannot use shooting mode. Disconnect the HDMI cable or USB cable. 90, 93,
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Camera cannot focus. • The subject is too close to the camera. Try
shooting with easy auto mode, Close-up
scene mode, or macro mode.
• The intended subject is one with which
autofocus does not perform well.
• Set AF assist in the setup menu to Auto.
• Focus error. Turn camera off and then on
again.
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Images are blurred. • Use flash.
• Raise the ISO sensitivity.
• Use vibration reduction or motion detection.
• Use D (Best Shot Selector).
• Use tripod and self-timer.
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Problem Cause/Solution A