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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes and Index
Pictures are too
dark
(underexposed).
• Flash is set to W (off).
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is beyond flash range.
• Adjust exposure compensation.
• Raise the ISO sensitivity.
• Subject is backlit. Raise the flash, and set the scene mode
W(Backlighting) with HDR to Off or set the flash mode to
X(fill flash).
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30
66
74
61, E45
44, 66
Pictures are too
bright
(overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation. 74
Areas not affected
by red-eye are also
corrected.
When V (auto with red-eye reduction) or “fill flash with red-eye
reduction” of the Night portrait scene mode is applied during
shooting, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix may, in very rare cases, be
applied to areas not affected by red-eye. Set a flash mode other
than V (auto with red-eye reduction), select a scene mode
other than Night portrait, and resume shooting.
47, 67
Skin softening
results are not as
expected.
• Skin softening may not produce the desired results depending
on shooting conditions.
• For pictures with four or more faces, try using Skin softening
in the playback menu.
54
88,
E18
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 flash is set to V (auto with red-eye reduction)
• When taking pictures in the following scene modes.
- Hand-held in j (Night landscape)
- Noise reduction burst in c (Landscape) or Close-up
- HDR set to other than Off in W (Backlighting)
- Hand-held in Night portrait
- Easy panorama in Panorama
• Continuous in the shooting menu is set to Continuous H:
120 fps or Continuous H: 60 fps
• When using smile timer while shooting
• When using Active D-Lighting while shooting
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67
42
43, 49
44
47
51
61,
E41
70
62, E53
Cannot set or use
Continuous or
Exposure
bracketing.
Another function that is set now is restricting the Continuous
setting or Exposure bracketing.
80
Cannot set
COOLPIX Picture
Control.
Another function that is set now is restricting COOLPIX Picture
Control.
80
Problem Cause/Solution
A