Nikon 3500 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Technical Notes
Monitor is hard
to read
•Ambient lighting is too bright: move to a dark-
er location or use HL-E2500 LCD hood (avail-
able separately).
•Monitor is dirty.
•Monitor brightness requires adjustment.
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Photos are too bright
(overexposed)
Exposure compensation is too high. 53
Photos are too dark
(underexposed)
Flash is off.
•Flash window is blocked.
Subject is outside range of flash.
Exposure compensation is too low.
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Photos are out of
focus
Focus indicator flashes red: camera unable to
focus.
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Problem Possible cause
No photo is taken
when shutter-release
button is fully
pressed
•Camera is in playback mode.
Battery is exhausted.
•Message “Please turn the lens to the shoot-
ing position” appears in monitor: lens is
blocked by camera body. Rotate lens section
until message is no longer displayed.
Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears in mon-
itor: insufficient memory to record pictures at
current settings.
•Focus indicator flashes red: camera unable to
focus.
Flash-ready lamp flickers: flash is charging.
•Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” ap-
pears in monitor: memory card is not format-
ted for use in COOLPIX 3500.
Message “NO CARD PRESENT” appears in
monitor: no memory card in camera.
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