Nikon 1 J2, User Manual

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Shooting (All Shooting and Exposure Modes)
The camera takes time to turn on : Delete files or format the memory card.
The shutter-release is disabled :
• The battery is exhausted (
0
11, 20).
• The memory card is locked ( 0 14) or full ( 0 20).
• The flash is charging (
0
62).
• The camera is not in focus (
0
23).
• You are currently filming a slow motion movie (
0
44).
Only one picture is taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed in continuous
release mode
: Continuous shooting is not available if the flash is raised in
Continuous mode (
0
64, 121).
The camera does not focus automatically :
• The subject is not suited to autofocus (
0
146).
• The camera is in manual focus mode ( 0 144, 147).
Focus does not lock when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway : Use the
1
(
A
) button to lock focus when AF-C is selected for focus mode or when
photographing moving subjects in AF-A mode (
0
144, 150).
AF-area mode selection is unavailable
: The camera is in auto photo or Smart
Photo Selector mode ( 0 21, 35), an option other than
P
,
S
,
A
,
M
is selected
in creative mode (
0
28), or manual focus mode is selected (
0
144).
Focus area selection is unavailable : Focus area selection is not available in
auto-area (
0
149) or face-priority (
0
24) AF. In other AF-area modes, the
focus area can be selected by pressing J .
Subject-tracking AF not available : Select a non-monochrome Picture Control
(
0
132, 149).
Image size selection is unavailable : NEF (RAW) is selected for image quality
(
0
118).
The camera is slow to record photos
: Turn long exposure noise reduction off
(
0
140). In creative mode, additional time may be needed to record pho-
tos when Night landscape (
0
28), Night portrait (
0
28), or Easy pan-
orama (
0
32) is selected or when Backlighting is selected and HDR is
on ( 0 31).
Noise (bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog, or lines) appears in photos :
• Lower ISO sensitivity or enable high ISO noise reduction (
0
140).
• Use long exposure noise reduction at shutter speeds slower than 1 s
(
0
140).