Nikon 1 V1, User Manual

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Shooting (All 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 12, 21).
• The memory card is locked (
0
15) or full (
0
15, 21).
• The camera is not in focus (
0
25).
• You are currently filming a slow motion movie (
0
39).
The camera does not focus automatically
:
• The subject is not suited to autofocus ( 0 54).
• The camera is in manual focus mode (
0
52, 55).
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
52, 145).
Focus area selection is unavailable
: Focus area selection is not available in
auto-area (
0
144) or face-priority (
0
25) 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, 144).
AF-area mode selection is unavailable : The camera is in Smart Photo Selector
mode (
0
31), manual focus mode is selected (
0
52), or
h
Scene auto
selector is selected for Exposure mode (
0
111).
Image size selection is unavailable
: NEF (RAW) is selected for image quality
( 0 119).
The camera is slow to record photos : Turn long exposure noise reduction off
(
0
140).
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).
No photo taken when remote control shutter-release button is pressed :
• Replace battery in remote control (
0
163).
• Choose a remote control mode ( 0 49).
• The remote control standby timer has expired (
0
156).
• The remote is not pointed at the camera or the infrared receiver is not
visible (
0
2, 3, 50).
• The remote is too far from the camera (
0
50).
• Bright light is interfering with remote.
Smudges appear in photographs : Clean the front and rear lens elements