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Troubleshooting
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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 recorded
to internal memory or the memory card at the time the problem occurred. Data already recorded
will not be affected.
Shooting
Problem
Cause/Solution
A
No picture taken when shutter-
release button is pressed.
•
When camera is in playback mode, press the
shooting mode button.
•
When menus are displayed, press
d
.
•
Battery is exhausted.
•
When flash lamp blinks, flash is charging.
Camera cannot focus.
•
The intended subject is one with which
autofocus does not perform well.
•
Focus error. Turn camera off and then on
again.
Pictures are blurred.
•
Use flash.
•
Use
D
.
•
Use tripod and self-timer.
Bright specks appear in
pictures taken with flash.
Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn flash
off.
Flash does not fire.
•
Flash is off.
•
Some scene modes that cannot turn on flash
are selected.
•
Movie mode (other than [Stop-motion
movie]) is selected.
•
[Continuous], [BSS] or [Multi-shot 16] is
selected for [Continuous].
Optical zoom cannot be used.
Optical zoom cannot be used while recording
movies.
