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Troubleshooting
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Camera cannot
focus.
•
The intended subject is one with which autofocus does
not perform well.
•
Set
AF assist
in the setup menu to
Auto
.
•
Subject not in focus area when shutter-release button
pressed halfway.
•
The focus mode is set to
E
(manual focus).
•
Turn camera off and then on again.
Pictures are
blurred.
•
Use flash.
•
Use vibration reduction.
•
Use
D
.
•
Use a tripod to stabilize the camera (use with the self-
timer for best results).
•
Set
Wide-angle converter
in the shooting menu to
On
when a wide-angle converter is equipped.
Bright specks
appear in pictures
shot with flash.
Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn flash
W
(off ).
Built-in flash does
not fire.
•
Flash is
W
(off ).
•
Some scene modes that cannot turn on flash are selected.
•
Focus mode is set to
B
(infinity).
•
D
modes (other than
Time-lapse movie
P
) is selected.
• Continuous
,
BSS
, or
Multi-shot 16
is selected for
Continuous
.
•
Option other than
Off
is selected for
Auto bracketing
in
shooting menu.
• On
is selected for
Wide-angle converter
in the shooting
menu.
• Built-in off
is selected for
Flash control
in the shooting
menu.
•
Built-in flash will not fire when a Speedlight (available
separately from Nikon) is used.
Optical zoom
cannot be used.
Optical zoom cannot be used while recording movies.
Problem
Cause/Solution
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