Nikon COOLPIX 2500 Instruction Manual page 110

Problem
Photos are blurred
Randomly-spaced
bright pixels
("noise") appear in
image
Flash does not fire
Colors are unnatural • White balance does not match light source.
No menu is displayed
when MENU button
is pressed
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Possible cause
• Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused
by camera shake can be reduced by:
– Using the flash
– Using the Best-Shot Selector (BSS)
– Using the self-timer
– Using a tripod
• Shutter speed too slow. Use the flash.
• Noise reduction, which helps reduce noise at
slow shutter speeds, is available in the follow-
ing scenes: Night Portrait and Night Land-
scape. Using these scenes when appropriate
can reduce noise.
• Flash is off. Note that flash turns off auto-
matically when:
– Landscape, Sunset, Night Landscape,
Museum, or Fireworks Show is selected
in scene mode
– Camera is in movie mode
– Continuous or Multi-Shot 16 is selected in
the CONTINUOUS menu (
– BSS is on (
• Battery level is low.
• Camera is in movie mode.
mode only)
mode only)
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