Nikon COOLPIX P100 User Manual page 203

Problem
• Off is selected for Digital zoom in the setup menu.
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
Digital zoom
cannot be used.
When the inside of the camera becomes hot, the shutter
speed is restricted automatically. When the shutter speed
Range of settable
reaches a restricted minimum speed, the shutter speed
shutter speeds is
display blinks twice in the monitor during shooting. Leave
narrow.
the camera for a while until the temperature drops, and then
set the shutter speed.
Image size not
Another function that is set now is restricting Image size.
available.
• Off is selected for Shutter sound under Sound settings
• Continuous H, Continuous L, BSS or Multi-shot 16 is
No sound when • A setting other than Off is selected for Auto bracketing.
shutter is released. • Museum is selected in scene mode.
• Smile timer or Blink proof is set to On for smart portrait
• Sport continuous mode is selected.
• Do not block the speaker.
AF-assist Off is selected for AF assist in the setup menu. Even when
illuminator does Auto is set, AF-assist illuminator may not light depending on
not light. the AF area position or scene mode.
Pictures appear
Lens is dirty. Clean lens.
smeared.
Colors are
White balance does not match light source.
unnatural.
As the subject is dark, shutter speed is too slow or ISO
sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by:
Randomly spaced
• Using flash.
bright pixels
• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting.
("noise") appear in
• Applying Noise reduction in the shooting menu to suit
image.
• Using a scene mode which has noise reduction ability.
Cause/Solution
- When focus mode is set to E (manual focus)
- When Portrait, Night portrait, Night landscape,
Fireworks show or Backlit scene HDR is selected for
scene mode
- When scene auto selector is chosen
- When smart portrait mode is selected
- When subject tracking mode is selected
- When Multi-shot 16 is set for Continuous in the
shooting menu
in the setup menu.
selected for Continuous in the shooting menu.
mode.
situations.
Troubleshooting
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