Nikon Coolpix S500 User Manual page 137

Problem
Bright specks appear in pictures
taken with flash
Flash does not fire
Optical zoom cannot be used
Digital zoom cannot be used
[Image mode] not available
No sound when shutter is
released
AF-assist illuminator does not
light
Pictures appear smeared
Colors are unnatural
Randomly spaced bright pixels
("noise") appear in image
Cause/Solution
Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn
flash off.
• Flash is off.
• Some scene modes that cannot turn
on flash are selected.
• Anti-shake mode is applied.
• T modes other than [Time-lapse
movie A] and [Stop-motion movie]
are selected.
• [Continuous] or [Multi-shot 16] is
selected for [Continuous], or [On] is
selected for [BSS].
Optical zoom cannot be used while
recording movies.
Digital zoom is not available when [Multi-
shot 16] is selected for [Continuous].
[Image mode] cannot be adjusted when
[Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continu-
ous].
• [Off] is selected for [Sound settings] >
[Shutter sound] in setup menu.
• [Continuous] or [Multi-shot 16] is
selected for [Continuous], or [On] is
selected for [BSS] in shooting menu.
• P ([Sports] scene mode) or N
([Museum] scene mode) is selected.
• Anti-shake mode or T mode is
selected.
• [Off] is selected for AF assist option in
setup menu.
• AF-assist illuminator turns off auto-
matically in some modes.
Lens is dirty. Clean lens.
White balance does not match light
source.
Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be
reduced by:
• Using flash
• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity set-
ting
• Choosing scene mode with noise reduc-
tion
Troubleshooting
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