Nikon CoolPix P3 User Manual page 143

Problem
• Camera is in Playback mode.
• Battery is exhausted.
• Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging.
No picture is taken
• Message "CARD IS NOT FORMATTED" appears in monitor: memory
when shutter-
release button is
• Message "MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED." appears in mon-
pressed
• Message "OUT OF MEMORY" appears on monitor: insufficient
• Flash is off.
Pictures are
• Flash window is blocked.
too dark
• Subject is outside range of flash.
(underexposed)
• Exposure compensation is too low.
Pictures are
too bright • Exposure compensation is too high.
(overexposed)
• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release button was
Pictures are out of
• AF indicator flashes red: camera unable to focus.
focus
• AF-assist illuminator does not light when lighting is poor. Select
• Shutter speed is too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
Randomly-spaced,
brightly-colored pix-
els ("noise") appear
in image
Bright specks in pic-
• Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or zoom in.
ture
• Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically when:
Flash does not fire
Colors are unnatural • White balance does not match light source.
Picture or voice
• Picture or voice memo has been overwritten or renamed by com-
memo cannot be
played back
card is not formatted for use in camera.
itor: memory card is locked.
memory to record picture at current Image quality/size setting.
pressed halfway.
Auto in the AF assist option.
– Using flash
– Selecting D NIGHT PORTRAIT, G NIGHT LANDSCAPE or
J DUSK/DAWN in b (scene) mode. (In these modes, Noise
reduction works automatically when shutter speed is slow. Select
an appropriate mode according to your shooting condition.)
– The mode dial is set to b (scene) mode with E LANDSCAPE,
G NIGHT LANDSCAPE,
K FIREWORKS SHOW, N MUSEUM or P SPORTS selected in
the Scene menu.
– The mode dial is set to S (Except when recording a time-lapse
movie).
– Continuous (P.80) is set to Continuous, Multi-shot 16,
Ultra HS, or 5 shot buffer in M or E mode.
– BSS is On in M or E mode.
– AUTO BRACKETING is set to Auto bracketing in M or E
mode.
puter or by another model of camera.
Possible cause
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