Nikon COOLPIX 4500 Manual page 166

Problem
Monitor is hard
to read
Can not change
lens angle
No photo is
taken when
shutter-release
button is fully
pressed
Picture is in
monitor is
upside down
Can not adjust
zoom
Photos are too
dark (underex-
posed)
Photos are too
bright (overex-
posed)
Photos are out
of focus
Photos are
blurred
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• Ambient lighting is too bright: use viewfinder or move to a
darker location or use optional HL-CP10 LCD hood.
• Monitor is dirty.
• Display options require adjustment.
• Lens rotation is limited by swivel limit switch.
• Battery is exhausted.
• Message "Out of memory" displayed: not enough memory
remaining.
• Flash-ready lamp flickers: flash is charging.
• Message "Card is not formatted" displayed: memory card is
not formatted for use in COOLPIX4500.
• Message "No card present" displayed: no memory card in
camera.
Lens section rotated to point in same direction as monitor at
setting of Ultra HS, Movie, Panorama Assist, or Multiple
Exposure (image will also be inverted during playback).
• Fisheye1 or Fisheye2 is selected for Lens option in shoot-
ing menu.
• Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is outside range of flash.
• Exposure compensation is too low.
• Exposure compensation is too high.
• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release button
was pressed halfway.
• Autofocus lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
• Manual focus distance does not match distance to subject.
Camera shook during shot: increase shutter speed. If shutter
speed can not be increased without underexposure, use the
flash ( 61), raise sensitivity (ISO equivalency;
lect a larger aperture (
speeds, use the Best-Shot Selector (BSS;
timer ( 58), or use a tripod.
Possible cause
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