Nikon COOLPIX S550 User Manual page 148

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Troubleshooting
Shooting
Problem Cause/Solution
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No picture taken when shutter- • When camera is in playback mode, press [EJ
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release button is pressed. or the shutter-release button.
• When menus are displayed, press
MENU.
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• Battery is exhausted.
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• When flash lamp blinks, flash is charging.
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Camera cannot focus. • The intended subject is one with which
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autofocus does not perform well.
• Set AF assist in the setup menu to Auto.
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• Focus error. Turn camera off and then on
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again.
Pictures are blurred.
• Use flash.
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• Use high sensitivity shooting mode.
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• Use Electronic VR.
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• Use
HSS
(Best Shot Selector).
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• Use tripod and self-timer.
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Bright specks appear in Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn flash
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pictures taken with flash. off.
Flash does not fire.
• Flash is off.
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• Some scene modes that cannot turn on flash
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are selected.
• .. modes other than
Time-lapse movie*
is
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selected.
• Continuous, Multi-shot 16 or BSS
is
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selected for
Continuous.
Optical zoom cannot be used. Optical zoom cannot be used while recording
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movies.
Digital zoom cannot be used.
Digital zoom
is set to
Off
in the setup menu.
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Digital zoom is not available in the following
situations.
• when
Portrait or Night portrait
is selected
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for Scene mode.
• when the smile mode is selected.
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• just before recording a movie (up to
2x
can
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be applied while recording movies other than
Time-lapse movie*)
• when
Multi-shot 16
is selected for
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Continuous.