Nikon 2100 User Manual - Page 98

Problem, Possible cause, Image, quality/size, Dusk/Dawn, Night landscape

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Troubleshooting Problem Possible cause • Camera is in playback mode. 22 • Batteries are exhausted. 12 • Red ( ) lamp flickers: flash is charging. 20 • Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. 20 No picture is taken when shutter-release button is pressed • Message "CARD IS NOT FORMATTED" appears in monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in your camera. • Message "NO CARD PRESENT" appears in monitor: 10-11, 67 10-11 no memory card in camera. • Message "OUT OF MEMORY" appears in monitor: in- 58 sufficient memory to record picture at current Image quality/size setting. • Flash is off. 24 Pictures are too dark • Flash window is blocked. 18 (underexposed) • Subject is outside range of flash. 25 • Exposure compensation is too low. 62 Pictures are too bright (overexposed) • Exposure compensation is too high. 62 Pictures are out of focus • Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release button was pressed halfway. • Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. 20 20 • Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by cam- era shake can be reduced by: Pictures are blurred ◆Using the flash 24 ◆ Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS) 65 ◆ Using the self-timer with a tripod 26 Randomly-spaced bright pixels ("noise") appear in image • Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by: ◆Using the flash 24 ◆Selecting (night portrait assist) mode, or selecting 33, 35, (scene) mode and choosing Dusk/Dawn 36 or Night landscape Colors are unnatural • White balance does not match light source. 60 88

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Troubleshooting
Problem
Possible cause
No picture is taken
when shutter-release
button is pressed
• Camera is in playback mode.
• Batteries are exhausted.
•
Red (
) lamp flickers: flash is charging.
•
Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
• Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in
monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in your
camera.
• Message “NO CARD PRESENT” appears in monitor:
no memory card in camera.
• Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears in monitor: in-
sufficient memory to record picture at current
Image
quality/size
setting.
22
12
20
20
10–11,
67
10–11
58
Pictures are too dark
(underexposed)
•
Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is outside range of flash.
•
Exposure compensation is too low.
24
18
25
62
Pictures are too
bright (overexposed)
• Exposure compensation is too high.
62
Pictures are out of
focus
• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release
button was pressed halfway.
• Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
20
20
Pictures are
blurred
• Camera shook during shot.
Blurring caused by cam-
era shake can be reduced by:
◆
Using the flash
◆
Using the
Best Shot Selector (BSS)
◆
Using the self-timer with a tripod
24
65
26
Randomly-spaced
bright pixels
(“noise”) appear in
image
• Shutter speed too slow.
Noise can be reduced by:
◆
Using the flash
◆
Selecting
(night portrait assist) mode, or selecting
(scene) mode and choosing
Dusk/Dawn
or
Night landscape
24
33, 35,
36
Colors are unnatural
•
White balance does not match light source.
60