Nikon COOLPIX S3500 User Manual - Page 100

Night Portrait, Night Land, scape, Landscape, Sunset, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show

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Technical Notes Problem Possible cause Photos are blurred • Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera shake can be reduced by: - Using the flash 43 - Using the Best-Shot Selector (BSS) 57 - Using the self-timer 45 - Using a tripod - Randomly-spaced bright pixels ("noise") appear in image • Shutter speed too slow. Use the flash. 43 • Noise reduction, which helps reduce noise at 38, slow shutter speeds, is available in the follow- 39 ing scenes: Night Portrait and Night Land- scape. Using these scenes when appropriate can reduce noise. Flash does not fire • Flash is off. Note that flash turns off auto- 43 matically when: - Landscape, Sunset, Night Landscape, 38, Museum, or Fireworks Show is selected 39 in scene mode - Camera is in movie mode 42 - Continuous or Multi-Shot 16 is selected in 56 the CONTINUOUS menu ( mode only) - BSS is on ( mode only) 57 • Battery level is low. 24 Colors are unnatural • White balance does not match light source. 54 No menu is displayed when MENU button • Camera is in movie mode. 42 is pressed 90

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Technical Notes
Colors are unnatural
•White balance does not match light source.
54
No menu is displayed
when
MENU
button
is pressed
•Camera is in movie mode.
42
Photos are blurred
• Camera shook during shot.
Blurring caused
by camera shake can be reduced by:
–Using the flash
– Using the Best-Shot Selector (BSS)
– Using the self-timer
– Using a tripod
43
57
45
Randomly-spaced
bright pixels
(“noise”) appear in
image
•Shutter speed too slow.
Use the flash.
•Noise reduction, which helps reduce noise at
slow shutter speeds, is available in the follow-
ing scenes:
Night Portrait
and
Night Land-
scape
.
Using these scenes when appropriate
can reduce noise.
43
38,
39
Flash does not fire
•Flash is off.
Note that flash turns off auto-
matically when:
Landscape
,
Sunset
,
Night Landscape
,
Museum
, or
Fireworks Show
is selected
in scene mode
–Camera is in movie mode
Continuous
or
Multi-Shot 16
is selected in
the CONTINUOUS menu (
mode only)
–BSS is on (
mode only)
•Battery level is low.
43
38,
39
42
56
57
24
Problem
Possible cause