Nikon 5900 User Manual - Page 156

Image qual, ity/size, AF assist, Electronic VR, DUSK/DAWN, NIGHT LANDSCAPE

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Problem Possible cause No picture is taken when Shutter-release Button is pressed • Camera is in Playback mode. • Battery is exhausted. • Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus (when the monitor is off). • Red ( ) Lamp blinks: flash is charging. • Message "CARD IS NOT FORMATTED" appears in moni- tor: memory card is not formatted for use in camera. • Message "MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED" appears in monitor: memory card is locked. • Message "OUT OF MEMORY" appears in monitor: insuf- ficient memory to record picture at current Image quality/size setting. 19, 25 14 23 23 13, 130 13 85 Pictures are too dark (underex- posed) • Flash is off. • Flash window is blocked. • Subject is outside range of flash. • Exposure compensation is too low. 44 21 45 49 Pictures are too bright (overex- • Exposure compensation is too high. 49 posed) • Subject was not in focus area when Shutter-release But- 99 Pictures are out of focus ton was pressed halfway. • Green (AF) Lamp flashes: camera unable to focus. • AF-assist illuminator does not light when the lighting is 23 126 poor. Select On in the AF assist option. • Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera shake can be reduced by: Pictures are blurred Using the flash Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS) Using the self-timer with a tripod 44 91 46 • When recording movies, set Electronic VR to On (E7900 54 only). Technical Notes • Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by: Using the flash Randomly-spaced Selecting (night portrait assist) mode, or selecting bright pixels (scene) mode and choosing DUSK/DAWN ("noise") appear or NIGHT LANDSCAPE (In these modes, noise in image reduction works automatically when shutter speed is low. Select an appropriate mode according to your shooting condition.) 44 35, 38 Bright specks in • Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or 21, 44 picture zoom in. 146

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Technical Notes
No picture is
taken when
Shutter-release
Button is pressed
•
Camera is in Playback mode.
•
Battery is exhausted.
•
Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus (when
the monitor is off).
•
Red (
) Lamp blinks: flash is charging.
•
Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in moni-
tor: memory card is not formatted for use in camera.
•
Message “MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED”
appears in monitor: memory card is locked.
•
Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears in monitor: insuf-
ficient memory to record picture at current
Image qual-
ity/size
setting.
19, 25
14
23
23
13, 130
13
85
Pictures are too
dark (underex-
posed)
•
Flash is off.
•
Flash window is blocked.
•
Subject is outside range of flash.
•
Exposure compensation is too low.
44
21
45
49
Pictures are too
bright (overex-
posed)
•
Exposure compensation is too high.
49
Pictures are out
of focus
•
Subject was not in focus area when Shutter-release But-
ton was pressed halfway.
•
Green (AF) Lamp flashes: camera unable to focus.
•
AF-assist illuminator does not light when the lighting is
poor. Select
On
in the
AF assist
option.
99
23
126
Pictures 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 with a tripod
•
When recording movies, set
Electronic VR
to
On
(E7900
only).
44
91
46
54
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
(In these modes, noise
reduction works automatically when shutter speed is
low. Select an appropriate mode according to your
shooting condition.)
44
35, 38
Bright specks in
picture
•
Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or
zoom in.
21, 44
Problem
Possible cause