Nikon COOLPIX W300 Reference Manual complete instructions - English - Page 216

Backlighting, Night portrait, Skin softening, Glamour retouch, Hand-held, Night landscape

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Problem Randomly spaced bright pixels ("noise") appear in image. Images are too dark (underexposed). Images are too bright (overexposed). Unexpected results when flash set to V (auto with red-eye reduction). Skin tones are not softened. Saving images takes time. A ring-shaped belt or rainbow-colored stripe appears on the screen or images. Cause/Solution A The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too slow or ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by: • Using the flash 50 • Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting 133 • The flash mode is set to W (off). • The flash window is blocked. • The subject is beyond the range of the flash. • Adjust exposure compensation. • Increase ISO sensitivity. • The subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene mode or set the flash mode setting to X (fill flash). 50 18 212 55 133 33, 50 Adjust exposure compensation. 55 Use any shooting mode other than Night portrait, and change the flash mode to any setting other than V (auto with red-eye reduction) and try taking the picture again. 50, 62 • Under some shooting conditions, facial skin tones 43 may not be softened. • For images containing four or more faces, try 75 using Skin softening in Glamour retouch in the playback menu. It may take more time to save images in the following situations: • When the noise reduction function is in operation, - such as when shooting in a dark environment • When the flash mode is set to V (auto with red- 51 eye reduction) • When capturing images in the following scene modes: - Hand-held in Night portrait 31 - Hand-held in Night landscape 32 - HDR is set to ON in Backlighting 33 - Easy panorama 37 • When the skin softening function is applied while 43 shooting • When using continuous shooting mode 131 When shooting with backlighting or when a very strong light source (such as sunlight) is in the frame, a ring-shaped belt or rainbow-colored stripe (ghosting) may occur. Change the position of the - light source, or frame the picture so that the light source does not enter the frame, and try again. 198 Technical Notes Troubleshooting

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Technical Notes
Troubleshooting
Randomly spaced
bright pixels (“noise”)
appear in image.
The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too slow
or ISO sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by:
•
Using the flash
•
Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting
50
133
Images are too dark
(underexposed).
•
The flash mode is set to
W
(off).
•
The flash window is blocked.
•
The subject is beyond the range of the flash.
•
Adjust exposure compensation.
•
Increase ISO sensitivity.
•
The subject is backlit. Select
Backlighting
scene
mode or set the flash mode setting to
X
(fill flash).
50
18
212
55
133
33, 50
Images are too bright
(overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation.
55
Unexpected results
when flash set to
V
(auto with red-eye
reduction).
Use any shooting mode other than
Night portrait
,
and change the flash mode to any setting other than
V
(auto with red-eye reduction) and try taking the
picture again.
50, 62
Skin tones are not
softened.
•
Under some shooting conditions, facial skin tones
may not be softened.
•
For images containing four or more faces, try
using
Skin softening
in
Glamour retouch
in the
playback menu.
43
75
Saving images takes
time.
It may take more time to save images in the following
situations:
•
When the noise reduction function is in operation,
such as when shooting in a dark environment
•
When the flash mode is set to
V
(auto with red-
eye reduction)
•
When capturing images in the following scene modes:
-
Hand-held
in
Night portrait
-
Hand-held
in
Night landscape
-
HDR
is set to
ON
in
Backlighting
-
Easy panorama
•
When the skin softening function is applied while
shooting
•
When using continuous shooting mode
–
51
31
32
33
37
43
131
A ring-shaped belt or
rainbow-colored stripe
appears on the screen
or images.
When shooting with backlighting or when a very
strong light source (such as sunlight) is in the frame,
a ring-shaped belt or rainbow-colored stripe
(ghosting) may occur. Change the position of the
light source, or frame the picture so that the light
source does not enter the frame, and try again.
–
Problem
Cause/Solution
A