Nikon D300S D300S User's Manual - Page 401

Beep does not sound: • Off is selected for Custom Setting d1 (Beep; 0 275). • Camera is in quiet shutter-release mode (0 86). • Camera is in focus mode C or M (0 74). • Release is selected for Custom Setting a2 (AF-S priority selection; 0 264). • Movie is being recorded (0 58). Photos not recorded in live view mode: • Sound of mirror clicking down when shutter-release button was pressed halfway in hand-held mode was mistaken for sound of shutter (0 54). • Unless Release is chosen for Custom Setting a2 (AF-S priority selection), shutter release is disabled if camera is unable to focus when focus mode S is selected in hand-held mode (0 54, 264). Randomly-spaced bright pixels, reddish areas, or other irregularities ("noise") appear in photos: • Choose lower ISO sensitivity or use high ISO noise reduction (0 96, 259). • Shutter speed is slower than 8 s: use long exposure noise reduction (0 258). • Reddish areas or other artifacts appear in long time-exposures: turn long exposure noise reduction on when shooting at a shutter speed of "A" (0 258). AF-assist illuminator does not light: • Camera is in focus mode C (0 74). • Center focus point is not selected for single-point AF or dynamic-area AF (0 76). • Off selected for Custom Setting a9 (Built-in AF-assist illuminator) (0 268). • Illuminator has turned off automatically. Illuminator may become hot with continued use; wait for lamp to cool down. Photos are blotched or smeared: • Clean lens. • Clean low-pass filter (0 358). Colors are unnatural: • Adjust white balance to match light source (0 134). • Adjust Set Picture Control settings (0 154). Can not measure white balance: Subject is too dark or too bright (0 145). n Image can not be selected as source for preset white balance: Image was not created with D300S (0 148). 375