Nikon P5000 User Manual
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Technical Notes
101
Shooting
Problem
Solution
B
No picture taken
when shutter-release
button is pressed.
• Battery is exhausted.
• Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging.
16
24
Camera can not focus
using autofocus.
• Subject is low in contrast, dominated by repeating geo-
metric patterns, occupies too little of the frame, or con-
tains many fine details, objects of sharply differing
brightness, or objects at different distances from camera.
Use focus lock to focus on another subject at same dis-
tance, then recompose picture.
• Off is selected for AF-assist option in setup menu.
• AF lamp flickers: subject not in focus area when shutter-
release button pressed halfway.
• Focus error: turn camera off and then on again.
77
87
20
12
Pictures are blurred.
• Rotate mode dial to P.
• Use flash or BSS.
• Turn on vibration reduction or use tripod and self-timer.
• Incorrect option selected in converter menu.
36
24, 75
26, 87
79
Bright specks in pic-
tures taken with flash.
Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off.
24
Built-in flash does not
fire.
Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically in p
mode (Time lapse movie excepted) and some scene
modes, when Continuous is selected for Continuous,
when BSS or bracketing is on, when an option other than
None is selected for Converter, when Built-in off is
selected for Flash control, or when optional flash unit is
attached.
24,
30–33,
47, 73,
75, 78,
79, 93
Optical zoom can not
be used.
Optical zoom can not be used while shooting movies.
47
Digital zoom can not
be used.
K, A, or D selected in scene mode, Wide angle con-
verter selected for Converter, or Off selected for Digital
zoom.
30, 79,
87
Image size options
not available.
Settings of 3,648×2,736 (j), 3,648×2,432 (h), and
3,584×2,016 (9) are not available when 3200 is selected
for ISO sensitivity.
71
No sound when shut-
ter is released.
Sound is not played in C, K, P, or p mode or when Off
is selected for Sound settings>Shutter sound, BSS or
bracketing is on, or option other than Single is selected
for Continuous.
30, 32,
36, 47,
73, 75,
88
AF-assist illuminator
does not light.
• Off selected for AF-assist option in setup menu.
• AF assist illumination turns off automatically in some
modes.
87
30–33