Nikon D50 User Manual

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Technical Notes—T

roubleshootng

Problem

Solution

Shutter release is disabled (con-
tinued).

• Camera is not in focus.
• Non-CPU lens: camera not in M mode.
• Mode dial rotated to S after shutter speed

of bulb selected in M mode: choose new
shutter speed.

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No photo taken when remote con-
trol shutter release is pressed.

• Replace battery in remote control.
• Choose remote control mode.

Time selected for Remote has passed:
reselect remote control mode.

• Bright light is interfering with remote.

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Can not select focus area.

AF-Area Mode set to Closest Subjct
• Monitor is on: camera in playback mode.

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AF-assist illuminator does not
light.

• Mode dial is rotated to or .
• Continuous-servo AF is in effect.
Off selected for AF Assist.
• Illuminator has turned off automatically.

Illuminator may become hot with contin-
ued use; wait for lamp to cool down.

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Slow shutter speeds not available. Flash raised (P, S, A, and M modes)

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Focus does not lock when shutter-
release button is pressed halfway.

AF-C selected for Autofocus (P, S, A, and
M modes: use

button to lock focus.

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Area shown in viewfi nder is smaller
than fi nal photo.

Viewfi nder has vertical and horizontal frame
coverage of about 95%.

Photos are out of focus.

• Rotate focus-mode selector to AF.
• Camera unable to focus using autofocus:

use manual focus or focus lock. Camera
may not focus if focus area contains ob-
jects at different distances from camera
or subject is low contrast, contains highly
detailed or repeating patterns, is much
brighter or darker than background, or is
much smaller than objects in background.

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Recording time increases.

Turn noise reduction off.

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Randomly-spaced bright pixels
(“noise” appears in photos.

• Choose lower sensitivity.
• Shutter speed is slower than 1˝: use noise

reduction.

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Blotches appear on photos.

• Clean lens.
• Clean low-pass fi lter.

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Colors are unnatural.

• Select P, S, A, or M mode and adjust white

balance to match light source.

• Select P, S, A, or M mode and adjust Opti-

mize Image setting.

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