Nikon 8400 - Manual (Page 162)

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echnical Notes
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Problem Solution
Monitor is
hard to read
• Ambient lighting too bright: use electronic viewfi nder.
• Monitor brightness needs adjustment.
• Monitor is dirty: clean monitor. 4
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No picture is
taken when
shutter-
release button
is pressed
• Camera is in playback mode.
• Battery is exhausted.
• Number of exposures remaining is zero: insuffi cient memory to
record picture at current image quality and size settings.
• Flash indicator blinks: fl ash is charging.
• Camera displays “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED”: memory card is
not formatted for use in camera.
• Camera displays “NO CARD PRESENT”: no memory card insert-
ed.
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Pictures are
too dark
(underexposed)
• Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is outside range of fl ash.
• Exposure compensation is too low.
• Shutter speed blinks: shutter speed too fast.
• Aperture blinks: f/-number too high. 37
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Pictures are
too bright
(overexposed)
• Exposure compensation is too high.
• Shutter speed blinks: shutter speed too slow.
• Aperture blinks: f/-number too low. 44
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Pictures are
out of focus
• Subject not in focus area when shutter-release button was
pressed halfway or AE / AF-L button was pressed.
• Camera can not focus on selected subject using autofocus. Use
focus lock.
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Pictures are
blurred
• Camera shook during shot: choose faster shutter speed. If shut-
ter speed can not be increased without causing underexposure:
◆ Use fl ash
◆ Raise sensitivity (ISO equivalency)
◆ Select larger aperture (smaller f/-number)
To minimize blur at slow shutter speeds:
◆ Use Best Shot Selector (BSS)
◆ Mount camera on tripod and use self-timer
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Pictures con-
tain randomly-
spaced bright
pixels (“noise”)
• Sensitivity (ISO equivalency) too high.
• Shutter speed too slow. At shutter speeds of ¼ s or slower, turn
noise reduction on.
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Bright specks
in picture
Flash is refl ecting from particles in air. Turn fl ash off or zoom in.
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