Nikon 5000 - Manual (Page 209)

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Technical Notes
No photo is taken
when shutter-release
button is fully
pressed
• Camera is in playback mode.
• Battery is exhausted.
• Number of exposures remaining is zero: not
enough memory remaining.
• Green lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
• Red lamp flickers: flash is charging.
• Message “MEMORY CARD IS NOT FORMAT-
TED” appears in monitor: memory card is not
formatted for use in COOLPIX5000.
• Message “NO MEMORY CARD” appears in
monitor: no memory card in camera.
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Problem Possible cause
Photos are too bright
(overexposed)
• Exposure compensation is too high.
• Shutter-speed indicator in monitor blinks: shut-
ter speed too slow.
• Aperture indicator in monitor blinks: f/-num-
ber too low.
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Photos are too dark
(underexposed)
• Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is outside range of flash.
• Exposure compensation is too low.
• Shutter-speed indicator in monitor blinks: shut-
ter speed too fast.
• Aperture indicator in monitor blinks: f/-num-
ber too high.
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Photos are out of
focus
• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-
release button was pressed halfway or AE-L/
AF-L button was pressed.
• Green lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
• Manual focus distance does not match dis-
tance to subject.
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