Nikon D4 User Manual
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Flicker or banding appear during live view or movie recording
: Choose an option for
Flicker reduction that matches the frequency of the local AC power
supply (
0 348).
Bright bands appear during live view or movie recording
: A flashing sign, flash, or
other light source with brief duration was used during live view or movie
recording.
Noise (bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog, lines, or reddish areas) appears in
photos
:
• To reduce randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog, or lines, choose lower ISO
sensitivity or use high ISO noise reduction (
• To reduce bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, or fog at shutter
speeds slower than 1 s or to reduce reddish areas and other artifacts in
long time-exposures, enable long exposure noise reduction (
• Turn Active D-Lighting off to avoid heightening the effects of noise
(
Photos are blotched or smeared
:
• Clean lens.
• Clean low-pass filter (
Colors are unnatural
:
• Adjust white balance to match light source (
• Adjust Set Picture Control settings (
Can not measure white balance
: Subject is too dark or too bright (
Image can not be selected as source for preset white balance
: Image was not created
with D4 (
White balance bracketing unavailable
:
• NEF (RAW) or NEF+JPEG image quality option selected for image quality
(
• Multiple exposure mode is in effect (
Effects of Picture Control differ from image to image
: A (auto) is selected for
sharpening, contrast, or saturation. For consistent results over a series of
photographs, choose a setting other than A (auto) (
Metering can not be changed
: Autoexposure lock is in effect (
Exposure compensation can not be used
: Choose exposure mode e, f, or g
Sound is not recorded with movies
: Microphone off is selected for Movie
settings > Microphone (