Nikon 8800 User Manual

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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: turn vibration reduction (VR) on or

choose faster shutter speed. If shutter speed can not be in-
creased without causing underexposure:

◆

Use fl ash

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Raise sensitivity (ISO equivalency)

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Select larger aperture (smaller f/-number)

• To minimize blur at slow shutter speeds, mount camera on tri-

pod and use self-timer or remote control

• Lens setting does not match converter used.

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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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