Nikon 8700 User Manual

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echnical Notes

148

Problem

Solution

Flash does not

fi re

• Flash is off. Flash turns off automatically when:

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Focus mode is set to

(infi nity)

◆

Landscape, Sunset, Night landscape, Fireworks show, Close

up, Copy, or Panorama assist selected in scene mode

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Continuous is set to option other than Single

◆

BSS or AE-BSS is on

◆

Lens is set to option other than Normal

◆

Speedlight cntrl is set to Internal off

◆

Optional Speedlight is attached and Speedlight cntrl set

to Auto

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Digital zoom

unavailable

• Image quality set to RAW or HI.
• Multi-shot 16 or Ultra HS selected for Continuous.
• Black&white selected for Saturation control.
• Wide adapter or Fisheye selected for Lens.
• Off selected for Zoom options > Digital tele.

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Colors are

unnatural

• White balance does not match light source.
• Color saturation is too low or too high.

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File can not be

played back

File has been overwritten or renamed by computer or other
make of camera.

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Can not cre-

ate copy using

small picture or

crop options

• Picture is a movie.
• Picture is a resized or cropped copy.
• Space remaining on memory card is insuffi cient. Delete pic-

tures.

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Can not zoom

in on picture

• Picture is a movie.
• Picture was created with small picture option.
• Picture has been cropped to below 320 × 240.

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No picture

displayed on TV

A / V cable not correctly connected, TV not tuned to video
channel, or Video mode not set correctly.

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PictureProject

does not start

when camera

is connected or

memory card

inserted in card

reader or card

slot

• Camera is off.
• AC adapter (available separately) is not properly connected,

or batteries are exhausted.

• USB cable is not correctly connected, or card not properly

inserted in card reader or card slot.

• USB item in setup menu set to PTP when camera con-

nected to computer running Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Windows 98 Second
Edition (SE).

• Camera is not registered in Device Manager (Windows only).
See PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD) for further in-
formation.

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