Troubleshooting
Problem
Solution
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Randomly-spaced
bright
pixels ("noise")
• Lower
ISO
sensitivity
or
use
noise reduction.
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appears in
• Shutter speed
is
slower than
8s:
use noise reduction.
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photographs.
•
Mode
dial rotated
to
~
or
~:
select another mode.
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• AF-assist lamp does
not
light
for manual focus, continuous-
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servo autofocus, or when focus
mode
automatically switches
AF-assist illuminator
from auto-servo
AF
to
continuous-servo
AF.
Choose
AF-S.
does
not
light.
• Center focus
point
is
not
selected: select center focus
point
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• Choose
On for Custom Setting 9 (AF-assist).
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• Illuminator
has
turned
off
automatically. Illuminator may
-
become
hot
with
continued
use;
wait for lamp
to
cool
down
.
• Replace battery in remote control.
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No
photo
taken when
• Choose remote control mode.
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•
Flash
is
charging.
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remote control
shutter-release
• Time selected for Custom Setting
17
(Remote on duration)
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button
is
pressed.
has
passed: reselect remote control mode.
• Extreme backlighting may interfere
with
remote control
-
shooting.
Dirt or dust appears in
Clean lens and low-pass filter.
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162
photographs.
Menu item cannot be
Rotate
mode
dial
to
another setting or insert memory card.
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selected.
Date cannot be Date cannot be imprinted on photographs taken when
RAW
or
50
imprinted.
RAW+B
is
selected for
Image
quality
in the shooting menu.
p,
S,
A,
and M modes
Problem
Shutter release
is
disabled.
Solution
• Non-CPU lens
is
attached: rotate camera
mode
dial
to
M.
•
Mode
dial rotated
to
S after shutter speed
of
"bulb"
or
"time"
selected in
mode
M:
choose
new
shutter speed.
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