Nikon Coolpix S5 Users Manual

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Technical Notes
Display Problem Solution
 CARD IS NOT
  FORMATTED
 Format
  No M
emory card has not 
been formatted for use 
in camera. H
ighlight  FORMAT  and press 
 but-
t on to format card, or turn camera off   
and replace card.12
IMAGE CANNOT BE SAVED or 
Error occurred while re-
cording picture.Fo rmat internal memory or memory 
ca rd.76
Camera has run out of 
fi le numbers.•  Insert new memory card.
• Select  Reset all  after either inserting 
new memory card or formatting in-
te rnal memory or...

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Display Problem Solution
NEW CITY IS IN THE
CURRENT TIME ZONE D
estination in same 
time zone as home. No need to change time zones if desti-
nation is in same time zone as home.72
INITIALIZING LENS
CANNOT FOCUSCamera cannot focus. W
ait until message has cleared from 
display and camera has zoomed all 
the way out.—
LENS ERROR Lens error. Tu
rn camera off   and then on again.  If 
error persists, contact retailer or Nikon 
r epresentative.14
LENS COVER ERROR F
inger or other obstruc-...

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Technical Notes
Troubleshooting
If the camera fails to function as expected, check the list of common problems 
below before consulting your retailer or Nikon representative.  Refer to the page 
numbers in the right-most column for more information.
Problem Solution
Camera turns off  
without warning •  Battery is low.
•  Camera has turned off
  automatically to save power.
•  Battery is cold.14
14
93
M onitor is blank •  Camera is off
 .
•  Battery is exhausted.
•  Standby mode: monitor turns on when...

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Problem Solution
Pic tures are too dark 
(underexposed) •  Flash is off
 .
•  Flash window is blocked.
•  Subject is outside range of fl ash.
•  Exposure compensation is too low.
•  Subject is backlit: select 
 (scene mode) or use fi ll fl ash. 20
18
20
25, 31,  63
20, 28
Pi ctures are too bright 
(overexposed) Exposure compensation is too high. 25, 31, 
63
R andomly-spaced 
bright pixels (“noise”)  appear in image Shutter speed too slow.  Noise can be reduced by:
• Using fl ash
•  Setting...

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Technical Notes
Problem Solution
Date imprint  not 
a vailable Camera clock has not been set. 71
Date not appearing  on pictures Date does not appear on movies or pictures taken using  
, ,  (
Sports composite  excepted), Continuous , or BSS. 26, 35, 
63, 65
Pi ctures cannot be 
played back •  Time lapse or interval timer photography in progress: pic-
tures can not be played back until recording is complete.
•  File has been overwritten or renamed by computer or oth- er make of camera. 36, 64
—
Cannot...

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Appendix
O pera tio n  F lo w ch artOperation Flowchart
The following fl owchart illustrates basic camera operations.
S u p porte d  S ta n d ard sSupported Standards
•  DCF : D esign Rule for  Camera  File System (DCF) is standard widely used in the digital camera 
industry to ensure compatibility among diff  erent makes of camera.
•  DPOF:  D igital  Print  Order  Format (DPOF) is an industry-wide standard that allows pictures to 
be printed from print orders stored on the memory...

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Technical Notes
Defa u lt s  (Defaults ( 6 1, 6 7, 7 0, 7 6) 61, 67, 70, 76)
Choosing  Reset for Reset all  restores the following default settings:
Option Default
Shooting mode  (
 18–25)
Flash mode Auto
S elf timer Off 
Macro close-up Off 
On e-touch portrait
Exposure compensation 0
Po rtrait eff  ect Normal
Sc ene mode  (
 26–34) Party/Indoor
 mode framing assist PORTRAIT
 mode framing assistLANDSCAPE
 mode framing assist SPORTS
 mode framing assistNIGHT PORTRAIT
Exposure compensation 0
Movie menu  (...

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Im ag e M od e (I mage Mode ( 6 1), M ovie  O ptio n s ( 61), Movie Options ( 3 6), a n d  S o u n d  Q ualit y  ( 36), and Sound Quality ( 3 9) 39)
The following table lists the number of pictures, maximum length per movie, or maximum to-
tal voice recording length that can be recorded to internal memory or a 256 MB memory card, 
t ogether with the size of still pictures printed at 300 dpi.
S etting Internal memory (21 MB) 256 MB memory card Print size (cm / in.)
Image modeHigh...

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Im ag e F il e  a n d  F o ld er N am esImage File and Folder Names
Pi ctures, movies, and voice memos are assigned fi le names with three parts: a four letter iden-
tifi er, a four-digit fi le number assigned automatically by the camera in ascending order, and a 
three-letter extension (e.g., “DSCN0001.JPG”).
O riginals Identifi er Extension
Still picture DSCN .JPG
Mo vie DSCN .MOV
Time-lapse movie INTN .MOV
V oice recording DSCN .WAV
V oice memo Same as picture .WAVCopies Identifi er...

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GMT +/– Location
–11 Midway, Samoa
–10 Hawaii, Tahiti–9 Alaska, Anchorage
–8 PST (PDT ): Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver
–7 MST (MDT ): Denver, Phoenix, La Paz
–6 CST (CDT ): Chicago, Houston, Mexico City
–5 EST (EDT ): New York, Toronto, Lima
–4 Caracas, Manaus
–3 Buenos Aires, São Paulo
–2 Fernando de Noronha
–1 Azores
±0 London, CasablancaGMT +/– Location +1 Madrid, Paris, Berlin
+2 Athens, Helsinki
+3 Moscow, Nairobi
+4 Abu Dhabi, Dubai
+5 Islamabad, Karachi
+6 Colombo, Dhaka
+7...