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Problem	Cause		Remedy
Subject is not in	Subject difficult to focus	Subjects difficult to focus on
focus	on	using autofocus: objects with
		little contrast (blue sky, white
		walls, etc.), dark objects, fine-
		ly patterned objects, fast-
		moving objects, scenery
		through window or net, etc.
		Lock focus on another object
		located at same distance
		(press shutter release button
		halfway), then aim at target
		and press shutter release
		button fully.
	Subject is not in focus-	Position subject in square
	ing area	frame (focusing area) in mid-
		dle of LCD monitor. If the
		subject is outside the focus-
		ing area, aim the camera at
		the subject and lock focus
		(press shutter release button
		halfway), then compose pic-
		ture and press the shutter
		release button fully.
	Subject is too close	Set focus mode on . (p.58)
	Focus mode is set on	Normal pictures will be out of
		focus if taken with focus
		mode set on .
	Focus mode is set on	If using manual focus, adjust
	manual	focus using four-way con-
		troller (	). (p.59).
Subject is not	Diopter is not correctly	Camera viewfinder is not cor-
clear in	adjusted	rectly adjusted for optimum
viewfinder		clarity. Adjust with diopter
		adjustment lever. (p.57).

Problem		Cause	Remedy
Picture is dark	Subject is too far away		Picture becomes dark if sub-
			ject is too far away. Take pic-
			ture within range of flash.
	Background is dark		When taking a picture of a
			person against dark back-
			ground, such as night scene,
			the person may appear dark if
			the flash does not reach
			background even with correct
			exposure. Set to	mode to
			ensure both person and back-
			ground are clear. (p.38)
Flash does not	Flash mode is set to		Set to Auto or	. (p.35, p.62)
fire	Off
	The Capture mode is		Flash will not fire in these
	set to	, continuous	modes.
	shooting, or Infinity-
	landscape mode.
Images cannot	The CF card is		If the CF card is installed, all
be recorded in	installed.		images will be recorded on
the built-in			the CF card. Also, in the
memory, or			Playback mode, only images
images record-			recorded on the CF card can
ed in the built-in			be played back.
memory cannot			To record images in the built-
be played back.			in memory or to playback
			images recorded in the built-in
			memory, the CF card must		Appendix
			first be removed.

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