Troubleshooting

Eyes appear red (p. 92).

•Set the [Red-Eye Lamp] to [On] (p. 145). When shooting with the flash, the lamp (on the front of the camera) (p. 42) lights, and for approximately 1 second while the camera is reducing red-eye, it is not possible to shoot. It is more effective if the subject is looking directly at the lamp. Even better results can be obtained by increasing the lighting in indoor settings or approaching closer to the subject.

Recording images to the memory card takes a long time, or continuous shooting slows down.

•Perform a low-level format of the memory card in the camera (p. 51).

When you can’t make settings for shooting functions or FUNC. menu.

•The items in which settings can be made differ depending on the shooting mode (pp. 164 – 167).

Shooting movies

Correct shooting time does not display, or stops.

•Format the memory card in the camera, or use a memory card capable of recording at high speeds. Even when the shooting time does not display properly, the recorded video will be the length that it was actually shot (pp. 32, 99).

appeared on the screen and shooting ended automatically.

The camera’s internal memory was insufficient. Try one of the following:

•Perform a low-level format of the memory card in the camera (p. 51).

•Change the image quality setting (p. 98).

•Use a memory card capable of recording at high speeds (p. 99).

Zoom does not operate.

•You can use the digital zoom while recording, but not the optical zoom (p. 102).

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