Troubleshooting
No date stamp is added to images.
•Configure the [Date Stamp] setting (=65). Note that date stamps are not added
to images automatically, merely because you have configured the [Date/Time] setting (=22).
•Date stamps are not added in shooting modes (=212) in which this setting cannot be configured (=65).
[h] flashes on the screen when the shutter button is pressed, and shooting is not possible (=55).
[
] is displayed when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
•Set [IS Mode] to [Continuous] (=114).
•Raise the flash and set the flash mode to [h] (=111).
•Increase the ISO speed (=96).
•Mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to keep it still. In this case, you should set [IS Mode] to [Off] (=114).
Shots are out of focus.
•Press the shutter button halfway to focus on subjects before pressing it all the way down to shoot (=43).
•Make sure subjects are within focusing range (=217).
•Set
•Confirm that unneeded functions such as macro are deactivated.
•Try shooting with focus lock or AF lock (=106, 110).
No AF frames are displayed and the camera does not focus when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
•To have AF frames displayed and the camera focus correctly, try composing the shot with
Subjects in shots look too dark.
•Raise the flash and set the flash mode to [h] (=111).
•Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (=93).
•Adjust contrast by using
•Use AE lock or spot metering (=94, 95).
Subjects look too bright, highlights are
•Lower the flash and set the flash mode to [!] (=27).
•Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (=93).
•Use AE lock or spot metering (=94, 95).
•Reduce the lighting on subjects.
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