You Think There is a Problem
Display turned off while shooting.
•When the flash has finished charging, the display will return (p. 23).
appears when the shutter button was pressed halfway.
•Set the IS Mode to [Continuous] (p. 124).
•Set the flash to any setting other than 
(p. 59).
•Increase the ISO speed (p. 72).
•Attach the camera to a tripod so that the camera does not move.
Image is blurred.
•Press the shutter button halfway to focus on the subject, then press fully to shoot (p. 21).
•Shoot the subject within the focusing distance (p. 140).
•Refer to " 
appears when the shutter button was pressed halfway" above.
•Set the
•Confirm that functions which you do not intend to use (macro, etc.) are not set.
•Shoot using the focus lock or AF lock (p. 85).
Even when you press the shutter button halfway, the frame does not appear, and the camera does not focus.
•If you center on the light and dark contrasting area of the subject and press the shutter button halfway, or repeatedly press the shutter button halfway, the frame will appear and the camera will focus.
Subject is too dark or too bright (overexposed).
•Set the flash to 
(p. 59).
•Adjust the brightness with exposure compensation (p. 74).
•Use the AE lock, or spot metering to shoot (pp. 85, 86).
•The subject is too bright due to ambient lighting.
Image is dark even though the flash fired.
•Shoot within an appropriate distance for flash photography (p. 140).
•Increase the ISO speed (p. 72).
Subject in an image taken using the flash is too bright (overexposed).
•Shoot within an appropriate distance for flash photography (p. 140).
•Set the flash to 
(p. 59).
White dots appear on the image when shooting with the flash.
•Light from the flash has reflected off dust particles or other objects in the air.
Image appears rough or grainy.
•Shoot with the ISO speed on a lower setting (p. 72).
•Depending on the shooting mode the ISO speed may be high and the image may appear rough or grainy (pp. 55, 58).
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