White dots appear on the image.

Light is reflected back from the eyes when the flash is used in dark areas.

zThis is a phenomenon that occurs with digital cameras and does not constitute a malfunction.

Eyes appear red.

Light reflecting back from eyes can make them appear red when the flash is used in dark areas.

zUnder these conditions, use the red-eye reduction mode (Basic Guide p. 8). For this mode to be effective, the subject must be looking right at the red-eye reduction lamp. Try asking them to look directly at the lamp.

zEven better results can be obtained by increasing the lighting in indoor settings or approaching closer to the subject. The shutter will not activate for approximately 1 second after the red-eye reduction lamp fires in order to improve the effect.

Continuous shooting slows down.

The memory card's

zTo enhance the continuous shooting

performance has

performance, you are recommended

dropped.

to format the memory card in the

 

camera after you save all its images

 

to your computer (Basic Guide p. 18,

 

p. 29).

Recording images to memory card takes a long time.

Memory card was zUse a memory card formatted in

formatted in another your camera (p. 29). device.

Lens will not retract.

Memory card slot/battery cover was opened with power on.

zFirst close the memory card slot/ battery cover, turn the power on, and then turn the power off again (Basic Guide p. 1).

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