Canon A540 appendix Eyes appear red, Continuous shooting slows down, Lens will not retract

Eyes appear red.

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

!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.

!Even 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 performance has dropped.

!To enhance the continuous shooting performance, you are recommended to format the memory card in the camera after you save all its images to your computer (p. 30).

Recording images to memory card takes a long time.

Memory card was formatted in another device.

!Use a memory card formatted in your camera (p. 30).

Lens will not retract.

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

!After closing the memory card slot/ battery cover, turn the power on then back off (Basic Guide p. 1).

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