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White dots appear on the image.

Light from the flash has

zThis is a phenomenon that occurs

reflected off dust particles

with digital cameras and does not

or insects in the air. This is

constitute a malfunction.

particularly noticeable

 

when shooting using the

 

wide angle or when you

 

increase the aperture

 

value in the aperture

 

priority

mode.

 

Eyes appear red.

 

Light is reflected back

zShoot with [Red-Eye Lamp] in the

from the eyes when the

[Flash Settings] menu set to [On]

flash is used in dark

(p. 86). For this mode to be effective,

areas.

 

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.

 

 

zIf you set the [Red Eye Corr.] in the

 

 

[Flash Settings] to [On], the camera

 

 

will automatically correct red eyes

 

 

while shooting and record the image

 

 

to the card (p. 86).

 

 

zYou can correct red eyes in recorded

 

 

images using the [Red-Eye

 

 

Correction] (p. 122).

Continuous shooting slows down.

The memory card’s

zTo enhance the continuous shooting

performance has dropped.

performance, you are recommended

 

to low level format the memory card in

 

the camera after you save all its

 

images to your computer (p. 141).