Canon A620 appendix Eyes appear red, Continuous shooting slows down, Lens will not retract

Eyes appear red.

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

zUse the (red-eye reduction) mode (Basic Guide p. 9). 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 performance has dropped.

zTo 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. 21).

Recording images to memory card takes a long time.

Memory card was formatted in another device.

zUse a memory card formatted in your camera (p. 21).

Lens will not retract.

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

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

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