Problem

Cause

 

 

 

 

Solution

Image is blurred or out

Camera moved.

zBe careful not to move the camera when pressing the shutter

of focus

 

button.

 

 

 

 

 

zUse a tripod at slow shutter speeds when the camera shake

 

 

warning

 

appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autofocus function hampered by obstruction to

Be careful not to block the AF auxiliary light emitter with your

 

AF auxiliary light emitter.

finger or other items.

 

AF-assist Beam is set to off.

Set the AF-assist Beam to [On].

 

 

 See Rec. Menu (p. 67)

 

Subject out of focal range.

zEnsure that there is at least 44 cm (1.4 ft.) between the

 

 

camera lens and subject.

 

 

zUse the

 

 

(Macro) mode to shoot close-ups between 4 and

 

 

44 cm (1.6 in. and 1.4 ft.) at maximum wide angle and 30 and

 

 

44 cm (1.0 ft. and 1.4 ft.) at maximum telephoto.

 

Subject is hard to focus on.

Use the focus lock or the manual focus to shoot the image.

 

 

 See Shooting Problem Subjects for the Autofocus (p. 96).

Subject in recorded

Insufficient light for shooting.

Set the flash to on.

image is too dark

Subject dark in comparison to the background.

zSet the exposure compensation to a positive (+) setting.

 

 

 

zUse the AE lock or spot metering function.

 

 

 See Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) (p. 89)

 

 

and Switching between Light Metering Modes (p. 78).

Subject in recorded

Subject too far for flash to reach.

zTo use the flash, shoot within the following ranges:

image is too dark

 

ISO 100 equivalent: 55 cm to 4.2 m (1.8 ft. to 14 ft.) from the

 

 

subject at the maximum wide angle and within 55 cm to 2.0 m

 

 

(1.8 ft. to 6.6 ft.) at the maximum telephoto setting.

 

 

zRaise the ISO sensitivity and then shoot.

 

 

 See Changing the ISO Speed (p. 84).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 141