Canon G9 Eyes appear red, White dots appear on the image, Continuous shooting slows down, Recording images to memory card takes a long time

216Troubleshooting

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] set to [On]
from the eyes when the	(p. 113). For this mode to be effective,
flash is used in dark	the subject must be looking right at
areas.	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.
	zYou can correct red eyes in recorded
	images using the [Red-Eye
	Correction] (p. 180).

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. 69).

Recording images to memory card takes a long time.

Memory card was zUse a memory card formatted in your

formatted in another camera (p. 69). device.