Canon IXUS 800 IS Eyes appear red, Continuous shooting slows down, Lens will not retract, 103

Eyes appear red.

Light is reflected back	Use the	(Auto Red-eye
from the eyes when the	Reduction)	or	(Red-eye
flash is used in dark	Reduction On) mode (Basic Guide
areas.	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.

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	To enhance the continuous shooting
performance has	performance, you are recommended
dropped.	to format the memory card in the
	camera after you save all its images
	to your computer (p. 32).

Recording images to memory card takes a long time.

Memory card was	Use a memory card formatted in
formatted in another	your camera (p. 32).
device.
Lens will not retract.
Memory card slot/battery	First close the memory card slot/
cover was opened with	battery cover and then turn the
power on.	power on and then off again. (Basic
	Guide p. 2).

Troubleshooting

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