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Problem	Cause	Solution
The subject comes	Insufficient light for shooting.	Set the flash on.
out underexposed
	The subject is darker than the	Set exposure compensation to a positive
(too dark).	surroundings.	value.
	The white balance setting is not	Change the white balance setting as
	appropriate.	necessary.
	The subject is beyond the range	When flash is used, the distance between
	of the flash.	lens and subject should not exceed 4.2 m
		(13.8 ft.) at maximum wide angle or 2.5 m
		(8.2 ft.) at maximum telephoto setting.
The subject comes	The subject is too close to the	When flash is used, the distance between
out overexposed (too	flash.	lens and subject should be no less than
bright).		26 cm (10.2 in.).
	The subject is brighter than the	Set exposure compensation to a negative
	surroundings.	value.
	Light is shining or reflecting into	Adjust the camera angle.
	the camera.
	The flash mode is set so that	Set the flash to any other mode except
	the flash always fires.	On.
The flash doesn’t fire.	The flash mode is set to Off.	Set the flash to any other mode except
		Off.

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