Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image is blurred or

Camera moved

zHold the camera steady while pressing the

 

 

out of focus

 

shutter button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autofocus function hampered by

zBe careful not to block the AF-assist beam

 

 

 

obstruction to AF-assist beam.

flash part with a finger or other object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AF-assist beam is set to [Off].

zSet the [AF-assist beam] to [On] (p. 69).

 

 

 

 

Subject out of focal range.

zEnsure that there is at least 45 cm (1.5 ft.)

 

 

 

 

between the camera lens and subject.

 

 

 

 

zUse the Macro mode to shoot close-ups

 

 

 

 

between 5 and 45 cm (2.0 in. to 1.5 ft.) from

 

 

 

 

the lens when set to wide angle and between

 

 

 

 

25 to 45 cm (9.8 in. to 1.5 ft.) when set to

 

 

 

 

telephoto.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject is hard to focus on.

zUse the focus lock or the manual focus to

 

 

 

 

shoot the image. (See Shooting Problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subjects for the Autofocus (p. 92))

 

Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

Subject in

Insufficient light for shooting.

lens and subject should not exceed 4.4 m

 

zSet the flash on.

 

 

recorded image is

Subject dark in comparison to the

zSet exposure compensation to a positive (+)

 

 

too dark

background.

value or use the spot metering function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject too far for flash to reach.

zWhen the flash is used, the distance between

 

 

 

 

(14 ft.) at wide angle and 2.5 m (8.2 ft.) at

 

 

 

 

telephoto.

 

 

 

 

zRaise the ISO sensitivity and then shoot. (See

 

 

 

 

Changing the ISO Speed (p. 89))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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