Snapshot Shooting Precautions

Operation

Never open the battery cover while the back lamp is flashing green. Doing so can result in the image you just shot being saved incorrectly, damage to other images stored in memory, malfunction of the camera, etc.

If unwanted light is shining directly onto the lens, install the lens hood that comes with the camera or shade the lens with your hand.

Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots

The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image composition. The actual image will be recorded at the quality set for the image quality setting (page 87).

Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent Lighting

Minute flickering of fluorescent lighting can affect the brightness or color of an image.

Auto Focus Restrictions

Any of the following can make proper focus impossible.

Solid color wall or other very low contrast subject

Strongly back lit subject

Very shiny subject

Blinds or other subject with a repeating horizontal pattern

Multiple subjects at varying distances from the camera

Subject in a dark location

Subject that is too far away for light from the AF assist lamp to reach

Camera movement while shooting

Fast-moving subject

Subjects outside the focus range of the camera

If you cannot focus properly, try using focus lock (page 44) or Manual Focus (page 43).

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