APPENDIX

Image Recording

Symptom

 

Possible Cause

 

Action

Auto Focus does not focus

1) The lens is dirty.

1)

Clean the lens.

properly.

2)

The subject is not located in the center of the

2)

Make sure the subject is centered in the focus

 

 

focus frame when you compose the image.

 

frame when composing the image.

 

3)

The subject you are shooting is a type that is

3)

Use manual focus (page 77).

 

 

not compatible with Auto Focus operation (page

 

 

 

 

72).

 

 

 

4)

You are moving the camera.

4)

Mount the camera on a tripod.

 

 

 

The subject is out of focus

The image is not focused properly.

When composing the image, make sure the

in the recorded image.

 

 

subject on which you want to focus is located

 

 

 

inside the focus frame.

 

 

 

 

 

The flash does not fire.

1)

“ ” (flash off) is selected as the flash mode.

1)

Select a different flash mode (page 61).

 

2)

The battery is dead.

2)

Charge the battery (page 33).

 

3)

A scene that selects “ ” (flash off) as the

3)

Select a different flash mode (page 61) or

 

 

flash mode is selected in the BEST SHOT

 

BEST SHOT scene (page 85).

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Camera powers down

The battery is dead.

Charge the battery (page 33).

during self-timer

 

 

 

 

countdown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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