APPENDIX

Image Recording

Movies

Symptom

 

 

 

Possible Cause

 

 

Action

 

 

Monitor screen image is

1)

You are using the Manual Focus mode and

1)

Focus the image (page 77).

 

out of focus.

 

have not focused the image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)

You are trying to use the Macro mode (

 

)

2)

Use Auto Focus for scenery and portrait shots.

 

 

 

 

when shooting a scenery or portrait shot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)

You are trying to use Auto Focus or the Infinity

3)

Use the Macro mode (

 

) for close-ups.

 

 

 

 

mode (

 

) when shooting a close-up shot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded images are not

1)

Camera powers down before the save

 

1)

When the battery indicator shows “

”, charge

saved in memory.

 

operation is complete.

 

 

the battery as soon as possible (page 33).

 

2)

Removing the memory card before the save

2)

Do not remove the memory card before the

 

 

operation is complete.

 

 

save operation is complete.

 

Vertical lines on the

Recording a very brightly lit subject can cause a

This is a CCD phenomenon known as “vertical

monitor screen.

vertical band to appear in the monitor screen

 

smear”, and does not indicate malfunction of the

 

image.

 

 

 

 

camera. Note that vertical smear is not recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with the image in the case of a snapshot, but it is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorded in the case of a movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of focus images.

The subject is outside the shooting range of the

Record within the allowable shooting range.

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital noise in images.

Sensitivity is increased automatically for dark

 

Use a light or some other means to illuminate the

 

subjects. Greater sensitivity increases the chance

subject.

 

 

 

of digital noise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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