Problem

Possible Causes

Action

 

Digital zoom does not

1) The digital zoom setting is turned off.

1) Turn on the digital zoom setting (page 75).

 

work. The zoom bar

2) Date stamping is turned on.

2) Turn off date stamping (page 131). Digital zoom is

 

indicates zoom only

 

disabled while date stamping is turned on.

 

up to a zoom factor of

 

 

 

3.0.

 

 

 

 

Movies

 

 

There is a vertical

Shooting a very brightly lit subject can cause a vertical

This is a CCD phenomenon known as “vertical smear”,

 

line on the monitor

band to appear in the monitor screen image.

and does not indicate malfunction of the camera. Note

 

screen

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Images are out of

The subject is outside the range of the camera.

Shoot within the allowable range.

 

focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is digital noise

Sensitivity is increased automatically for dark subjects,

Use a light or some other means to illuminate the subject.

 

in images.

which increases the chance of digital noise.

 

 

 

Playback

 

 

The color of the

Sunlight or light from another source is shining directly

Position the camera so sunlight does not shine directly

 

playback image is

into the lens when shooting.

into the lens.

 

different from what

 

 

 

appears on the

 

 

 

monitor screen when

 

 

 

shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images are not

A memory card with non-DCF images recorded with

This camera cannot display non-DCF images.

 

displayed.

another camera is loaded in the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All buttons and

Circuit problem caused by electrostatic charge, impact,

Remove the battery from the camera, reinsert it, and then

 

switches are

etc. while the camera was connected to another device.

try again.

 

disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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