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| 1. Batteries | not | loaded |
| 1. Correctly load batter- | ||||||||
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| 2. Dead batteries |
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| Sudden power |
| 1. Operation | of | Auto |
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Supply | failure |
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| 2. Low battery power |
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| Replace | manganese | |||
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| batteries with | alkaline | |||
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| indicator | Power will | automatically |
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| on LCD |
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| turn off shortly. |
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| N o r e c o r d i n g | Function | switch | sets | to |
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| Power failure |
| Low battery power |
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Recording | during |
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| indicator | on | Over exposure |
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| Change | aperture | switch | ||||
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| indicator | on | Under exposure |
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| Change | aperture | switch | ||||
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| setting to [ ○] (page 26). | |||||||
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| • | Macro photography |
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| age | composition, use | ||
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Recording |
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| lens directly at the sub- | |||
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| Color of recorded | 1. Reflection from sun- |
| 1. Reorient the | camera | |||||||
| image is strange. | light or light from an- |
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| Record | Mode | and |
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| Playback | Mode char- |
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Playback | No | Button | operation | during |
| Wait until an image is on | ||||||
operation during | page change |
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| C a n n o t s t a r t | O n l y | o n e | i m a g e | i n |
| Auto play can be used | |||||
| auto play opera- | memory |
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| Poor LCD image | I n c o r r e c t | N O R M A L / |
| Use NORMAL for scen- | ||||||
| focus |
| MACRO switch | setting |
| ery and group | photos, | ||||
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| Poor | color and | Indoor fluorescent lighting |
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| brightness when |
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| indoors |
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| Recorded image | Strong direct or reflected |
| Change aperture | setting | ||||||
| has | greenish | sunlight |
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| to [●] (F8). Note that this | |||
| tinge. |
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| condition is due to CCD | ||||
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| characteristics, and does | |||
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Recording | Part of the im- | 1. Blocking | of | the lens |
| 1. Hold | the | camera cor- | |||
age is missing. | when recording. |
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| that your finger or the | |||
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| wrist strap is not block- | |||
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| 2. Failure | to | correctly |
| 2. Take | particular care | |||
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| under | the | following | ||||
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| conditions, | which | can | |||
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| cause the recorded im- | ||||
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| All pages do not | Protected memory pages |
| Unhide protected memo- | |||||
| appear | during | are hidden. |
| ry pages (page 47). | ||||
| auto play. |
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| Camera | is | con- | 1. Function switch set to |
| 1. Set function switch to | |||
| nected | to | a | TV, | REC |
| PLAY (page 32). |
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| but LCD monitor | 2. Incorrect |
| 2. Connect correctly us- | |||||
| contents do | not | connection |
| ing the special | video | |||
| appear | on | TV |
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| cable that | comes | with | |
| screen. |
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Playback | Some | images | Protected memory pages |
| Unhide protected memo- | ||||
are missing. | are hidden. |
| ry pages by holding down | ||||||
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| C a n n o t |
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| Unhide protected memo- | |||
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| ry pages by holding down | ||||||
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| Cannot | protect | Protected memory pages |
| Unhide protected memo- | ||||
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