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 not

3)

Use manual focus (page 69).

 

 

 

compatible with Auto Focus operation (page 66).

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Camera powers down

The batteries are dead.

Charge or replace the camera’s batteries.

during self-timer countdown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor screen image is

1)

You are using the Manual Focus Mode and

1)

Focus the image (page 69).

 

out of focus.

 

have not focused the image.

 

 

 

 

 

2)

You are trying to use the Macro Mode when

2)

Use Auto Focus for scenery and portrait shots.

 

 

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.

 

or replace the camera’s batteries.

 

 

2)

Removing the memory card before the save

2)

Do not remove the memory card before the

 

 

operation is complete.

 

save operation is complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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