Appendix
Troubleshooting
Problem | Cause |
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Power will not | Battery is not installed | Check battery is installed. If | ||
come on |
| not, install battery. | ||
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| CF card cover is open | Close CF card cover. | ||
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| Battery is installed | Check orientation of battery. | ||
| incorrectly | Install with the label towards | ||
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| back of camera. (p.11) | ||
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| Battery power is low | Install charged battery or use | ||
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| AC adapter. | ||
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No image on | LCD monitor is set to | Press Display button to turn | ||
the LCD monitor | OFF | LCD monitor on. (p.30, 55) | ||
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| Camera is connected to | LCD monitor remains off | ||
| TV | while camera is connected to | ||
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| TV. |
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| Image is displayed but | Image on LCD monitor may | ||
| is hard to see | be hard to see when taking | ||
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| pictures outside in sunlight. | ||
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Shutter release | Camera is set to Play | Set mode dial to | ||
button will not | mode | or | . | |
release |
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Flash is charging | When flash lamp blinks red, | |||
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| flash is charging and no pic- | ||
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| tures can be taken. Lamp | ||
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| lights red when charging is | ||
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| completed. | ||
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| No available space on | Insert CF card with available | ||
| CF card | space or delete unwanted | ||
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| images. (p.14, 58) | ||
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| Recording | Wait until recording is fin- | ||
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| ished. |
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Problem | Cause |
| Remedy |
Subject is not in | Subject difficult to focus | Subjects difficult to focus on | |
focus | on | using autofocus: objects with | |
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| little contrast (blue sky, white | |
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| walls, etc.), dark objects, fine- | |
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| ly patterned objects, fast- | |
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| moving objects, scenery | |
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| through window or net, etc. | |
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| Lock focus on another object | |
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| located at same distance | |
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| (press shutter release button | |
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| halfway), then aim at target | |
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| and press shutter release | |
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| button fully. | |
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| Subject is not in focus- | Position subject in square | |
| ing area | frame (focusing area) in mid- | |
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| dle of LCD monitor. If the | |
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| subject is outside the focus- | |
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| ing area, aim the camera at | |
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| the subject and lock focus | |
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| (press shutter release button | |
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| halfway), then compose pic- | |
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| ture and press the shutter | |
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| release button fully. | |
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| Subject is too close | Set focus mode on . (p.41) | |
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| Focus mode is set on | Normal pictures will be out of | |
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| focus if taken with focus | |
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| mode set on . | |
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| Focus mode is set on | If using manual focus, adjust | |
| manual | focus using | |
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| troller ( | ). (p.41) |
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Subject is not | Diopter is not correctly | Camera viewfinder is not cor- | |
clear in | adjusted | rectly adjusted for optimum | |
viewfinder |
| clarity. Adjust with diopter | |
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| adjustment lever. (p.39) | |
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Appendix
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