Problem

Possible cause

Solution

My image is

There was not

Wait for natural lighting

too dark.

enough light.

conditions to improve or add

 

 

 

indirect lighting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The flash was

Make sure your subject is

 

 

on, but the

within 3 meters (approximately

 

 

subject was

9 feet) of the camera when you

 

 

too far away.

take the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A light shone

Use the Flash On setting to

 

 

behind the

brighten the subject when there

 

 

subject.

is a bright light such as the sun

 

 

 

or a window behind your

 

 

 

subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your finger

Be sure to move your fingers

 

 

blocked the

away from the flash when you

 

 

flash.

take a picture.

 

 

 

My image is

The flash

Change the flash setting to

too bright.

provided too

Flash Off.

 

 

much light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A natural or

Try taking the picture from a

 

 

artificial

different angle. Avoid pointing

 

 

source other

the camera directly toward a

 

 

than the flash

bright light or reflective surface

 

 

provided too

on a sunny day. If there is light

 

 

much light.

behind your subject, use the

 

 

 

Flash On setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You were too

Move back from the subject or

 

 

close to the

set the flash to Flash Off and

 

 

subject to use

take the picture again.

 

 

the flash.

 

 

 

 

 

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