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A long delay | The camera | Use Focus Lock. (See Using focus | ||
occurs | needs time to | lock on page 31.) |
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between | lock focus and |
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pressing the | exposure. |
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The camera is | Use a tripod or the flash. |
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and the | taking a long |
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exposure. |
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taking a |
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The camera is | It will take longer to take a picture | |||
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set to either the | with either the | |||
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| flash setting. The shutter is |
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| Night flash | delayed because of the additional | ||
| setting. | flash. In turn, make sure your |
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My image is | The flash | Use the Flash Off setting (see |
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too bright. | provided too | page 31). |
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| much light. |
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| You were too | Move back from the subject or use | ||
| close to the | the Flash Off setting (see |
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| subject to use | page 31), and take the picture |
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| the flash. | again. |
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| A natural or | Try taking the picture from a |
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| artificial source | different angle. Avoid pointing |
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| other than the | the camera directly toward a |
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| flash provided | bright light or reflective surface on | ||
| too much light. | a sunny day. Try adjusting the |
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| Exposure Compensation (see |
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| The scene had | Decrease the Exposure |
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| many dark | Compensation (see page 39) so | ||
| objects, such as | the dark objects in the scene will | ||
| a black dog on | not look |
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| a black couch. |
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