HP 945 Respond, Button, Long delay, Occurs, Between, Taking a, Picture, With Red-eye Reduction

Problem	Possible cause	Solution
The camera	The camera is	Turn on the camera.
does not	turned off or
respond	has shut down.
when I press
	The camera is	Most of the camera buttons do
a button.
	connected to a	not respond when the camera is
	computer.	connected to a computer. If they
		respond, it is only to turn the
		Image Display on if it is off, or, in
		some cases, turn the Image
		Display off if it is on.
	The batteries	Replace or recharge the batteries.
	are drained.
	The camera	Reset the camera by removing the
	has stopped	batteries and then re-inserting
	operating.	them (page 93).
A long delay	The camera	Use Focus Lock (page 25.)
occurs	needs time to
between	lock focus and
pressing the	exposure.
Shutter button
	The scene is	z Use the flash.
and the	dark and the	z If using flash is not possible, then
camera
	camera is	use a tripod to keep the camera
taking a
	taking a long	steady during the long exposure
picture.	exposure.	time.
		z Make sure that the Focus Assist
		light is set to Auto (page 85).
	The camera is	It will take longer to take a picture
	using a flash	with Red-eye Reduction. The
	setting with	shutter is delayed because of the
	Red-eye	additional flash. In turn, make
	Reduction.	sure your subjects wait for the
		second flash.

98 HP Photosmart 945 User’s Manual