Problem

Possible Cause

Solution

 

 

 

The camera

The camera is

• Re-focus the camera (try

does not take

set to the Macro

using Focus Lock; see

a picture when

shooting

page 38).

I press the

mode and

 

• Make sure the subject of the

Shutter button

cannot take a

picture is within the Macro

(continued).

picture until it

(close-up) range (see

 

finds focus.

 

page 42).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera is

Wait a few seconds for the

 

still saving the

camera to finish processing the

 

last picture

last image before taking

 

you took.

 

another picture.

 

 

 

My image is

The light is low

• Use Image Advice (see

blurry.

and the flash

page 72).

 

is set to

or

• In dim light, the camera

 

Flash Off

requires a longer exposure.

 

Night

.

Use a tripod to hold the

 

 

 

camera steady, improve

 

 

 

lighting conditions, or set

 

 

 

the flash to Auto Flash

 

 

 

see page 40).

 

 

 

• Hold the camera with two

 

 

 

hands as you press the

 

 

 

Shutter button or use a

 

 

 

tripod. Watch for the

 

 

 

icon in the Image Display

 

 

 

(this means that it is almost

 

 

 

impossible to hold the

 

 

 

camera steady, and you

 

 

 

must use a tripod).

 

 

 

 

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