Message

Possible Cause

Solution

 

 

 

FOCUS TOO

The focus

Move farther away from

CLOSE and focus

distance is closer

the subject, within Macro

brackets red

than the camera

range (see page 42).

 

can focus in the

 

 

 

Macro

 

 

 

shooting mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNABLE TO

The camera

Use Focus Lock (see

FOCUS and focus

cannot find focus

 

page 38). Point at a

brackets red

in the Macro

 

part of the scene that is

 

shooting mode,

 

brighter or has a high

 

possibly due to

 

contrast edge.

 

low contrast.

• Make sure the subject

 

 

 

is within Macro range

 

 

 

of 20 to 50 cm (8 to

 

 

 

20 in).

 

 

 

LOW LIGHT -

The scene is too

• Add an external light

UNABLE TO

dark and the

 

source.

FOCUS and focus

camera cannot

Use Focus Lock (see

brackets red

focus.

 

page 38). Point at a

 

 

 

part of the scene that is

 

 

 

brighter.

 

 

 

 

The light is low

Use the flash (see

 

and the image is

page 40), set the camera

(camera shake

likely to be blurry

on a stable surface, or use

due to the long

a tripod.

warning)

exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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