Message

Possible cause

Solution

 

Blinking

The focus

Set the camera to

distance is closer

Macro

shooting mode

 

 

than the camera

or move farther away.

 

can focus without

 

 

 

being in the

 

 

 

Macro

 

 

 

shooting mode.

 

 

 

 

 

UNABLE TO

The camera

z Use Focus Lock (see
FOCUS and

cannot find focus

page 34). Point at a part

blinking

in the Macro

of the scene that is

 

shooting mode,

brighter.

 

z Make sure the camera is

 

possibly due to

 

low contrast.

within Macro range (see

 

page 38).

 

 

 

 

 

LOW LIGHT -

The scene is too

z Add an external light

UNABLE TO

dark and the

source.

 

FOCUS

camera cannot

z Use Focus Lock (see

 

focus in Macro

page 34). Point at a part

 

shooting

of the scene that is

 

mode.

brighter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The light is low

Use the flash (see Setting

 

and the image is

the Flash on page 36), or

(camera shake

likely to be blurry

use a tripod.

due to the long

 

 

warning)

 

 

exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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