Appendix B - Troubleshooting

If you run into a problem operating your camera, check the following table to see if you can find the cause of the problem. If the trouble persists, take the camera to your nearest dealer or service center.

Top Status

 

Viewfinder

Shutter

Cause and Remedy

 

 

LCD Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No indication

No indication

Locked

The battery is exhausted or improperly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

installed. Rotate the power switch to OFF and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

replace the battery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEE blinks

FEE blinks

Can be released

In Programmed Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exposure mode, the lens is not set to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smallest aperture setting. Set the lens to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smallest aperture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F--appears

F--appears

Can be released

With built-in CPU lens in Aperture-Priority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto or Manual exposure mode, lens is not set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the smallest aperture setting. Set the lens to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the smallest aperture with the Sub-Command

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dial. Aperture can also be set by rotating the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lens aperture ring. In this case, F--remains in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the viewfinder and top LCD panel, and aperture

 

Appendix

 

 

 

 

 

or Shutter-Priority Auto exposure mode cannot

 

 

 

 

 

 

can only be confirmed through the aperture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

direct-readout in the viewfinder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-CPU lens is attached. Programmed Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be selected. Set aperture by rotating lens

 

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aperture ring. In this case, aperture can only be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

confirmed through the aperture direct-readout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in viewfinder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Err and Alert LED

Err and Alert LED

Locked

Your camera has detected an abnormality in the

 

 

blink

blink

 

shutter diaphragm. Turn it off and on. If the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

same warnings continue to blink, take the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera to an authorized dealer or service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

appears when

Can be released

3D Color Matrix Metering is set even though

 

 

 

(•)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

attached lens has no CPU; camera

 

 

 

3D Color Matrix

 

 

 

 

 

automatically resets meter to Center-Weighted

 

 

 

Metering is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

Metering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kodak DCS600 manual Appendix B Troubleshooting, Top Status Viewfinder Shutter Cause and Remedy LCD Panel