APPENDIX

Troubleshooting

The section covers minor problems with basic camera operation. For major problems or damage, or if a problem continues to reoccur frequently, contact a Minolta service facility listed on the back cover of this manual.

ProblemCauseSolution

The camera will not work.

Memory-full message appears.

Focus frame remains white and pictures are not sharp.

Pictures are not sharp in low-light situations.

The battery is dead.

AA Ni-MH batteries are exhausted.

Selected memory is full and unable to store an image at the image-quality setting on the camera.

Subject is too close.

The camera is in macro mode.

A special situation is preventing the autofocus system from focusing (p. 23).

Pictures are taken indoors or in low-light situations without flash. Slow shutter speeds result in blurred images when the camera is hand-held.

Replace battery (p. 11).

Ni-MH batteries must be charged before use.

Change the memory type (p. 45), insert a new memory card (p. 16), delete some images (p. 25), or change the image-quality setting (p.

41).

Make sure the subject is within the autofocus range (p. 21) or use the macro mode (p. 33).

Cancel the macro mode setting (p. 33).

Use the focus-lock function to focus on an object at the same distance as the subject (p. 22).

Use a tripod or use the flash (p. 26).

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