2. Troubleshooting

If there seems to be a problem, check the following table before assuming the camera is malfunctioning.

Symptom

 

 

Cause

 

 

Solution

 

See page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Nothing appears

 

No battery is

 

Insert battery.

 

16

on the display

 

 

loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

panel

 

Battery is fully

 

Replace the bat-

 

16

 

 

 

spent.

 

 

tery with a new

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one.

 

 

 

 

Battery is loaded

 

Insert the battery

 

16

 

 

 

upside-down.

 

 

properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Battery mark

 

Battery is spent.

 

Replace the bat-

 

17

(“ ”) is flashing

 

 

 

 

 

tery with a new

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Exposure counter

 

Film has not been

 

Reload the film.

 

20

flashes “00” when

 

 

advanced proper-

 

 

 

 

 

film is loaded and

 

 

ly.

 

 

 

 

 

camera back is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Viewfinder display

 

Diopter is not

 

Turn the diopter

 

15

is not clear

 

 

properly adjusted.

 

 

adjustment dial to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adjust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Shutter cannot be

 

Drive mode is set

 

• Switch to a differ-

 

31

released

 

 

to the “selftimer”

 

 

ent drive mode.

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal flash is

 

Wait until charging

 

73

 

 

 

charging.

 

 

is complete (i.e.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ ” lit) before tak-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing the photo-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

graph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Photographs are

 

Focus is not prop-

blurry

 

 

erly adjusted.

 

 

Camera is shak-

 

 

 

ing when shutter

 

 

 

button is pressed.

 

 

Shutter speed is

 

 

 

slow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Exposure com-

 

Exposure com-

pensation mark is

 

 

pensation is still

displayed.

 

 

set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Shutter speed or

 

Subject is either

aperture value

 

 

too bright or too

flashes during auto

 

 

dark.

photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Exposure counter

 

ABC mode is set.

is flashing (other

 

 

 

than “00”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Metering mark

 

“AE lock on”

flashes when

 

 

selected when

shutter button is

 

 

half-pressed.

half-pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solution

 

See page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the focus

 

38

 

properly.

 

 

Press the shutter

 

19, 27

 

button gently so

 

 

 

that the camera

 

 

 

does not shake.

 

 

Use a tripod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the exposure

 

58

 

compensation

 

 

 

back to “0.0”.

 

 

Turn the main

 

58

 

switch OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the expo-

 

54

 

sure as described

 

 

 

on page 54.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set ABC compen-

 

62

 

sation back to

 

 

 

“0.0”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set custom func-

 

87

 

tion to “2-0”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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