Troubleshooting
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| • Camera is in playback mode. |
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| • Batteries are exhausted. |
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| • Red (!) lamp flickers: flash is charging. |
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No picture is taken | • Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. | 20 |
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when shutter- | • Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in |
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| • Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears in monitor: | 79 |
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| insufficient memory to record picture at current Image |
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| • Flash is off. |
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Pictures are too dark | • Flash window is blocked. |
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(underexposed) | • Subject is outside range of flash. |
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| • Exposure compensation is too low. |
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Pictures are too | • Exposure compensation is too high. |
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Pictures are out of | • Subject was not in focus area | when | 20 |
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• Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. | 20 |
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| • Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera |
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Pictures are blurred | Using the flash |
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| Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS) |
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• Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by: |
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Using the flash |
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m (night portrait assist) mode is selected or E DUSK/ | 34, |
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DAWN or F NIGHT LANDSCAPE is selected in e | 37 |
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Colors are unnatural | • White balance does not match light source. | 81 |
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| • Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically | 24 | ||||||
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| The mode dial | is | set to | N (landscape assist), | 32, |
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Flash does not fire | j (sports assist), | or | W (movie), or | to e (scene) | 33, | Notes | ||
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| H FIREWORKS SHOW, or | I COPY selected in |
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