Notes Technical

Error Messages

The following table lists the error messages and other warnings that appear in the monitor and how to deal with them.

 

 

Display

 

Problem

Solution

 

 

 

Q

 

 

Z

 

 

Clock not set.

Set clock to current date and

14

 

 

(Flashes)

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING ! !

 

 

Turn camera off and replace

 

 

 

BATTERY

Batteries exhausted.

8

 

 

batteries.

 

 

 

 

 

EXHAUSTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFz

 

 

 

 

Use focus lock

to

focus

on

 

 

 

 

 

Camera cannot focus.

another subject

at

same

dis-

21

 

(zflashes red)

 

 

 

tance, then recompose picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use flash, or steady camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow shutter speed. Pictures

using tripod, by placing cam-

18,

2

 

 

 

era on level surface, or

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

may be blurred.

holding camera in both hands

24-25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with elbows against torso.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded

picture may be

Select Yes to

keep picture,

 

 

 

PICTURE IS BLURRED.

 

 

 

 

 

No to delete. Camera shake

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SAVE PICTURE?

 

 

 

 

blurred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

warning can be hidden.

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

: Confirm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING ! !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE WAIT

Camera turned off or x but-

Message clears from display

 

FOR THE CAM-

ton pressed during recording.

automatically when recording

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ERA TO FINISH

The mode dial was rotated

is complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECORDING

during recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

<

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEMORY

Write-protect switch is in

Slide write-protect to “write”

 

CARD IS WRITE

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“lock” position.

position.

 

 

 

 

 

PROTECTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARD IS NOT

 

 

Press multi selector up

to

 

 

FORMATTED

 

 

 

 

Memory

card has not been

highlight Format and

press

106,

/

 

 

 

 

 

 

formatted for use in camera.

I to format

card, or

turn

10-11

 

 

Format

 

 

 

 

camera off and replace card.

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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