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| • Camera is in Playback mode. |
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| • | Battery is exhausted. |
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No picture is taken | • Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging. |
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• | Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in monitor: memory | P.21, |
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• | Message “MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED.” appears in mon- | P.21 |
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| • | Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears on monitor: insufficient | P.113 |
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| • | Flash is off. |
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| • Subject is outside range of flash. |
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| • Exposure compensation is too low. |
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too bright |
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(overexposed) |
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| • | Subject was not in focus area when | P.26 |
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• | AF indicator flashes red: camera unable to focus. |
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| Auto in the AF assist option. |
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| • Shutter speed is too slow. Noise can be reduced by: |
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| – | Selecting D NIGHT PORTRAIT, G NIGHT | LANDSCAPE or | P.35, |
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els (“noise”) appear |
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| J DUSK/DAWN in b (scene) mode. (In these modes, Noise | P.36, |
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| reduction works automatically when shutter speed is slow. Select | P.37 |
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| – The mode dial is set to b(scene) mode with E LANDSCAPE, | P.33 | ||||
Bright specks in pic- | • | Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or zoom in. | P.28, |
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| • Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically when: | P.28 |
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| G NIGHT LANDSCAPE, | I SUNSET, | J DUSK/DAWN, |
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| the Scene menu. | N MUSEUM or P SPORTS selected in |
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Flash does not fire |
| – The mode dial is set to S (Except when recording a | P.58 |
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| – | Continuous (P.80) is | set to Continuous, | P.80 |
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| Ultra HS, or 5 shot buffer in Mor E mode. |
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| – BSS is On in Mor Emode. |
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| – | AUTO BRACKETING is set to Auto bracketing in M or E | P.83 |
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Colors are unnatural | • | White balance does not match light source. |
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Picture | or | voice | • | Picture or voice memo has been overwritten or renamed by com- |
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played back |
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