Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

 

 

 

Ambient lighting too bright: use viewfinder or move to

30

 

 

Monitor is hard to

darker location.

 

 

 

read.

Adjust monitor brightness.

191

 

 

 

Monitor is dirty. Clean monitor.

209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The viewfinder is

Adjust diopter adjustment control.

16, 30

 

 

hard to read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot switch the display in the following situations:

 

 

 

Display does not

- While recording or playing back movies

157, 168

 

 

- While recording or playing back voice memos

142

 

 

switch to monitor

 

 

- During interval timer shooting

79

 

 

(or viewfinder)

 

 

- While connected to a printer

179

 

 

when the x

 

 

- While displaying image deletion screens

35

 

 

button is pressed.

 

 

You cannot switch the display while displaying a certain

217

 

 

 

 

 

 

error message.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the camera clock has not been set (“Date not set”

24, 188

 

 

 

indicator blinks during shooting), still pictures have a time

 

 

 

Date and time of

stamp of “00/00/0000 00:00”; and movies are dated “01/

 

 

 

01/2011 00:00.” Set the correct date and time using Time

 

 

 

recording are not

 

 

 

zone and date in the setup menu.

 

 

 

correct.

 

 

 

The camera clock is not as accurate as a normal clock, such

188

 

 

 

 

 

 

as watches. Check camera clock regularly against more

 

 

 

 

accurate timepieces and reset as required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No information

Shooting data and photo information may be hidden. Press

 

 

 

displayed in

the sbutton until shooting data or photo information is

17

Technical

 

monitor.

Time zone and date has not been set.

24, 188

 

displayed.

 

 

 

Print date not

 

 

 

 

available.

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Date not

A shooting mode that does not support Print date is

192

 

 

 

appearing on

selected.

 

and

 

pictures even

The date cannot be imprinted onto a movie.

 

when Print date is

The date cannot be imprinted on still images saved during

Index

 

enabled.

movie recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camera settings

Clock battery is exhausted; all settings were restored to their

189

 

 

reset.

default values.

 

 

 

 

• Reset file numbering cannot be applied when the

202, 215

 

 

 

folder number reaches 999 and there are images in the

 

 

 

Reset file

folder. Change the memory card, or format the internal

 

 

 

memory/memory card.

 

 

 

numbering

 

 

 

• Reset file numbering cannot be set when the scene

58, 76, 202, 215

 

 

cannot be done.

 

 

mode is set to Panorama, or when the shooting mode is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

j, k, l, mor Mand Intvl timer shooting is chosen for

 

 

 

 

the continuous shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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