Troubleshooting

Shooting

 

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

 

No picture taken when shutter-

When camera is in playback mode, press c

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release button is pressed.

or the shutter-release button.

 

 

 

When menus are displayed, press d.

10

 

 

Battery is exhausted.

20

 

 

When flash lamp blinks, flash is charging.

29

 

 

 

 

 

Camera cannot focus.

The intended subject is one with which

25

 

 

autofocus does not perform well.

 

 

 

Set AF assist in the setup menu to Auto.

115

 

 

Focus error. Turn camera off and then on

20

 

 

again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures are blurred.

Use flash.

28

 

 

Use high sensitivity shooting mode.

33

 

 

Use Electronic VR.

114

 

 

Use D (Best Shot Selector).

91

 

 

Use tripod and self-timer.

30

 

 

 

 

 

Bright specks appear in

Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn flash

29

 

pictures taken with flash.

off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash does not fire.

Flash is off.

28

 

 

Some scene modes that cannot turn on flash

34

 

 

are selected.

 

 

 

• Dmodes other than Time-lapse moviePis

61

 

 

selected.

 

 

 

• Continuous, Multi-shot 16 or BSS is

91

 

 

selected for Continuous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical zoom cannot be used.

Optical zoom cannot be used while recording

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Technical

 

movies.

 

 

 

 

Digital zoom cannot be used.

Digital zoom is set to Off in the setup menu.

115

 

 

 

Digital zoom is not available in the following

 

Notes

 

situations.

 

 

when Portrait or Night portrait is selected

35, 36

 

 

 

 

for Scene mode.

 

 

 

when the smile mode is selected.

43

 

 

just before recording a movie (up to 2× can

61

 

 

be applied while recording movies other than

 

 

 

Time-lapse movieP)

 

 

 

when Multi-shot 16 is selected for

91

 

 

Continuous.

 

 

 

 

 

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