Problem

Cause/Solution

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Randomly spaced bright

The subject is dark, so shutter speed is too slow or ISO

 

 

pixels (“noise”) appear in

sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by using

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image.

flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The flash mode is set to W(off).

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• Flash is blocked by finger or other object.

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Images are too dark

• Subject is beyond flash range.

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(underexposed).

• Adjust exposure compensation.

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• Subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene mode

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or set the flash mode setting to X(fill flash).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images are too bright

Adjust exposure compensation.

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(overexposed).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When taking pictures with V(auto with red-eye

 

 

 

reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and red-eye

 

 

 

reduction in Night portrait (either in easy auto

 

 

Areas not affected by red-

mode or in scene mode), red-eye reduction may be

 

 

applied to areas not affected by red-eye in rare cases.

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eye are corrected.

 

Use auto mode or any scene mode other than Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

portrait, and change the flash mode to any setting

 

 

 

other than V(auto with red-eye reduction) and try

 

 

 

taking a picture again.

 

 

 

 

 

Technical

 

• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may

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Skin tones are not softened.

not be smoothed.

 

 

• Use Skin softening in the playback menu for

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Notes

 

images containing four or more faces.

 

 

 

 

 

It may take more time to save images in the following situations.

 

and

 

• When the noise reduction function is in operation,

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Saving images takes time.

such as when shooting in a dark environment

 

Index

• When the flash mode is set to V(auto with red-

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eye reduction)

 

 

 

• When the skin softening function is applied while shooting

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