Troubleshooting
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| • Camera is in playback mode. | 22 | ||
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| • Batteries are exhausted. | 12 | ||
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| • Red (!) lamp flickers: flash is charging. | 20 | ||
| No picture is taken | • Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. | 20 | ||
| when shutter- | • Message "CARD IS NOT FORMATTED" appears in | |||
| release button is | monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in your | 97 | ||
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| • Message "OUT OF MEMORY" appears in monitor: | 67 | ||
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| • Flash is off. |
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| Pictures are too dark | • Flash window is blocked. | 18 | ||
| (underexposed) | • Subject is outside range of flash. | 25 | ||
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| • Exposure compensation is too low. | 71 | ||
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| Pictures are too | • Exposure compensation is too high. | 71 | ||
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| Pictures are out of | • Subject was not in | focus area when | 20 | |
| button was pressed halfway. |
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| • Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus. | 20 | |||
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| • Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera |
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| shake can be reduced by: |
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Technical | Pictures are blurred | Using the flash |
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| Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS) | 73 | |||
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| Using the | 26 | ||
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Notes | • Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by: |
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| m (night portrait assist) mode is selected (E5600 only) | 34 | |||
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| or E DUSK/DAWN or F NIGHT LANDSCAPE are | 37 | |||
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| selected in e (scene) mode. |
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| Colors are unnatural | • White balance does not match light source. | 69 | ||
| • Color options is not set to Standard color. | ||||
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| • Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically | 24 | ||
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| The mode dial | is | set to N (landscape assist), | 32, |
| Flash does not fire | j (sports assist), | or | W (movie), or to e (scene) | 33, |
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| mode with any of D SUNSET, F NIGHT LAND- | 60, | ||
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| E DUSK/DAWN selected in scene menu. |
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| Picture can not be | • Picture has been overwritten or renamed by computer | - | ||
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