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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes
No picture is taken
when shutter-
release button is
pressed
•Camera is in playback mode.
•Batteries are exhausted.
•Red (!) lamp flickers: flash is charging.
•Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
•Message "CARD IS NOT FO RMATTED" appears in
monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in your
camera.
•Message "OUT OF MEMORY" appears in monitor:
insufficient memory to record picture at current Image
mode setting.
22
12
20
20
10-11,
97
67
Pictures are too dark
(underexposed)
•Flash is off.
•Flash window is blocked.
•Subject is outside range of flash.
•Exposure compensation is too low.
24
18
25
71
Pictures are too
bright (overexposed) •Exposure compensation is too high. 71
Pictures are out of
focus
•Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release
button was pressed halfway.
•Green (AF) lamp flickers: camera unable to focus.
20
20
Pictures are blurred
•Camera shook during shot. Blurring caused by camera
shake can be reduced by:
Using the flash
Using the Best Shot Selector (BSS)
Using the self-timer with a tripod
24
73
26
Randomly-spaced
bright pixels
("noise") appear in
image
•Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
Using the flash
m
(night portrait assist) mode is selected (E5600 only)
or
E
DUSK/DAWN
or
F
NIGHT LANDSCAPE
are
selected in
e
(scene) mode.
34
37
Colors are unnatural •White balanc e does not match light source.
•Color options is not set to Standard color.69
Flash does not fire
•Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically
when;
The mode dial is set to N(landscape assist),
j(sports assist), or W(movie), or to e(scene)
mode with any of DSUNSET, FNIGHT LAND-
SCAPE, GMUSEUM, HFIREWORKS SHOW, or
EDUSK/DAWN selected in scene menu.
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32,
33,
60,
36-37
Picture can not be
played back
•Picture h as been overwritten or renamed by c omputer
or other make of camera. -
Problem Possible cause Q