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❚❚ Shooting

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Cause/solution

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• Pictures or menus are displayed: Press the shutter-release button to exit.

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No pictures can be taken.• The battery is exhausted.

2, 11

 

• The flash indicator flashes: The flash is charging.

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Shooting not available.A USB or A/V cable is connected.47, 48,

 

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Pictures are out of focus.• The subject is too close to the camera.

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• The camera is unable to focus. Refocus or turn the camera off and then on again.

5, 14

 

 

 

 

Pictures are blurred.• Turn the flash on.

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• Steady the camera using a bean bag or other similar object and use the self-timer.

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Bright spots appear inThe flash is reflecting from dust in the air. Turn the flash off.

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pictures taken with the flash.

 

 

 

 

 

The flash does not fire.

• The flash is off.

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• The camera is in movie mode.

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• Off is selected for Sound settings in the setup menu.

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The shutter is silent.

• The camera is in movie mode.

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• The speaker is covered.

5

 

 

 

The AF-assist illuminator does

The AF-assist illuminator may not light depending on the scene or the position of the

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not light.subject in the frame.

 

 

 

 

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