Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause/Solution

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Bright specks appear in

Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn flash

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pictures taken with flash.

off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash is off.

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Some scene modes with which the flash does

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not function is selected.

 

 

 

Flash does not fire.

• On is selected for Blink proof in smart

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portrait menu.

 

 

 

 

Another function that restricts flash is

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enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical zoom cannot be used.

Optical zoom cannot be used while recording

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movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Digital zoom is set to Off in the setup menu.

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Digital zoom is not available in the following

 

 

 

 

situations.

 

 

 

 

- When Scene auto selector, Portrait,

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Digital zoom cannot be used.

Night portrait, or Pet portrait scene

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mode is selected.

 

 

 

 

- When shooting in smart portrait mode.

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- When shooting in subject tracking mode.

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- When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16.

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Image mode not available.

Another function that restricts the Image mode

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option is enabled.

 

Technical

 

 

• Off is selected for Sound settings>Shutter

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sound in setup menu. No sound is heard with

 

 

 

No sound when shutter is

some shooting modes and settings, even

 

Notes

 

released.

when On is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The speaker is blocked. Do not cover the

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and

 

 

speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

Index

 

 

Off is selected for AF assist in the setup menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF-assist illuminator does not

AF-assist illuminator may not light depending

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light up.

on the position of the focus area or the current

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scene mode, even when Auto is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures appear smeared.

Lens is dirty. Clean lens.

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Colors are unnatural.

White balance does not match light source.

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Shutter speed is too slow or ISO sensitivity is

 

 

 

Randomly spaced bright pixels

high as the subject is dark. Noise can be reduced

 

 

 

by:

 

 

 

(“noise”) appear in image.

 

 

 

Using flash.

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Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting.

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