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Troubleshooting

	Problem		Cause/Solution	A
		• Under some shooting conditions, facial skin		103
	Skin tones are not softened.		tones may not be softened.
		• Use Skin softening in the playback menu for		102
			pictures containing more than three faces.
		• Off is selected for Sound settings>Shutter		137
			sound in setup menu. No sound is heard with
	No sound when shutter is		some shooting modes and settings, even
	released.		when On is selected.
		• The speaker is blocked. Do not cover the		5, 24
			speaker.
		Off is selected for AF assist in the setup menu.
	AF-assist illuminator does not	AF-assist illuminator may not light depending		53-59,
	light.	on the position of the focus area or the current		136
		scene mode, even when Auto is selected.
	Pictures appear smeared.	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.		146
	Colors are unnatural.	White balance does not match light source.		39
		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.	30
Technical		• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting.		42
		•	Flash is off.	30
		• Flash window is blocked.		24
Notes	Pictures are too dark	• Subject is beyond flash range.		30
		•	Adjust exposure compensation.	34
	(underexposed).
		•	Increase ISO sensitivity.	42
and		• Subject is backlit. Select Backlight scene		30, 58
Index			mode or use fill flash.
	Pictures are too bright	Adjust exposure compensation.		34
	(overexposed).
		When taking pictures with V(auto with red-
		eye reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and
	Unexpected results when flash	red-eye reduction in Night portrait scene
		mode, In-Camera Red Eye Fix may be applied to
	set to V (auto with red-eye			30, 54
		areas not affected by red-eye. Use any scene
	reduction).
		mode other than Night portrait, and change
		the flash to any setting other than V (auto
		with red-eye reduction) and try shooting again.

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