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Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause/Solution	c
Bright specks appear in pictures	Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Turn	29
taken with flash	flash off.
Flash does not fire	• Flash is off.	28
	• Some scene modes that cannot turn	34
	on flash are selected.
	• Anti-shake mode is applied.	42
	• T modes other than [Time-lapse	56
	movie A] and [Stop-motion movie]
	are selected.
	• [Continuous] or [Multi-shot 16] is	86, 88
	selected for [Continuous], or [On] is
	selected for [BSS].
Optical zoom cannot be used	Optical zoom cannot be used while	56
	recording movies.
Digital zoom cannot be used	Digital zoom is not available when [Multi-	86
	shot 16] is selected for [Continuous].
[Image mode] not available	[Image mode] cannot be adjusted when	86
	[Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continu-
	ous].
No sound when shutter is	• [Off] is selected for [Sound settings] >	108
released	[Shutter sound] in setup menu.
	• [Continuous] or [Multi-shot 16] is	86, 88
	selected for [Continuous], or [On] is
	selected for [BSS] in shooting menu.
	• P ([Sports] scene mode) or N	35, 38
	([Museum] scene mode) is selected.
	• Anti-shake mode or T mode is	42, 56
	selected.
AF-assist illuminator does not	• [Off] is selected for AF assist option in	108
light	setup menu.
	• AF-assist illuminator turns off auto-	35-40
	matically in some modes.
Pictures appear smeared	Lens is dirty. Clean lens.	118
Colors are unnatural	White balance does not match light	84
	source.
Randomly spaced bright pixels	Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be
(“noise”) appear in image	reduced by:
	• Using flash	28
	• Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity set-	89
	ting
	• Choosing scene mode with noise reduc-	35-40
	tion

Technical Notes

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