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Shooting tips and information
The camera does not turn on even when a battery is loaded
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The battery is not fully charged
• Charge the battery with the charger.
The battery is temporarily unable to function because of the cold
•Battery performance drops at low temperatures. Remove the battery and warm it by putting it in your pocket for a while.
No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed
The camera has turned off automatically
•The camera automatically enters sleep mode to reduce the drain on the battery if no operations are performed for a set period of time. g [Sleep] (P. 15)
If no operations are performed for a set time (5 minutes) after the camera has entered sleep mode, the camera will turn off automatically.
The flash is charging
•On the monitor, the #mark blinks when charging is in progress. Wait for the blinking to stop, then press the shutter button.
Unable to focus
•The camera can not focus on subjects that are too close to the camera or that are not suited to autofocus (the AF confirmation mark will blink in the monitor). Increase the distance to the subject or focus on a high contrast object at the same distance from the camera as your main subject, compose the shot, and shoot.
Subjects that are difficult to focus on
It may be difficult to focus with auto focus in the following situations.
AF confirmation mark is blinking. These subjects are not focused.
Subject with low | Excessively bright | Subject containing no |
contrast | light in center of | vertical lines |
| frame |
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AF confirmation mark lights up but the subject is not focused.
Subjects at different | |
distances | AF area |