Others

Troubleshooting

If you put the menu back to the settings at the time of purchase, the conditions may be improved. Carry out the [RESET] in the setup menu while the camera is in the recording mode. (P23)

Batteries and power supply

Conditions

Causes

The camera turns off

The remaining battery power may not be displayed

immediately even when

accurately, and the camera may suddenly stop working, when

battery power is full.

the type of battery and the settings on [BATTERY TYPE] are

The remaining battery

not identical. However this is not a malfunction. Depending

power is low even if new

on the battery brand and the operating temperature, or if

batteries are inserted.

exhausted batteries are used, the remaining battery power

 

may not be displayed accurately.

 

Please check [BATTERY TYPE] (P21) in the [SETUP] menu.

The camera will not turn

Are the batteries inserted correctly?

on.

Use sufficiently charged batteries when using Ni-MH

 

batteries.

The picture is not

Is the economy mode (P22) activated? Press the shutter

displayed on the LCD

button halfway to deactivate these modes.

monitor.

Are the batteries exhausted? Replace them with batteries

 

which have sufficient capacity. (When you use Ni-MH

 

batteries, charge them.)

The camera turns off

• Are the batteries exhausted? Replace them with batteries

soon after turning it on.

which have sufficient capacity. (When you use Ni-MH

 

batteries, charge them.)

 

• If you leave the camera on, the battery will be exhausted.

 

Turn the camera off frequently by using economy mode

 

(P22) etc.

Shooting

 

Conditions

Causes

The picture cannot be

Is the mode correctly set?

recorded.

Is there any memory capacity left on the built-in memory or

 

the card?

 

Before recording, delete some pictures. (P38)

The recorded pictures

The picture can become whitish if there is dirt e.g. fingerprints

are pale.

on the lens. If the lens is dirty, turn on the camera, eject the

 

lens barrel and gently wipe the lens surface with a soft dry

 

cloth.

The recorded picture is

Check that the exposure is correctly compensated. (P48)

too bright or dark.

 

2 or 3 pictures are taken

Is auto bracket (P49), [HI-SPEED BURST] (P60) or burst

at one time.

(P75) mode set?

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