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Q&A Troubleshooting

Recording

Cannot record pictures.

●●Built-in memory/card is full. → Free space by deleting unwanted pictures (→52).

Recorded pictures look white. ●●Lens is dirty (fingerprints, etc.).

→Turn the camera on to extract lens barrel, and clean lens surface with a soft, dry cloth. ●●Lens is foggy (→8).

Recorded pictures are too bright/too dark. ●●Adjust the exposure (→80).

●●[Min. Shtr Speed] is set to fast speed. Check the setting (→122).

Some pictures are taken when I press the shutter button just once. ●●Camera is set to use [Auto Bracket] or [Burst].

Focus not aligned correctly.

●●Not set to mode appropriate for distance to subject. (Focus range varies according to recording mode.)

●●Subject outside of focus range. (→78)

●●Caused by jitter or subject movement. (→30)

Recorded pictures are blurred. The stabilizer function ineffective.

●●Shutter speed is slower in dark locations and the stabilizer function is less effective. → Hold camera firmly with both hands, keeping arms close to body.

●●Use a tripod and the self-timer (→79) when using slower shutter speed with [Min. Shtr Speed].

Cannot use [Auto Bracket].

●●Only enough memory for 2 pictures or fewer.

Recorded pictures appear coarse, or there is interference. ●●ISO Sensitivity is high, or shutter speed is low.

(Default [Sensitivity] setting is [AUTO] – interference may appear with indoor pictures.)

→Lower [Sensitivity] (→116).

→Take pictures in brighter locations. ●●Camera set to [High Sens.] Scene mode.

(Picture becomes slightly coarser in response to high sensitivity)

Striping or flicker may appear under lighting such as fluorescent lighting and LED lighting fixture.

●●This is characteristic of MOS sensors which serve as the camera’s pickup sensors. This is not a malfunction.

Brightness or coloring of recorded picture different from real life.

●●When recording under fluorescent or LED lighting fixture etc., increasing the shutter speed may introduce slight changes to brightness and color. These are a result of the characteristics of the light source and do not indicate a malfunction.

●●When recording subjects in extremely bright locations or recording under fluorescent lighting, LED lighting fixture, mercury lamp, sodium lighting etc., the colors and screen brightness may change or horizontal striping may appear on the screen.

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