Others
5:Motion picture recording stops in the middle.
•Are you using a MultiMediaCard?
–This unit does not support MultiMediaCard.
•When you set the picture quality to [30fpsVGA], we recommend using a high speed SD Memory Card with “10 MB/s” or greater displayed on the package.
•Depending on the type of SD Memory Card and how many times it has been recorded onto or deleted, recording may stop in the middle. If something like this happens,
∫LCD monitor
1:The LCD monitor is turned off sometimes although the camera is turned on.
•Have you set to the economy mode? (P23)
–In the economy mode, the LCD monitor is turned off while the flash is charged.
2:The brightness of the screen becomes dark or bright for a moment.
•This phenomenon appears when pressing the shutter button halfway to set the aperture value and does not affect the recorded pictures.
3:The screen is too bright or dark.
•Adjust the brightness of the screen. (P22)
•Is the power LCD function activated? (P26)
4:Some pixels are inactive or always lit on the LCD monitor.
•These pixels do not affect the recorded pictures.
This is not a malfunction.
5:Noise appears on the LCD monitor.
•In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness of the LCD monitor.
This does not affect the pictures you are recording.
6:A vertical red line appears on the LCD monitor.
•This is called smear. It is specific to CCD, not a malfunction. It appears when the subject has a bright part. It is recorded on motion pictures, but not recorded on still pictures.
∫Flash
1:Flash is not activated.
•Is the flash setting set to Forced OFF
[ 
]?
– Change the flash setting. (P38)
•The flash is not activated when in
motion picture mode [ 
], [SCENERY] (P58), [NIGHT SCENERY] (P59),
[FIREWORKS] (P62) or [STARRY SKY] (P63) in scene mode is selected.
2:The flash is activated 2 times.
•When you select
reduction [ 
], the first flash is activated for
subject
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