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Problem

Cause

 

Remedy

Subject is not in

Subject difficult to focus

Subjects difficult to focus on

focus

on

using autofocus: objects with

 

 

little contrast (blue sky, white

 

 

walls, etc.), dark objects, fine-

 

 

ly patterned objects, fast-

 

 

moving objects, scenery

 

 

through window or net, etc.

 

 

Lock focus on another object

 

 

located at same distance

 

 

(press shutter release button

 

 

halfway), then aim at target

 

 

and press shutter release

 

 

button fully.

 

 

 

 

Subject is not in focus-

Position subject in square

 

ing area

frame (focusing area) in mid-

 

 

dle of LCD monitor. If the

 

 

subject is outside the focus-

 

 

ing area, aim the camera at

 

 

the subject and lock focus

 

 

(press shutter release button

 

 

halfway), then compose pic-

 

 

ture and press the shutter

 

 

release button fully.

 

 

 

 

Subject is too close

Set focus mode on . (p.58)

 

 

 

 

Focus mode is set on

Normal pictures will be out of

 

 

focus if taken with focus

 

 

mode set on .

 

 

 

 

Focus mode is set on

If using manual focus, adjust

 

manual

focus using four-way con-

 

 

troller (

). (p.59).

 

 

 

Subject is not

Diopter is not correctly

Camera viewfinder is not cor-

clear in

adjusted

rectly adjusted for optimum

viewfinder

 

clarity. Adjust with diopter

 

 

adjustment lever. (p.57).

 

 

 

 

Problem

 

Cause

Remedy

 

 

Picture is dark

Subject is too far away

Picture becomes dark if sub-

 

 

 

 

 

ject is too far away. Take pic-

 

 

 

 

 

ture within range of flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background is dark

When taking a picture of a

 

 

 

 

 

person against dark back-

 

 

 

 

 

ground, such as night scene,

 

 

 

 

 

the person may appear dark if

 

 

 

 

 

the flash does not reach

 

 

 

 

 

background even with correct

 

 

 

 

 

exposure. Set to

mode to

 

 

 

 

 

ensure both person and back-

 

 

 

 

 

ground are clear. (p.38)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash does not

Flash mode is set to

Set to Auto or

. (p.35, p.62)

 

 

fire

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Capture mode is

Flash will not fire in these

 

 

 

set to

, continuous

modes.

 

 

 

 

shooting, or Infinity-

 

 

 

 

 

landscape mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images cannot

The CF card is

If the CF card is installed, all

 

 

be recorded in

installed.

images will be recorded on

 

 

the built-in

 

 

the CF card. Also, in the

 

 

memory, or

 

 

Playback mode, only images

 

 

images record-

 

 

recorded on the CF card can

 

 

ed in the built-in

 

 

be played back.

 

 

 

memory cannot

 

 

To record images in the built-

 

 

be played back.

 

 

in memory or to playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

images recorded in the built-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

memory, the CF card must

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