Pentax Optio S manual Troubleshooting, Off

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Troubleshooting

	Problem	Cause	Remedy
	Power will not	Battery is not installed	Check battery is installed.
	come on		If not, install battery.
		Battery is installed	Check orientation of battery.
		incorrectly	Reinsert battery with (	) symbol
			towards back of camera. (p.13)
		Battery power is low	Insert a charged battery or use the
			AC adapter.
	No image on the	LCD monitor is set to	Press Display button to turn LCD
	LCD monitor	OFF	monitor on. (p.40)
		Image is displayed but	Image on LCD monitor may be
		is hard to see	hard to see when taking pictures
			outside in sunlight.
	Shutter will not	Flash is charging	When flash lamp blinks red, flash
	release		is charging and no pictures can be
			taken. Lamp lights red when
			charging is completed.
		No available space on	Insert SD Memory Card/
		SD Memory Card/	MultiMediaCard with available
		MultiMediaCard or in	space or delete unwanted images.
		Built-in memory	(p.16, 84)
		Recording	Wait until recording is finished.
	Picture is dark	Subject is too far away	Picture becomes dark if subject is
		in a dark environment,	too far away. Take picture within
		such as a night scene.	range of flash.
Appendix		Background is dark	When taking a picture of a person
			against dark background, such as
			night scene, the person may
			appear dark if the flash does not
			reach background even with cor-
			rect exposure. Set to	mode to
			ensure both person and back-
			ground are clear. (p.36)

Problem				Cause				Remedy
Subject is not in	Subject difficult to					Subjects difficult to focus on using
focus	focus on					autofocus: objects with little contrast
						(blue sky, white walls, etc.), dark
						objects, finely patterned objects,
						fast-moving objects, scenery through
						window or net, etc. Lock focus on
						another object located at same dis-
						tance (press shutter release button
						halfway), then aim at target and
						press shutter release button fully, or
						use Manual Focus mode.
	Subject is not in focus-					Position subject in AF frame
	ing area					(focusing area) in middle of LCD
						monitor. If the subject is outside
						the focusing area, aim the camera
						at the subject and lock the focus
						(press shutter release button
						halfway), then compose picture
						and press the shutter release but-
						ton fully.
	Subject is too close					Set focus mode on					(Macro) or
							(Super Macro). (p.37)
	Focus mode is set on					Normal pictures will be out of
			(Macro) or			focus if taken with focus mode set
	(Super Macro).					on		(Macro) or		(Super Macro).
Flash does not	Flash mode is set to Off					Set to Auto or			. (p.39)
discharge
		The Capture mode is				Flash will not discharge in these
						modes.
		set to			, continuous
		shooting or infinity-
		landscape mode.

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