Problem | Cause | Remedy |
Subject is not in | Subject difficult to focus | Subjects difficult to focus on using |
focus | on | autofocus: objects with little contrast (blue |
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| sky, white walls, etc.), dark objects, finely |
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| patterned objects, |
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| scenery through window or net, etc. Lock |
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| focus on another object located at same |
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| distance (press shutter release button |
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| halfway), then aim at target and press |
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| shutter release button fully, or use the |
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| Manual Focus mode. |
| Subject is not in focusing | Position subject in focus frame (focusing |
| area | area) in middle of LCD monitor. If the |
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| subject is outside the focusing area, aim |
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| the camera at the subject and lock the |
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| focus (press shutter release button |
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| halfway), then compose picture and press |
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| the shutter release button fully. |
| Subject is too close | Set the focus mode to q or r. (p.85) |
| The focus mode is set to | Normal pictures will be out of focus if |
| q or r | taken with the focus mode set to q or r. |
Flash does not | Flash mode is set to Off | Set to Auto or b. (p.84) |
discharge |
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The capture mode is set | Flash will not discharge in these modes. | |
| to C, Continuous |
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| Shooting or Super |
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| Macro mode |
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