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