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Problem	Cause	Remedy
Subject is not in	Subject is difficult to	Subjects are 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
		distance (press shutter release button
		halfway), then aim at target and press
		shutter release button fully, or use Manual
		Focus mode.
	Subject is not in focusing	Position subject in focus frame (focusing
	area	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 button fully.
	Subject is too close	Set focus mode on q (Macro) or
		r (Super Macro). (p.65)
	Focus mode is set on	Normal pictures will be out of focus if
	q (Macro) or r (Super	taken with focus mode set on q (Macro)
	Macro)	or r (Super Macro).
Flash does not	Flash mode is set to Off	Set to Auto or b. (p.67)
discharge
	The Capture mode is set	Flash will not discharge in these modes.
	to Cor Jin dmode,
	Continuous Shooting or
	Infinity-Landscape
	mode.
Zoom will not	Focus mode is set on	Zoom does not function in Super Macro
work	Super Macro	mode.
Even though	A long time has elapsed	The “Battery depleted” error message
you have put in	since the batteries were	may appear when you turn on the power
a new battery,	removed previously.	after purchasing the camera or after
[Battery		replacing the batteries if the batteries had
depleted]		been removed for a long time. However,
appears.		this is not an error. Wait a short period and
		then turn the power switch on again, the
		power should come on normally. If this
		happens, the date and time, recorded
		pixels and other settings may have been
		initialized, reset the various settings
		according to the procedures in “Setting
		the Shooting Functions” (p.65 to 81) and
		“Camera Settings” (p.116 to 129).

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