Ricoh CX3 manual 114, Shooting

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114

Shooting

Problem	Cause	Solution	Refer to
The camera does not	Battery is exhausted.	Charge the rechargeable battery.	P.21
shoot even if you press	The camera is not on.	Press the POWER button to turn	P.23
the shutter release		the camera on.
button.	The camera is in playback mode.	Press the 6(Playback) button	P.32
		to select the shooting mode.
	The shutter release button is not	Press the shutter release button	P.26
	pressed all the way.	all the way.
	The SD memory card is not formatted.	Format the card.	P.93
	The SD memory card is full.	Load a new card, or delete	P.22,
		unwanted files.	P.35
	The SD memory card has reached	Load a new SD memory card.	P.22
	the end of its useful life.
	The flash is charging.	Wait until the flash mode symbol	P.29
		stops blinking.
	The SD memory card is locked.	Unlock the card.	P.20
	The contact surface of the SD	Wipe with a soft, dry cloth.	—
	memory card is dirty.
Unable to view the shot	The image confirmation time is	Lengthen the image	P.94
image.	too short.	confirmation time.
Images do not appear	The camera is not on, or the	Turn the camera on, or adjust the	P.23,
on the picture display.	picture display is dark.	brightness of the picture display.	P.93
	The VIDEO/AV cable is connected.	Disconnect the VIDEO/AV cable.	—
	The screen display is in synchro-	Press the DISP. button to change	P.38
	monitor mode.	the display.
Although the camera	The lens is dirty.	Wipe clean with a soft, dry cloth.	—
is set to auto focus, it is	The subject is not in the center of	Shoot with focus lock.	P.25
unable to focus.	the shooting range.
	It is a hard-to-focus subject.	Shoot with focus lock or manual	P.25,
		focus.	P.73
Although the camera is	The camera incorrectly focused	Shoot with macro mode, or move	P.28
not in focus, the green	because the distance to the	away from the subject.
frame appears in the	subject is too close.
center of the picture
display.
The picture is blurred.	You moved the camera when	Hold camera in both hands with	P.25
(The Jsymbol	pressing the shutter release	your elbows pressed lightly
appears.)	button.	against your torso.
		Use a tripod.
		Use the camera shake correction	P.70
		function.
	When shooting in a dark place	Use the flash.	P.29
	(such as indoors), the shutter	Raise the ISO setting.	P.78
	speed slows down and pictures	Use the camera shake correction	P.70
	become easily blurred.	function.