Ricoh GX200 manual 238

Appendices

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Problem	Cause	Solution	Refer to
Although the camera is	The lens is dirty.	Wipe clean with a soft, dry cloth.	-
set to auto focus, it is	The subject is not in the center of	Shoot with focus lock.	P.45
unable to focus.	the shooting range.
	It is a hard-to-focus subject.	Shoot with focus lock or manual	P.45
		focus.	P.109
Although the camera is	The camera incorrectly focused	Shoot with macro mode or move	P.49
not in focus, the green	because the distance to the	a little 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 the camera with your elbows	P.43
(The Jsymbol	pressing the shutter release	pressed against your body. Use a	P.137
appears.)	button.	tripod.
		Use the camera shake correction
		function.
	When shooting in a dark place	Use the flash.	P.51
	(such as indoors), the shutter	Use the camera shake correction	P.137
	speed slows down and pictures	function.	P.146
	become easily blurred.	Raise the ISO setting.
Vignetting (condition	Even with the tele conversion	Operate the zoom lever to set the	-
where the four corners	lens attached, the zoom position	zoom position to the telephoto
appear dark) occurs	is not set to the telephoto side.	side.
around the edges.
The flash does not fire or	The flash is not open.	Slide the F (Flash) OPEN switch	P.51
the flash cannot charge.		outward to open the flash.
	The flash cover is not fully raised.	Do not press or cover the flash	P.51
		cover. Also, return the LCD
		viewfinder to the original angle,
		and adjust to open the flash.
	The flash cannot be used in the	To shoot with the flash, change	P.51
	following cases:	the settings or mode.	P.127
	• When auto bracket, white		P.128
	balance bracket, or color		P.130
	bracket is set		P.112
	• In multi-shot mode		P.94
	• When [Movie] or [Landscape]		P.151
	is set in scene mode
	The flash is set to flash off.	Open the flash. Use the F(Flash)	P.51
		button to cancel flash off.
	Battery is exhausted.	When using the dedicated	P.36
		rechargeable battery or AAA	P.32
		nickel-metal hydride batteries,	P.250
		charge the batteries as required.
		When using AAA alkaline
		batteries or AAA oxyride
		batteries, replace them with new
		batteries. Use the AC adapter as
		required.

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