Troubleshooting (continued)

Problem

Cause

 

Solution

 

 

 

Battery pack

Battery pack capacity

Replace the battery pack with a new one.

consumed

reduced because of disuse

 

 

quickly

for one year or more after

 

 

 

being fully charged

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery life exceeded

Replace the battery pack with a new one.

 

 

 

Battery pack

Battery life exceeded

Replace the battery pack with a new one.

will not charge

 

 

Poor contact between

• Clean the battery terminals with a clean dry cloth.

 

battery charger and battery

• Insert the charger plug firmly into the power outlet.

 

 

 

Image is

Camera moved

• Be careful not to move the camera when pressing the

blurred or out

 

shutter button.

 

of focus

 

• Use a tripod at slow shutter speeds when the camera

 

 

shake warning

appears.

 

 

 

 

Autofocus function

Be careful not to block the AF auxiliary light emitter with

 

hampered by obstruction to

your finger or other items.

 

AF auxiliary light emitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF-assist Beam is set to off

Set the AF-assist Beam to [On].

 

 

See Rec. Menu (p. 148)

 

 

 

 

Subject out of focal range

• Ensure that there is at least 50 cm (1.64 ft.) between the

 

 

camera lens and subject.

 

 

• Use the macro mode to shoot close-ups between 10 and

 

 

50 cm (3.9 in. and 1.64 ft.) at maximum wide angle and

 

 

30 and 50 cm (12 in. and 1.64 ft.) at maximum telephoto.

 

 

 

 

Subject is hard to focus on

Use the focus lock or the manual focus to shoot the image.

 

 

See Shooting Problem Subjects for the Autofocus (p. 98)

 

 

 

 

Subject in

Insufficient light for shooting

Set the flash to [On].

 

recorded

 

 

 

Subject dark in comparison

• Set the exposure compensation to a positive (+) setting.

 

image is too

to the background

• Use the AE lock or spot metering function.

 

dark

 

See Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) (p. 90) and

 

 

Switching between Light Metering Modes (p. 77)

 

 

 

 

Subject too far for flash to

• To use the built-in flash, shoot within the following ranges:

 

reach

When sensitivity is set to AUTO:

 

 

35 cm - 4.8 m (1.1 ft. - 15.7 ft.) (W)

 

 

35 cm - 3.0 m (1.1 ft. - 9.8 ft.) (T)

 

 

When sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent:

 

 

55 cm - 4.0 m (1.8 ft. - 13.1 ft.) (W)

 

 

55 cm - 2.5 m (1.8 ft. - 8.2 ft.) (T)

 

 

 

 

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