Symptom

Cause/Remedy

The computer does not

• When your camera is connected via USB hub, sufficient

recognise my camera.

power is not supplied from the hub.

 

tUse a USB hub capable of supplying 500 mA for each port.

 

 

When shooting a bright

This phenomenon is called “smear”. It is not a malfunction.

subject on a dark

 

background, the image on the

 

display shows vertical stripes

 

radiating from the subject.

 

The image shown in the finder of commercially available software, etc. is grainy.

When a fast moving subject is shown in the finder, step-like features in horizontal direction may appear, or horizontal stripes may appear in moving parts. However this is not a malfunction.

Still pictures or video clips

• Images shot under fluorescent light may contain light

captured with your camera

reflections.

appear grainy on the display.

• If the captured image contains dark parts, red or green noise

 

 

sometimes appears.

 

• The lens is dirty.

 

tClean the lens.

 

• The lens is out of focus.

 

tAdjust the focus using the focus ring.

 

 

When commercially available

• When multiple applications are running, the processing

application software is used

capacity of the computer may be exceeded. Close applications

to capture moving pictures

not used.

from your camera, some

• The computer’s power management function is activated.

frames are lost and the sound

tCheck the CPU speed setting. For details on settings, see

falls out.

the instruction manual for the computer.

 

 

 

Black images are captured

Black images are captured temporarily during software startup

when moving pictures or still

or immediately after the image size is changed.

pictures are captured.

tCapture the desired image after it is displayed.

 

 

The images from your

In the following instances, the images may freeze for several

camera freeze for several

seconds. This is not a malfunction.

seconds.

• When a keyboard short cut operation involving Fn keys is

 

 

performed.

 

• When the load on the CPU is heavy.

 

 

The images from the camera

• Multiple application software programs for capturing images

are not displayed.

are running simultaneously.

 

tClose all but one of the applications.

 

• Video memory has become insufficient due to the computer’s

 

image mode or number of colours, or as a result of other

 

circumstances.

 

tLower the resolution or reduce the number of colours.

 

• If the images from the camera do not appear even after

 

performing the above steps, restart the computer.

 

 

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