Symptom

Cause

Solution

The battery pack runs

• You are shooting/viewing images in an

down too quickly.

extremely cold location.

 

 

• The DC plug is dirty so the battery pack is not

p Clean the pins of the AC Adaptor with a cotton swab, etc., and

 

charged enough.

charge the battery pack (page 10).

 

• The battery pack is dead (page 121).

p Replace the battery pack with a new one.

 

 

 

You cannot turn on the

• The battery pack is not installed correctly.

p Install the battery pack correctly (page 10).

camera.

• The AC Adaptor is disconnected.

p Properly connect the AC Adaptor (page 13).

 

• The battery pack is discharged.

p Install a charged battery pack (page 10).

 

• The battery pack is dead (page 121).

p Replace the battery pack with a new one.

 

 

 

The power turns off

• If you do not operate the camera for about three

p Turn on the camera again (page 14) or use the AC Adaptor

suddenly.

minutes when using a battery pack, the camera

(page 13).

 

turns off automatically to prevent wearing down

 

 

the battery (when [Power Save] is [On] after 90

 

 

seconds) (page 14).

 

 

• The battery pack is discharged.

p Replace it with a charged battery pack (page 10).

 

 

 

Shooting still images/movies

Symptom

Cause

 

 

 

 

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

The LCD screen is not

• The power was turned off with the LCD screen

p Turn on the LCD screen (page 28).

 

 

 

turned on even when the

turned off the last time you used the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

power is turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The subject is not visible

• The mode dial is not set to

, P, S, A, M,

p Set it to

, P, S, A, M, SCN or

 

 

 

(Clip Motion) (pages 20

 

 

on the screen.

SCN or

 

 

 

(Clip Motion).

 

and 79).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The image is out of focus.

• The subject is too close.

 

p Record in the macro recording mode. Make sure to position the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lens farther away from the subject than the shortest shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distance when shooting (page 24).

 

 

 

 

• The

(Twilight mode) or

(Landscape

p Set it to other modes (page 63).

 

 

 

 

mode) is selected for the Scene Selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The focus preset function is selected.

p Cancel the function (page 49).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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