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Camera power is turned off automatically when you open the battery/memory

card cover.

• This is not a malfunction. Turn off the camera before you open the battery/memory card cover.

Cannot turn on the camera.

• Insert the batteries correctly.
• The batteries are discharged. Insert new batteries or charged Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries (sold
separately).
• The batteries are dead. Replace them with new ones.

The power turns off suddenly.

•W hen [Power Save] is set to [Standard] or [Stamina], if you do not operate the camera for a certain
period of time while the power is on, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the
batteries. Turn on the camera again.
• The batteries are discharged. Insert new batteries or charged Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries (sold
separately).

Cannot record images.

• When images cannot be recorded into a memory card but are recorded into the internal memory , even
though a memory card has been inserted into the camera, make sure that the memory card has been
fully inserted.
• Check the free capacity of the internal memory or the memory card. If it is full, do one of the
following:
– Delete unnecessary images (page 24).
– Change the memory card.
•You cannot record images while charging the flash.
•When recording movies, it is recommended that you use the following memory cards:
– “Memory Stick PRO Duo” media, “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo” media
– SD memory card or SDHC memory card (Class 2 or faster)
•Set the mode switch to (Still Image) when shooting still images.
•Set the mode switch to (Movie) when shooting movies.

Smile Shutter function does not work.

•No image is shot if a smiling face is not detected.

Anti-blur function does not work.

• The anti-blur function does not work w hen appear s on the display.
•The anti-blur function may not work properly when shooting night scenes.
• Shoot after pressing the shutter button halfway down.

The image is out of focus.

• The subject is too close. When shooting, make sure to position the len s farther away from the subject
than the shortest shooting distance (approximately 5cm (2 inches) (W)/40 cm (15 3/4 inches) (T)
from the lens).
• (Twilight) or (Landscape) mode is selected in the Scene Selection when shooting still images.
Shooting still images/movies