The temperature of your camcorder is extremely low. Turn off your camcorder and take it to a warm place. Leave the camcorder there for a while, then turn on the camcorder.

Photos cannot be recorded.

You cannot record photos together with:

[SMTH SLW REC]

[FADER]

The ACCESS/access lamp remains lit or flashing even if recording was stopped.

Your camcorder is recording the scene you have just shot on the recording media.

The imaging field looks different.

The imaging field may look different depending on the condition of your camcorder. This is not a malfunction.

The flash does not work.

You cannot record with the flash:

when capturing photos while shooting a movie

if a conversion lens (sold separately) or a filter (sold separately) is attached

Even if auto flash or (Auto redeye reduction) is selected, you cannot use the flash with:

NightShot

[SPOT MTR/FCS]

[MANUAL] in [EXPOSURE]

[SPOT METER]

[TWILIGHT], [SUNRISE&SUNSET], [FIREWORKS], [LANDSCAPE], [SPOTLIGHT], [BEACH] or [SNOW] in

[SCENE SELECTION]

The actual recording time for movies is less than the expected recording time of the recording media.

Depending on the recording conditions, the time available for recording may be shorter, for example when recording a fast moving object, etc. (p. 120).

The camcorder stops operating.

The temperature of your camcorder is extremely high. Turn off your camcorder and leave it for a while in a cool place.

The temperature of your camcorder is extremely low. Turn off your camcorder and take it to a warm place. Leave the camcorder there for a while, then turn on the camcorder.

If you keep applying vibration on the camcorder, recording may stop.

There is a time difference between the point when START/STOP is pressed and the point that the recording movie is started or stopped actually.

On your camcorder, there may be a slight time difference between the point where you press START/STOP and the actual point that recording movie starts/stops. This is not a malfunction.

The horizontal to vertical ratio of the movie (16:9 (wide)/4:3) cannot be changed.

The horizontal to vertical ratio of high definition image quality (HD) movies is 16:9 (wide).

The auto focus does not function.

Set [FOCUS] to [AUTO] (p. 103).

The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 103).

SteadyShot does not function.

Set [STEADYSHOT] to [ACTIVE] or [STANDARD], [STEADYSHOT] to [ON] (p. 77, 83).

Even if [STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] or [STANDARD], or

[STEADYSHOT] is set to [ON], your camcorder may not be able to compensate for excessive vibrations.

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