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Troubleshooting
Tech
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Shooting
Problem
Cause/Solution
A
No picture taken.
•
When camera is in playback mode or the
setup menu is displayed, press the shutter-
release button.
•
Battery is exhausted.
•
When flash indicator blinks, flash is charging.
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26
63
Camera cannot focus.
•
The intended subject is one with which
autofocus does not perform well.
•
Set
AF assist
in the setup menu to
Auto
.
•
Turn camera off and then on again.
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148
26
Pictures are blurred.
•
Use flash.
•
Increase
ISO sensitivity
value.
•
Enable vibration reduction.
•
Use
D
(Best Shot Selector).
•
Use tripod and self-timer.
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73
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58
Bright specks appear in
pictures taken with flash.
Flash is reflecting off particles in air. Set the
m
Flash mode setting to
W
Off
.
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Streaks of light or partial
discoloration are visible in the
monitor.
Smear occurs when extremely bright light
strikes the image sensor. When shooting with
Continuous
set to
Multi-shot 16
and when
recording movies, avoiding bright objects, such
as the sun, reflections of the sun, and electric
lights is recommended.
162
Flash does not fire.
•
The
m
Flash mode setting is set to
W
Off
.
•
Scene mode with which the flash does not
fire is selected.
•
Another function that restricts flash is
enabled.
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39
75
Optical zoom cannot be used.
Optical zoom cannot be used while recording
movies.
122
Digital zoom cannot be used.
•
Digital zoom
is set to
Off
in the setup menu.
•
Digital zoom is not available in the following
situations.
- When
b
Portrait
or
e
Night portrait
scene mode is selected
- Touch shooting is set to
Q
Subject
tracking
.
- When shooting with the smile timer
- Before movie recording begins (however,
digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied
while movies are being recorded)
- When
W
Multi-shot 16
is selected for the
C
Continuous
setting
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60
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