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Problems and Solutions
Problem
Solution
No face is detected.
•
The subject’s face is obscured by sunglasses, a hat, long hair, or other objects
: Remove the obstructions.
•
The subject’s face occupies only a small area of the frame
: Change the composition so that the sub-
ject’s face occupies a larger area of the frame (
P
37).
•
The subject’s head is tilted or horizontal
: Ask the subject to hold their head straight.
•
The camera is tilted
: Keep the camera level (
P
18).
•
The subject’s face is poorly lit
: Shoot in bright light.
Wrong subject is se-
lected.
The selected subject is closer to the center of the frame than the main subject. Recompose the
picture or turn face detection off and frame the picture using focus lock (
P
37).
The flash does not fire.
•
The flash is lowered
: Raise the flash (
P
40).
•
The flash is not available in the current shooting mode
: Choose a different shooting mode (
P
22).
•
The camera is in super macro or continuous shooting mode
: Turn super macro and continuous shooting
modes off (
P
39).
•
The battery is exhausted
: Charge the battery or insert a fully-charged spare battery (
P
9).
•
The camera is in silent mode
: Turn silent mode off (
P
101).
•
The flash is not raised
: Raise the flash (
P
40).
Some flash modes are
not available.
•
The desired flash mode is not available in the current shooting mode
: Choose a different shooting mode
(
P
22).
•
The camera is in silent mode
: Turn silent mode off (
P
101).
The flash does not fully
light the subject.
•
The subject is not in range of the flash
: Position the subject in range of the flash (
P
124).
•
The flash window is obstructed
: Hold the camera correctly (
P
18).
•
Fast shutter speed selected
: Choose a slower shutter speed (
P
34, 35).
Pictures are blurred.
•
The lens is dirty
: Clean the lens (
P
111).
•
The lens is blocked
: Keep objects away from the lens (
P
18).
•
s
is displayed during shooting and the focus frame is displayed in red
: Check focus before shooting
(
P
118).
•
k
is displayed during shooting
: Use the flash or a tripod (
P
41).
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