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Tec
h
n
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l No
tes
No picture is taken
when shutter-
release button is
pressed
• Camera is in Playback mode.
• Battery is exhausted.
• Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging.
• Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in monitor: memory
card is not formatted for use in camera.
• Message “MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED.” appears in mon-
itor: memory card is locked.
• Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears on monitor: insufficient
memory to record picture at current Image quality/size setting.
P.27
P.24
P.29
P.21,
P.106
P.21
P.113
Pictures are
too dark
(underexposed)
• Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is outside range of flash.
• Exposure compensation is too low.
P.28
P.25
P.28
P.32
Pictures are
too bright
(overexposed)
• Exposure compensation is too high.
P.32
Pictures are out of
focus
• Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release button was
pressed halfway.
• AF indicator flashes red: camera unable to focus.
• AF-assist illuminator does not light when lighting is poor. Select
Auto
in the
AF assist
option.
P.26
P.26
P.104
Randomly-spaced,
brightly-colored pix-
els (“noise”) appear
in image
• Shutter speed is too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
– Using flash
– Selecting
D
NIGHT PORTRAIT
,
G
NIGHT LANDSCAPE
or
J
DUSK/DAWN
in
b
(scene) mode. (In these modes, Noise
reduction works automatically when shutter speed is slow. Select
an appropriate mode according to your shooting condition.)
P.28
P.35,
P.36,
P.37
Bright specks in pic-
ture
• Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or zoom in.
P.28,
P.25
Flash does not fire
• Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically when:
– The mode dial is set to
b
(scene) mode with
E
LANDSCAPE
,
G
NIGHT LANDSCAPE
,
I
SUNSET
,
J
DUSK/DAWN
,
K
FIREWORKS SHOW
,
N
MUSEUM
or
P
SPORTS
selected in
the Scene menu.
– The mode dial is set to
S
(Except when recording a time-lapse
movie).
–
Continuous
(P.80) is set to
Continuous
,
Multi-shot 16
,
Ultra HS
, or
5 shot buffer
in
M
or
E
mode.
–
BSS
is
On
in
M
or
E
mode.
–
AUTO BRACKETING
is set to
Auto bracketing
in
M
or
E
mode.
P.28
P.33
P.58
P.80
P.82
P.83
Colors are unnatural • White balance does not match light source.
P.46
Picture or voice
memo cannot be
played back
• Picture or voice memo has been overwritten or renamed by com-
puter or by another model of camera.
–
Problem
Possible cause
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