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Troubleshooting
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Appendix
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Preparatory operations
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Shooting
Troubleshooting
Possible cause
Corrective action
Ref.
page
The camera does not turn on or function buttons do not respond.
The power is off.
Press the
POWER
switch to turn the camera
on.
–
The battery power is
exhausted.
Charge the battery.
–
The battery is temporarily
unable to function
because of the cold.
Warm the battery by putting it in your pocket
for a while.
–
The camera is in the
sleep mode.
Operate the camera with the shutter button or
zoom lever.
–
The camera is connected
to a computer.
The camera will not operate while it is
connected to a computer.
–
Possible cause
Corrective action
Ref.
page
No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed.
The battery power is
exhausted.
Charge the battery.
–
The camera is in the
playback mode.
Set the mode switch to a mode other than
q
.
P. 10
The flash has not
finished charging.
Remove your finger from the shutter button,
and wait until the orange lamp and
#
(flash
charge) indication stop blinking before taking
the picture.
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The power is off.
Press the
POWER
switch.
–
The internal memory or
card is full.
Erase unwanted pictures or insert a new
card. Before erasing, download important
images to a computer.
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The battery ran out of
power during shooting or
while the images were
being written to the internal
memory or the card.
Charge the battery. (Wait until the self-timer/
card access lamp turns off when blinking.)
–
The memory gauge is
full.
Wait until there is space in the memory
gauge.
–
There is a problem with
the card.
See “Error messages”.
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