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Troubleshooting
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Appendix
The monitor is hard to see.
There is condensation*
inside the camera.
Turn the camera off and wait until it dries
before turning it on again.
–
The brightness of the
monitor is not adjusted
properly.
Use [
s
] to adjust the brightness.
P. 100
The monitor is exposed
to direct sunlight.
Block the sunlight with your hand.
–
Vertical lines appear on
the monitor screen
during shooting.
Aiming the camera at a bright subject in
sunlight may cause vertical lines to appear
on the screen. This is not a malfunction.
–
The date recorded with the image data is wrong.
The date/time is not set. Set the date and time. The clock adjustment
is not factory-preset.
P. 101
The camera has been
left without the battery.
If the camera is left without the battery for
1 day, the date/time setting is canceled. Set
the date/time again.
P. 101
The settings are returned to the factory default settings when the camera is turned off.
[ALL RESET] is set to
[ON].
Set [ALL RESET] to [OFF].
P. 93
The picture is out of focus.
The subject was too
close.
Move further away from the subject. To take
pictures closer than 10 cm (3.9") with the
zoom in the maximum wide position, use the
super macro mode.
P. 37
Auto focus is not
possible.
Use the focus lock to focus on the subject.
P. 22
There is condensation*
inside the camera.
Turn the camera off and wait until it dries
before turning it on again.
–
The monitor goes off.
The camera is in the
sleep mode.
Operate the camera with the shutter button or
zoom lever.
–
Possible cause
Corrective action
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