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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. Before turning it on
again, wait until the camera adjusts to the
surrounding temperature and dries out.
–
The brightness of the
monitor is not adjusted
properly.
Use [
s
] to adjust the brightness.
P. 107
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.
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The date recorded with the image data is wrong.
The date and time is not
set.
Set the date and time. The clock is not preset.
P. 107
The camera has been
left without the battery.
If the camera is left for 1 day without a
battery, the date and time setting is canceled.
Set the date and time again.
P. 107
The picture is out of focus.
The subject was too
close.
Move further away from the subject. To take
pictures closer than 10 cm (4") with the zoom
in the maximum wide position, use the super
macro mode.
P. 42
Auto focus is not
possible.
Use the focus lock to focus on the subject.
P. 24
There is condensation
*
inside the camera.
Turn the camera off. Before turning it on
again, wait until the camera adjusts to the
surrounding temperature and dries out.
–
The monitor goes off.
The camera is in the
sleep mode.
Press the shutter button or turn the zoom
lever.
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Possible cause
Corrective action
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