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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 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 (press the shutter button
or zoom button).
–
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 is
exhausted.
Charge the battery.
–
The camera is in the
playback mode.
Set the mode dial to a mode other than
q
or
X
.
The flash has not
finished charging.
Remove your finger from the shutter button,
and wait until the
#
(flash charge) indication
stops blinking before taking the picture.
The card is full.
Erase unwanted pictures or insert a new
card. Before erasing, download important
images to a computer.
The battery ran out of
power during shooting or
while the images were
being written to the card.
(Monitor turns off or the
battery check indicator
blinks.)
Charge the battery. (Wait until the lamp on
the camera 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 codes”.