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Q&A
Troubleshooting
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LCD monitor
LCD monitor dims during Motion picture recording.
LCD monitor may dim if continuing Motion picture recording for long periods.
Monitor sometimes shuts off even though power is on.
After recording, monitor shuts off until next picture can be recorded. (Approx. 6 seconds (Max.)
when recording to the built-in memory)
Brightness is unstable.
Aperture value is set while shutter button is pressed halfway.
(Does not affect recorded picture.)
Monitor flickers indoors.
Monitor may flicker after turning on (prevents influence from fluorescent lighting).
Monitor is too bright/too dark.
Camera set to [LCD MODE] (18).
Black/blue/red/green dots or interference appears. Monitor looks distorted when
touched.
This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures, so there is no need to worry.
Date/age is not displayed.
Current date, travel elapsed days (51), and names and ages in [BABY] and [PET] (44) Scene
Modes are only displayed for approx. 5 sec. when the camera is turned on, after these settings
are made, or after switching from Playback Mode to Recording Mode, etc. They cannot be always
displayed.
Flash
No flash emitted.
Flash set to [FORCED FLASH OFF]
(35).
When set to [AUTO]
, flash may not be emitted in certain conditions.
Flash is disabled in the Scene Modes [SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], [SUNSET], [HI-SPEED
BURST], [FIREWORKS], [STARRY SKY], and [AERIAL PHOTO], and when [BURST] is used.
No flash is emitted when recording a motion picture.
Multiple flashes are emitted.
Red-eye reduction is active (35). (Flashes twice to prevent eyes appearing red.)
The Scene Mode is set to [FLASH BURST].
Playback
Pictures have been rotated.
[ROTATE DISP.] is set to [ON].
(Automatically rotates pictures from portrait to landscape. Some pictures taken facing up or facing
down may be interpreted as being portrait.)
Set [ROTATE DISP.] to [OFF]. (70)
Cannot view pictures.
Press the Playback button.
No pictures in built-in memory or card (pictures played from card if inserted, from built-in memory if
not).
Camera set to [CATEGORY PLAY] or [FAVORITE PLAY].
Set Playback Mode to [NORMAL PLAY] (63).
Playback (continued)
Folder/file number displayed as [-]. Picture is black.
Picture edited on computer or taken on different device.
Battery removed immediately after picture taken, or picture taken with low battery.
Use [FORMAT] to delete (21).
Incorrect date displayed in Calendar playback.
Picture edited on computer or taken on different device.
[CLOCK SET] is incorrect (12).
(Incorrect date may be displayed in Calendar playback on pictures copied to computer and then
back to camera, if computer and camera dates differ.)
Depending on the subject, an interference fringe may appear on the screen.
This is called moire. This is not a malfunction.
White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.
If you take a picture with the flash in a dark place or indoors, white round spots may
appear on the picture caused by the flash reflecting particles of dust in the air. This is
not a fault. A characteristic of this is that the number of round spots and heir position
differ in every picture.
[THUMBNAIL IS DISPLAYED] is shown on the screen.
The still pictures may have been recorded on another device. If so, they may be displayed with poor
picture quality.
Blackened red areas in recorded pictures.
When digital red-eye correction (
,
,
) is operating, if a subject is recorded that has
skin-colored areas with red areas inside, the digital red-eye correction function may blacken he red
areas.
We recommend setting the flash mode to
,
or
, or [RED-EYE REMOVAL] to [OFF]
before recording.
Sounds of camera operations will be recorded in motion pictures.
Camera operation sounds may be recorded as camera automatically adjusts lens aperture during
Motion picture recording; this is not a fault.
Motion pictures recorded on this camera cannot be played on other devices.
Motion pictures (Motion JPEG) recorded with this camera may not be played on digital cameras of
other manufacturers. Additionally, motion pictures recorded with this camera cannot be played on
Panasonic LUMIX digital cameras sold before July 2008. (However, motion pictures recorded with
LUMIX digital cameras sold before this date can be played on this camera.)
