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The image is too bright.
• You are shooting a spot lighted subject in a dark
location such as on a stage.
• The brightness of the LCD screen is too high.
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Adjust the exposure (page 50).
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Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen (page 107).
The image is
monochrome (black and
white).
• [PFX] (P. Effect) is set to [B&W].
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Cancel the mode (page 60).
Vertical streaks appear
when you are shooting a
very bright subject.
• The smear phenomenon is occurring.
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This is not a malfunction.
When looking at the LCD
screen in a dark place,
some noise may show up
on the screen.
• The camera temporarily brightens the LCD
screen to allow you to check the image being
displayed while you are using the camera in a
dark place.
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This will have no effect on the image you shoot.
You cannot shoot images.
• No “Memory Stick” is inserted.
• The capacity of the “Memory Stick” is
insufficient.
• The write-protect switch on the “Memory Stick”
is set to the LOCK position.
• You cannot shoot while the flash is charging.
• The mode selector is not set to
when you
want to shoot a still image.
• The mode selector is not set to
when you
want to shoot a movie.
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Insert a “Memory Stick” (page 23).
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Delete the images saved in the “Memory Stick,” or format it.
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Change the “Memory Stick.”
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Set it to the recording position (page 109).
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Set the mode selector to
(page 26).
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Set the mode selector to
(page 72).
The macro mode does not
function (DSC-P72 only).
• When shooting still images,
(Camera) is set
to
or .
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Cancel the mode (page 58).
Cannot shoot images with
the flash.
• The mode selector is set to
or SET UP.
• The flash is set to
(No flash).
• When shooting still images,
(Camera) is set
to .
• [Moving Image] is not set to [Clip Motion] in the
SET UP settings.
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Set it to a setting other than
, or SET UP
(page 32).
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Set the flash to “Auto” (No indicator), (Forced flash), or
(Slow synchro) (page 32).
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Cancel the mode (page 58).
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Set it to [Clip Motion] (page 106).
The eyes of the subject
come out red.
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Set [Red Eye Reduction] to [On] (page 33).
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Solution