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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Wi-Fi Functions
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Shots are out of focus.
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Press the shutter button halfway to focus on subjects before pressing it all the way
down to shoot (
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Make sure subjects are within focusing range (
•
).
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Confirm that unneeded functions such as macro are deactivated.
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Try shooting with focus lock (
No AF frames are displayed and the camera does not focus when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
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To have AF frames displayed and the camera focus correctly, try composing the
shot with higher-contrast subject areas centered before you press the shutter button
halfway. Otherwise, try pressing the shutter button halfway repeatedly.
Subjects in shots look too dark.
•
Set the flash mode to [
).
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Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (
).
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Adjust contrast by using i-Contrast (
•
).
Subjects look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
•
Set the flash mode to [
] (
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Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (
).
•
).
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Reduce the lighting on subjects.
Shots look too dark despite the flash firing (
).
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Shoot within flash range (
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Increase the ISO speed (
Subjects in flash shots look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
•
Shoot within flash range (
•
Set the flash mode to [
] (
White spots appear in flash shots.
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This is caused by light from the flash reflecting off dust or airborne particles.
Shots look grainy.
•
).
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High ISO speeds in some shooting modes may cause grainy images (
Subjects are affected by red-eye.
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Set [Lamp Setting] to [On] (
) to light the red-eye reduction lamp (
flash shots. Note that while the red-eye reduction lamp is lit (for about one second), it
is not possible to shoot, because the lamp is counteracting red-eye. For best results,
have subjects look at the red-eye reduction lamp. Also try increasing the lighting in
indoor scenes and shooting at closer range.
•
Edit images using red-eye correction (
Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting
is slower.
•
Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (
).
Shooting settings or FUNC. menu settings are not available.
•
Available setting items vary by shooting mode. Refer to “Functions Available in Each
Shooting Mode”, “FUNC. Menu”, and “Shooting Tab” (
).
Shooting Movies
The elapsed time shown is incorrect, or recording is interrupted.
•
Use the camera to format the memory card, or switch to a card that supports high-
speed recording. Note that even if the elapsed time display is incorrect, the length
of movies on the memory card corresponds to the actual recording time (
[ ] is displayed and shooting stops automatically.
The camera’s internal memory buffer filled up as the camera could not record to the
memory card quickly enough. Try one of the following measures.
•
Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (
).
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Lower the image quality (
•
Switch to a memory card that supports high-speed recording (