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Cover
Preliminary Notes
and Legal Information
Contents: Basic
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Smart Auto
Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
P Mode
Troubleshooting
If you think there is a problem with the camera, first check the following.
If the items below do not solve your problem, contact a Canon Customer
Support Help Desk.
Power
Nothing happens when the power button is pressed.
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Confirm that the battery is charged (
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Confirm that the battery is inserted facing the correct way (
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Confirm that the memory card/battery cover is fully closed (
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Dirty battery terminals reduce battery performance. Try cleaning the terminals with a
cotton swab and reinserting the battery a few times.
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Confirm that new batteries of the correct type are inserted (
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Confirm that the batteries are inserted facing the correct way (
).
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Confirm that the memory card/battery cover is fully closed (
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Dirty battery terminals reduce battery performance. Try cleaning the terminals with a
cotton swab and reinserting the batteries a few times.
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The battery is depleted quickly.
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Battery performance decreases at low temperatures. Try warming the battery a little
by putting it in your pocket, for example, ensuring that the terminals do not touch any
metal objects.
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If these measures do not help and the battery is still depleted soon after charging, it
has reached the end of its life. Purchase a new battery.
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Batteries are depleted quickly.
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Battery performance decreases at low temperatures. Try warming the batteries a little
by putting them in your pocket, for example, ensuring that the terminals do not touch
any metal objects.
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The battery is swollen.
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Battery swelling is normal and does not pose any safety concerns. However, if battery
swelling prevents the battery from fitting in the camera, contact a Canon Customer
Support Help Desk.
Display on a TV
Camera images look distorted or not displayed on a TV (
).
Shooting
Cannot shoot.
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), press the shutter button halfway (
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Strange display on the screen under low light (
Strange display on the screen when shooting.
Note that the following display problems are not recorded in still images but are
recorded in movies.
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The screen may darken under bright light.
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The screen may flicker under fluorescent or LED lighting.
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Purplish banding may appear on the screen if you compose a shot that includes a
bright light source.
No date stamp is added to images.
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Configure the [Date Stamp
). Note that date stamps are not
added to images automatically, merely because you have configured the [Date/Time]
).
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Date stamps are not added in shooting modes (
) in which this setting cannot
be configured (