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.
Turn the power switch to ON, and turn on the
camera.
–
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 lever).
–
The camera is connected
to a computer.
The camera will not operate while it is
connected to a computer.
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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
.
The flash has not
finished charging.
Remove your finger from the shutter button,
and wait until the orange lamp and
#
(flash
charge) indication stop 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 card
access lamp 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”.
