Troubleshooting
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Appendix
The monitor is hard to see.
There is condensation*
inside the camera.
Turn the camera off and wait until it dries
before turning it on again.
–
The brightness of the
monitor is not adjusted
properly.
Use [
s
] to adjust monitor brightness.
P. 72
The monitor is exposed
to direct sunlight.
Block the sunlight with your hand while taking
pictures.
–
Vertical lines appear on
the monitor screen
during shooting.
Aiming the camera at a bright subject in
sunlight may cause vertical lines to appear
on the screen. This is not a malfunction.
–
The date recorded with the image data is wrong.
The date/time is not set. Set the date/time. The clock adjustment is
not factory-preset.
P. 73
The camera has been
left without the battery.
If the camera is left without the battery for a
day, the date/time setting is canceled. Set the
date/time again.
P. 73
The settings are returned to the factory default settings when the camera is turned
off.
[ALL RESET] is set to [ON]. Set [ALL RESET] to [OFF].
P. 68
The picture is out of focus.
The subject was too
close.
Move further away from the subject. To take
pictures closer than 60 cm (24") with the
zoom in the maximum wide position, use the
macro mode.
P. 38
Auto focus is not
possible.
Use the focus lock to focus on your subject.
P. 23
There is condensation*
on the lens.
Turn the camera off and wait until it dries
before turning it on again.
–
* Condensation: When it is cold outside, the water vapor in the air is rapidly cooled and
turns to droplets of water.
Condensation occurs when the camera is suddenly taken from a cold
place into a warm room.
Possible cause
Corrective action
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