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Vertical streaks appear
when you are shooting a
very bright subject.
• The smear phenomenon is occurring.
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This phenomenon is not a malfunction.
Noise appears in the
image when you view the
LCD screen in a dark
place.
• The camera is functioning to increase the
visibility of the LCD screen by temporarily
brightening the image under conditions of low
illumination.
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There is no effect on the recorded image.
Your camera cannot
record images.
• No
“
Memory Stick
”
has been inserted.
• The capacity of the “Memory Stick” is full.
• The write-protect switch on the “Memory Stick”
is set to the LOCK position.
• You cannot record images while charging the
flash.
• The mode dial is not set to
, P, M or SCN
when shooting still images.
• The mode dial is not set to
when shooting
movies.
• The image size is set to [640(Fine)] when
recording movies.
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Insert a
“
Memory Stick
”
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Delete unnecessary images saved in the “Memory Stick” (pages
40 and 78).
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Change the
“
Memory Stick
”
.
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Set it to the recording position (page 116).
—
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Set it to
, P, M or SCN (page 10).
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Set it to
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Insert a “Memory Stick PRO” (pages 76 and 116).
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Set the image size to other than [640(Fine)].
Recording takes a long
time.
• NR slow shutter function is activated.
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See page 35.
The flash does not work.
• The mode dial is set to
, SET UP or
.
• The flash is set to
(No flash).
•
(Twilight mode),
(Fireworks mode) or
(Candle mode) is selected for the Scene
Selection function when shooting still images.
•
(Landscape mode),
(Snow mode),
(Beach mode) or
(High-speed shutter
mode) is selected for the Scene Selection
function when shooting still images.
• [Mode] (REC Mode) is set to [Burst] or [Multi
Burst].
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Set it to
, P, M or SCN (page 10).
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Set the flash to auto (No indicator), (Forced flash) or
(Slow synchro) (page 28).
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Select other modes than
(Twilight mode),
(Fireworks
mode) or
(Candle mode) (page 35).
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Set the flash to (Forced flash) (page 28).
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Set it to other modes than [Burst] or [Multi Burst].
Symptom
Cause
Solution
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