Canon PowerShot A70 PowerShot A70/A60 Camera User Guide - Page 212

Problem Cause Solution Shots are blurry or unfocused. The subject was outside the range over which the camera can focus. • Ensure that there is at least 46 cm (1.5 ft.) between the camera lens and subject. • Use the macro mode to shoot close-ups between 5 to 46 cm (2.0 in. to 1.5 ft.) from the lens when set to wide angle and between 26 to 46 cm (10 in. to 1.5 ft.) when set to telephoto. Subject is hard to focus Use the focus lock or on. the manual focus to shoot the image. See Shooting Problem Subjects for the Autofocus (p. 113) The subject Insufficient light for comes out shooting. underexposed The subject is darker (too dark). than the surroundings. Set the flash on. Set exposure compensation to a positive value or use spot AE point light metering. The subject is beyond the range of the flash. When flash is used, the distance between lens and subject should not exceed 4.2 m (14 ft.) at wide angle end or 2.5 m (8.2 ft.) at telephoto end setting. 208