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Problem Possible cause • Camera is in Playback mode. • Battery is exhausted. No picture is taken when shutter- release button is pressed • • • Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging. Message "CARD IS NOT FORMATTED" appears in monitor: memory card is not formatted for use in camera. Message "MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED." appears in monitor: memory card is locked. • Message "OUT OF MEMORY" appears on monitor: insufficient memory to record picture at current Image quality/size setting. Pictures are too dark (underexposed) • Flash is off. • Flash window is blocked. • Subject is outside range of flash. • Exposure compensation is too low. Pictures are too bright (overexposed) • Exposure compensation is too high. • Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release button was Pictures are out of focus • • pressed halfway. AF indicator flashes red: camera unable to focus. AF-assist illuminator does not light when lighting is poor. Select Auto in the AF assist option. • Shutter speed is too slow. Noise can be reduced by: Randomly-spaced, - Using flash brightly-colored pix- - Selecting D NIGHT PORTRAIT, G NIGHT LANDSCAPE or els ("noise") appear J DUSK/DAWN in b (scene) mode. (In these modes, Noise in image reduction works automatically when shutter speed is slow. Select an appropriate mode according to your shooting condition.) Bright specks in picture • Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or zoom in. Flash does not fire • Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically when: - The mode dial is set to b (scene) mode with E LANDSCAPE, G NIGHT LANDSCAPE, I SUNSET, J DUSK/DAWN, K FIREWORKS SHOW, N MUSEUM or P SPORTS selected in the Scene menu. - The mode dial is set to S (Except when recording a time-lapse movie). - Continuous (P.80) is set to Continuous, Multi-shot 16, Ultra HS, or 5 shot buffer in M or E mode. - BSS is On in M or E mode. - AUTO BRACKETING is set to Auto bracketing in M or E mode. Colors are unnatural • White balance does not match light source. Picture or voice memo cannot be played back • Picture or voice memo has been overwritten or renamed by computer or by another model of camera. Page P.27 P.24 P.29 P.21, P.106 P.21 P.113 P.28 P.25 P.28 P.32 P.32 P.26 P.26 P.104 P.28 P.35, P.36, P.37 P.28, P.25 P.28 P.33 P.58 P.80 P.82 P.83 P.46 - Technical Notes 117

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Technical Notes
No picture is taken
when
shutter-
release
button
is
pressed
•
Camera is in Playback mode.
•
Battery is exhausted.
•
Flash lamp blinks: flash is charging.
•
Message “CARD IS NOT FORMATTED” appears in monitor: memory
card is not formatted for use in camera.
•
Message “MEMORY CARD IS WRITE PROTECTED.” appears in mon-
itor: memory card is locked.
•
Message “OUT OF MEMORY” appears on monitor: insufficient
memory to record picture at current Image quality/size setting.
P.27
P.24
P.29
P.21,
P.106
P.21
P.113
Pictures are
too dark
(underexposed)
•
Flash is off.
•
Flash window is blocked.
•
Subject is outside range of flash.
•
Exposure compensation is too low.
P.28
P.25
P.28
P.32
Pictures are
too bright
(overexposed)
•
Exposure compensation is too high.
P.32
Pictures are out of
focus
•
Subject was not in focus area when shutter-release button was
pressed halfway.
•
AF indicator flashes red: camera unable to focus.
•
AF-assist illuminator does not light when lighting is poor. Select
Auto
in the
AF assist
option.
P.26
P.26
P.104
Randomly-spaced,
brightly-colored pix-
els (“noise”) appear
in image
•
Shutter speed is too slow. Noise can be reduced by:
–
Using flash
–
Selecting
D
NIGHT PORTRAIT
,
G
NIGHT LANDSCAPE
or
J
DUSK/DAWN
in
b
(scene) mode. (In these modes, Noise
reduction works automatically when shutter speed is slow. Select
an appropriate mode according to your shooting condition.)
P.28
P.35,
P.36,
P.37
Bright specks in pic-
ture
•
Flash is reflecting from particles in air. Turn flash off or zoom in.
P.28,
P.25
Flash does not fire
•
Flash is off. Note that flash turns off automatically when:
–
The mode dial is set to
b
(scene) mode with
E
LANDSCAPE
,
G
NIGHT LANDSCAPE
,
I
SUNSET
,
J
DUSK/DAWN
,
K
FIREWORKS SHOW
,
N
MUSEUM
or
P
SPORTS
selected in
the Scene menu.
–
The mode dial is set to
S
(Except when recording a time-lapse
movie).
–
Continuous
(P.80) is set to
Continuous
,
Multi-shot 16
,
Ultra HS
, or
5 shot buffer
in
M
or
E
mode.
–
BSS
is
On
in
M
or
E
mode.
–
AUTO BRACKETING
is set to
Auto bracketing
in
M
or
E
mode.
P.28
P.33
P.58
P.80
P.82
P.83
Colors are unnatural
•
White balance does not match light source.
P.46
Picture
or
voice
memo cannot be
played back
•
Picture or voice memo has been overwritten or renamed by com-
puter or by another model of camera.
–
Problem
Possible cause
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