Olympus C-770 Reference Manual - Page 207

Troubleshooting 11 Miscellaneous Possible cause Corrective action Ref. page The picture is too dark. The flash was blocked by Hold the camera correctly, keeping your your finger. fingers away from the flash. P.33 The subject was out of the working range of the flash. Shoot within the flash working range. P.62 The flash was closed. Press the flash button to make the flash pop up. P.61 The subject was too small Set the flash to fill-in mode, or use the spot and was backlit. metering mode. P.61, 85 The sequential shooting mode was used. Higher shutter speeds are used when the sequential shooting mode is selected, which may result in pictures that are darker than usual. Set o in the sequential shooting menu. P.95 The center of the subject If the center of the subject is too bright, the is too bright. image as a whole emerges darker. Adjust the exposure compensation toward plus (+). P.112 The aperture value setting is too high in A (M) mode. Decrease the aperture value or set the camera to P mode. P.74 The shutter speed setting Reduce the shutter speed or set the camera is too fast in S (M) mode. to P mode. P.75 The colors of pictures look unnatural. Indoor lighting affected the picture's colors. Set the white balance according to the lighting. P.113 No white in the picture. Include something white in the picture, or shoot using the fill-in flash mode. P.61 The white balance setting Adjust the white balance according to the is wrong. light source. P.113 Part of the picture is too dark. The lens was partly Hold the camera correctly, keeping your blocked by your finger or fingers and the strap away from the lens. the strap. P.33 206