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11 Information Shooting tips and information The camera does not turn on even when a battery is loaded The battery is not fully charged • Charge the battery with the charger. The battery is temporarily unable to function because of the cold • Battery performance drops at low temperatures. Remove the battery and warm it by putting it in your pocket for a while. No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed The camera has turned off automatically • The camera automatically enters sleep mode to reduce the drain on the battery if no operations are performed for a set period of time. g [Sleep] (P. 15) If no operations are performed for a set time (5 minutes) after the camera has entered sleep mode, the camera will turn off automatically. The flash is charging • On the monitor, the # mark blinks when charging is in progress. Wait for the blinking to stop, then press the shutter button. Unable to focus • The camera can not focus on subjects that are too close to the camera or that are not suited to autofocus (the AF confirmation mark will blink in the monitor). Increase the distance to the subject or focus on a high contrast object at the same distance from the camera as your main subject, compose the shot, and shoot. 11 Subjects that are difficult to focus on It may be difficult to focus with auto focus in the following situations. Information AF confirmation mark is blinking. These subjects are not focused. Subject with low contrast Excessively bright light in center of frame Subject containing no vertical lines AF confirmation mark lights up but the subject is not focused. Subjects at different Fast-moving subject Subject not inside distances AF area 94 EN

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Information
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11
Shooting tips and information
The camera does not turn on even when a battery is loaded
The battery is not fully charged
Charge the battery with the charger.
The battery is temporarily unable to function because of the cold
Battery performance drops at low temperatures. Remove the battery and warm it by
putting it in your pocket for a while.
No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed
The camera has turned off automatically
The camera automatically enters sleep mode to reduce the drain on the battery if no
operations are performed for a set period of time.
g
[Sleep] (P. 15)
If no operations are performed for a set time (5 minutes) after the camera has entered
sleep mode, the camera will turn off automatically.
The
fl
ash is charging
On the monitor, the
#
mark blinks when charging is in progress. Wait for the blinking to
stop, then press the shutter button.
Unable to focus
The camera can not focus on subjects that are too close to the camera or that are not
suited to autofocus (the AF con
fi
rmation mark will blink in the monitor). Increase the
distance to the subject or focus on a high contrast object at the same distance from the
camera as your main subject, compose the shot, and shoot.
Subjects that are dif
fi
cult to focus on
It may be dif
fi
cult to focus with auto focus in the following situations.
AF con
fi
rmation
mark is blinking.
These subjects
are not focused.
Subject with low
contrast
Excessively bright
light in center of
frame
Subject containing no
vertical lines
AF con
fi
rmation
mark lights up but
the subject is not
focused.
Subjects at different
distances
Fast-moving subject
Subject not inside
AF area
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Information