Canon PowerShot A550 PowerShot A550 Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 84

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Eyes appear red. Light is reflected back from the eyes when the flash is used in dark areas. z Shoot with (Red-Eye) set to [On] (Basic Guide p. 15). For this mode to be effective, the subject must be looking right at the red-eye reduction lamp. Try asking them to look directly at the lamp. z Even better results can be obtained by increasing the lighting in indoor settings or approaching closer to the subject. The shutter will not activate for approximately 1 second after the red-eye reduction lamp fires in order to improve the effect. Continuous shooting slows down. The memory card's performance has dropped. z To enhance the continuous shooting performance, you are recommended to low level format the memory card in the camera after you save all its images to your computer (p. 25). Recording images to memory card takes a long time. Memory card was formatted in another device. z Use a memory card formatted in your camera (p. 25). Lens will not retract. Memory card slot cover/ z After closing the memory card slot/ battery cover was opened battery cover, turn the power on with power on. then back off (Basic Guide p. 5). 82

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Eyes appear red.
Light is reflected back
from the eyes when the
flash is used in dark
areas.
Shoot with
(Red-Eye) set to
[On] (
Basic Guide
p. 15). For this
mode to be effective, the subject
must be looking right at the red-eye
reduction lamp. Try asking them to
look directly at the lamp.
Even better results can be obtained
by increasing the lighting in indoor
settings or approaching closer to
the subject. The shutter will not
activate for approximately 1 second
after the red-eye reduction lamp
fires in order to improve the effect.
Continuous shooting slows down.
The memory card’s
performance has
dropped.
To enhance the continuous
shooting performance, you are
recommended to low level format
the memory card in the camera
after you save all its images to your
computer (p. 25).
Recording images to memory card takes a
long time.
Memory card was
formatted in another
device.
Use a memory card formatted in
your camera (p. 25).
Lens will not retract.
Memory card slot cover/
battery cover was opened
with power on.
After closing the memory card slot/
battery cover, turn the power on
then back off (
Basic Guide
p. 5).