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Backlighting, Night portrait, Skin softening, Increase ISO sensitivity.

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Troubleshooting Problem Cause/Solution A Randomly spaced bright pixels ("noise") appear in movies. When recording movies in dim lighting, the image may become somewhat "grainy" in appearance. This occurs when the ISO sensitivity - increases, and it does not indicate a malfunction. Pictures are too dark (underexposed). • Flash is off. • Flash window is blocked. • Subject is beyond flash range. • Adjust exposure compensation. • Increase ISO sensitivity. • Subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene mode or use fill flash. 31 24 31 35 44 31, 62 Pictures are too bright (overexposed). Unexpected results when flash set to V (auto with red-eye reduction). Adjust exposure compensation. When taking pictures with V (auto with redeye reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and red-eye reduction in Night portrait scene mode, In-Camera Red Eye Fix may be applied to areas not affected by red-eye. Use any scene mode other than Night portrait, and change the flash to any setting other than V (auto with red-eye reduction) and try shooting again. 35 31, 56 Skin tones are not softened. • Under some shooting conditions, facial skin 109 tones may not be softened. • Use Skin softening in the playback menu for 108 pictures containing more than three faces. Saving images takes time. It may take more time to save images in the following situations. • When the noise reduction function is in operation • When the flash mode is set to V (auto with red-eye reduction) • When the skin softening function is applied while shooting 32 32 55, 56, 68 Technical Notes and Index 170

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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes and Index
Randomly spaced bright pixels
(“noise”) appear in movies.
When recording movies in dim lighting, the
image may become somewhat “grainy” in
appearance. This occurs when the ISO sensitivity
increases, and it does not indicate a malfunction.
–
Pictures are too dark
(underexposed).
•
Flash is off.
•
Flash window is blocked.
•
Subject is beyond flash range.
•
Adjust exposure compensation.
•
Increase ISO sensitivity.
•
Subject is backlit. Select
Backlighting
scene
mode or use fill flash.
31
24
31
35
44
31, 62
Pictures are too bright
(overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation.
35
Unexpected results when flash
set to
V
(auto with red-eye
reduction).
When taking pictures with
V
(auto with red-
eye reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and
red-eye reduction in
Night portrait
scene
mode, In-Camera Red Eye Fix may be applied to
areas not affected by red-eye. Use any scene
mode other than
Night portrait
, and change
the flash to any setting other than
V
(auto
with red-eye reduction) and try shooting again.
31, 56
Skin tones are not softened.
•
Under some shooting conditions, facial skin
tones may not be softened.
•
Use
Skin softening
in the playback menu for
pictures containing more than three faces.
109
108
Saving images takes time.
It may take more time to save images in the
following situations.
•
When the noise reduction function is in
operation
•
When the flash mode is set to
V
(auto with
red-eye reduction)
•
When the skin softening function is applied
while shooting
32
32
55, 56,
68
Problem
Cause/Solution
A