Olympus 5060 C-5060 Wide Zoom Reference Manual (9.6 MB) - Page 231

Troubleshooting 11 Possible cause Corrective action The picture is too dark. The flash was blocked by your finger. Hold the camera correctly, keeping your fingers away from the flash. The subject was out Shoot within the flash working range. of the working range of the flash. The flash was set to Select a flash mode other than flash off. the flash off mode. The subject was too small and was backlit. Set the flash to fill-in mode, or use the spot metering mode. 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. Select o in the DRIVE menu. The center of the subject is too bright. If the center of the subject is too bright, the image as a whole emerges darker. Adjust the exposure compensation toward plus (+). The aperture value Decrease the aperture value or set the camera to setting is too low in A P mode. (M) mode. The shutter speed Decrease the shutter speed or set the camera to setting is too fast in S P mode. (M) mode. The colors of pictures look unnatural. Indoor lighting can affect the picture's colors. Set the white balance according to the lighting. No white in the picture. Include something white in the picture, or shoot using the fill-in flash mode. The white balance setting is wrong. Adjust the white balance according to the light source. Filter was used. The image may be discolored according to the filter used. Use the one-touch white balance function. Ref. Page P.41 P.75 P.74 P.74, 97 P.108 P.126 P.86 P.87 P.128 P.74 P.128 P.128 Miscellaneous 230