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Contents Index
Shoot View Connect The Setup Menu Technical Notes
Troubleshooting
❚❚ Shooting
Problem Cause/solution A
No pictures can be taken.
• Pictures or menus are displayed: Press the shutter-release button to exit.
• The battery is exhausted.
• The flash indicator flashes: The flash is charging.
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2, 11
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Shooting not available.
A USB or A/V cable is connected. 47, 48,
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Pictures are out of focus.
• The subject is too close to the camera.
• The camera is unable to focus. Refocus or turn the camera off and then on again.
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Pictures are blurred.
• Turn the flash on.
• Steady the camera using a bean bag or other similar object and use the self-timer.
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Bright spots appear in
pictures taken with the flash.
The flash is reflecting from dust in the air. Turn the flash off. 21
The flash does not fire.
• The flash is off.
• The camera is in movie mode.
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The shutter is silent.
• Off is selected for Sound settings in the setup menu.
• The camera is in movie mode.
• The speaker is covered.
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The AF-assist illuminator does
not light.
The AF-assist illuminator may not light depending on the scene or the position of the
subject in the frame.
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