Technical Notes and Index
F13
Images are too
bright
(overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation. 65
Unexpected
results when
flash set to V
(auto with red-
eye reduction).
When taking images with V (auto with red-eye
reduction) or fill flash with red-eye reduction in Night
portrait scene mode, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix may be
applied to areas not affected by red-eye in rare cases.
Use any scene mode other than Night portrait, and
change the flash mode to any setting other than V
(auto with red-eye reduction) and try taking an image
again.
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Skin tones are
not softened.
• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may
not be softened.
• For images containing 4 or more faces, try using Skin
softening in the playback menu.
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82,
E9
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 taking images in the following scene modes.
- Hand-held in Night landscape
- Noise reduction burst in Landscape or Close-
up
- HDR is set to any setting other than Off in
Backlighting
- Easy panorama
•Continuous in the shooting menu is set to
Continuous H: 120 fps or Continuous H: 60 fps
• When using smile timer while shooting
• When using Active D-Lighting while shooting
• When using multiple exposure while shooting
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38, 40
42
43
69,
E33
60
69,
E43
69,
E44
A ring-shaped
belt or rainbow-
colored stripe
appears in the
monitor or
images.
When shooting with backlighting or when a very strong
lig
ht sour
ce (such as sunlight) is in the frame, a ring-
shaped belt or rainbow-colored stripe (ghosting) may
occur.
Change the position of the light source, or frame the
image so that the light source does not enter the frame,
and try again.
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Problem Cause/Solution
A