Troubleshooting
Technical Notes and Index
F10
Images are too bright
(overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation. 66
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 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 a picture again.
43, 62
Skin tones are not
softened.
• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones
may not be softened.
• Use Skin softening in the playback menu for
images containing four or more faces.
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79, E19
Saving images takes time.
It may take more time to save images in the
following situations.
• When the noise reduction function is in
operation, such as when shooting in a dark
environment.
• When the flash mode is set to V (auto with
red-eye reduction).
• When shooting in Night landscape, Night
portrait, or Backlighting (when HDR is set to
On) scene mode
• When the skin softening function is applied
while shooting.
• When using continuous shooting mode
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43, 45, 47
42, 43, 56
39, E38
A ring-shaped belt or
rainbow-colored stripe
appears in the monitor or
images.
When shooting with backlighting or when a very
strong light source (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 picture so that the
light source does not enter the frame and try
again.
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Problem Cause/Solution A