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Technical Notes and Index
Randomly spaced bright
pixels (“noise”) appear in
image.
The subject is dark, so shutter speed is too slow or ISO
sensitivity is too high. Noise can be reduced by using
flash.
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Images are too dark
(underexposed).
• The flash mode is set to W (off).
• Flash is blocked by finger or other object.
• Subject is beyond flash range.
• Adjust exposure compensation.
• Subject is backlit. Select Backlighting scene mode
or set the flash mode setting to X (fill flash).
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22
46
51
37, 44
Images are too bright
(overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation. 51
Areas not affected by red-
eye are corrected.
When taking pictures with V (auto with red-eye
reduction) or fill flash with slow sync and red-eye
reduction in Night portrait (either in easy auto
mode or in scene mode), red-eye reduction may be
applied to areas not affected by red-eye in rare cases.
Use auto mode or 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.
35, 44
Skin tones are not softened.
• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may
not be smoothed.
• Use Skin softening in the playback menu for
images containing four or more faces.
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64, E8
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 the skin softening function is applied while shooting
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34, 35, 55
Problem Cause/Solution A