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Troubleshooting
Technical Notes
Playback
Pictures are too dark
(underexposed).
• Use the flash for shooting pictures.
• Flash is off.
• Flash window is blocked.
• Subject is beyond flash range.
• Adjust exposure compensation.
• Raise the ISO sensitivity.
• Subject is backlit during shooting. Raise the
built-in flash, set Backlight of the scene
mode or set the flash mode to X(fill flash),
and then shoot the picture.
30
30
24
30
37
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30, 43
Pictures are too bright (overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation. 37
Unexpected results when flash
set to V (auto with red-eye
reduction).
When V or “fill flash with slow sync and red-
eye reduction” of the Night portrait scene
mode is applied during shooting, In-Camera
Red-Eye Fix may, in very rare cases, be applied to
areas not affected by red-eye. Set a flash mode
other than V when in a shooting mode other
than the Night portrait scene mode during
shooting.
30,
40
Camera does not shoot
continuously.
On is selected for Noise reduction in the
shooting menu.
105
Camera does not shoot with
Multi-shot 16.
At an ISO sensitivity setting of 3200 or 6400,
the Multi-shot 16 option is not available.
When shooting with the Multi-shot 16 option,
select options other than 3200 or 6400 for ISO
sensitivity and select Multi-shot 16 for
Continuous.
96, 98
Problem Cause/Solution A
File cannot be played back. • File was overwritten or renamed by computer
or other make of camera.
• Time-lapse or interval timer photography in
progress: pictures cannot be played back until
recording is complete.
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65, 99
Cannot zoom in on picture. Playback zoom cannot be used with movies,
small pictures, or pictures that have been
cropped to below 320 × 240.
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Problem Cause/Solution A