Others
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VQT0P65
∫ LCD monitor
1: The brightness of the screen
becomes dark or bright for a moment.
• This phenomenon appears when
pressing the shutter button halfway to
set the aperture value and does not
affect the recorded pictures.
2: The screen is too bright or dark.
• Adjust the brightness of the screen.
3: Some pixels are inactive or always lit
on the LCD monitor.
• These pixels do not affect the recorded
pictures.
This is not a malfunction.
4: Noise appears on the LCD monitor.
• In dark places, noise may appear to
maintain the brightness of the LCD
monitor.
This does not affect the pictures you are
recording.
5: A vertical red line appears on the LCD
monitor.
• This is called smear. It is specific to
CCD, not a malfunction. It appears
when the subject has a bright part. It is
recorded on motion images, but not
recorded on still pictures.
∫ Flash
1: Flash is not activated.
• Is the flash setting set to Forced OFF
[]?
– Change the flash setting. (P40)
• The flash is not activated when in
motion image mode [ ], [SCENERY],
[NIGHT SCENERY], or [FIREWORKS]
in scene mode (P57) is selected.
2: The flash is activated 2 times.
• When you select AUTO/Red-eye
reduction [ ], the first flash is
activated for red-eye prevention on the
subject (red-eye phenomenon) before
actually recording pictures. After the
first flash, the flash is activated again for
recording.
∫ Playback
1: Pictures being played are rotated and
displayed in an unexpected direction.
The camera has a function to
automatically rotate and display pictures
recorded by holding the camera
vertically.
(If you take pictures aiming the camera
up or down, the camera may recognize
that it is held vertically.)
• When [ROTATE DISP.] (P72) is set to
[OFF], you can display the pictures
without being rotated.
• You can rotate pictures with [ROTATE]
function (P72).
2: The picture is not played back.
• Is the mode dial set to playback [ ]?
• Is there a picture in the built-in memory
or the card?
When a card is not inserted, the picture
data in the built-in memory appear.
When a card is inserted, the picture
data in the card appear. (P20)
3: The picture played back looks rough.
Noise appears on the picture.
• Is the ISO sensitivity is high or is the
shutter speed slow?
– Decrease the ISO sensitivity. (P65)
– Set [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P69)
– Take pictures in bright places.
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