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Battery and power (continued)
Shooting still images / movies
Symptom Cause Solution
The battery pack runs
down too quickly.
• You are recording/playing back images in an
extremely cold location.
• The battery pack is not charged enough.
• The battery pack is dead (page 97).
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pFully charge the battery pack (page 10).
pReplace the battery pack with a new one.
The power cannot be
turned on.
• The battery pack is not installed properly.
• The AC power adaptor is disconnected.
pInstall the battery pack properly (page 10).
pConnect it securely to your camera (page 14).
The power turns off
suddenly.
• If you do not operate the camera for about 90
seconds while the power is on, the camera turns
off automatically to prevent wearing down the
battery (when [POWER SAVE] is [OFF], after
three minutes.) (page 15).
• The battery pack is discharged.
pTurn on the power again (page 15).
pReplace it with a charged battery pack (page 10).
Symptom Cause Solution
The LCD screen does not
turned on when the power
is turned on.
• The power was turned off with the LCD screen
set to OFF the last time you used the camera.
pTurn the LCD screen ON (page28).
The subject is not visible
on the LCD screen.
• The mode dial is not set to , SCN, or . pSet it to , SCN, or, (pages 22, 30, 71).
The image is out of focus. • The subject is too close.
• Scene selection is set to the Landscape mode.
• Focus preset is selected.
pSet the macro recording mode when you shoot a subject that is
within 50 cm (19
11
/
16
inches) from the lens. Make sure to place
the lens farther away from the subject than the shortest shooting
distance when shooting (page 24).
pCancel the setting (page 30).
pSet to the auto focus mode (page 55).
Unable to zoom. • You cannot zoom while shooting a movie
(MPEG movie).
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