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Vertical streaks appear
when you are shooting a
very bright subject.
• The smear phenomenon is occurring. p This phenomenon is not a malfunction.
Noise appears in the
image when you view the
LCD screen in a dark
place.
• The camera is functioning to increase the
visibility of the LCD screen by temporarily
brightening the image under conditions of low
illumination.
p There is no effect on the recorded image.
Your camera cannot
record images.
•No
“Memory Stick” has been inserted.
• The capacity of the “Memory Stick” is full.
• The write-protect switch on the “Memory Stick”
is set to the LOCK position.
• You cannot record images while charging the
flash.
• The mode dial is not set to , P, M or SCN
when shooting still images.
• The mode dial is not set to when shooting
movies.
• The image size is set to [640(Fine)] when
recording movies.
p Insert a
“Memory Stick” (page 18).
p Delete unnecessary images saved in the “Memory Stick”
(pages 40 and 78).
p Change the
“Memory Stick”.
p Set it to the recording position (page 116).
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p Set it to , P, M or SCN (page 10).
p Set it to
(page 76).
p Insert a “Memory Stick PRO” (pages 76 and 116).
p Set the image size to other than [640(Fine)].
Recording takes a long
time.
• NR slow shutter function is activated. pSee page 35.
The flash does not work. • The mode dial is set to , SET UP or .
• The flash is set to (No flash).
• (Twilight mode), (Fireworks mode) or
(Candle mode) is selected for the Scene
Selection function when shooting still images.
• (Landscape mode), (Snow mode),
(Beach mode) or (High-speed shutter
mode) is selected for the Scene Selection
function when shooting still images.
• [Mode] (REC Mode) is set to [Burst] or [Multi
Burst].
p Set it to , P, M or SCN (page 10).
p Set the flash to auto (No indicator), (Forced flash) or
(Slow synchro) (page 28).
p Select other modes than (Twilight mode), (Fireworks
mode) or (Candle mode) (page 35).
p Set the flash to (Forced flash) (page 28).
p Set it to other modes than [Burst] or [Multi Burst].
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