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Technical Notes

Problem Solution

Pictures are too dark

(underexposed)

• Flash is oﬀ .

• Flash window is blocked.

• Subject is outside range of ﬂ ash.

• Exposure compensation is too low.

• Subject is backlit: select (scene mode) or use ﬁ ll ﬂ ash.

25, 31,

20, 28

Pictures are too bright

(overexposed)

Exposure compensation is too high.

25, 31,

Randomly-spaced

bright pixels (“noise”)

appear in image

Shutter speed too slow. Noise can be reduced by:

• Using ﬂ ash

• Setting Sensitivity to 50

• Choosing scene mode option with noise reduction

28, 34

Pictures are smeared Lens is dirty. Clean lens. 79

Colors are unnatural White balance does not match light source. 62

Flash does not ﬁ re

Flash is oﬀ . Note that ﬂ ash turns oﬀ automatically in

mode

(Time lapse movie excepted) and some scene modes or

when option other than Single or Intvl timer shooting is

selected for Continuous or BSS is on.

20, 26,

35, 63,

AF-assist illuminator

does not light

• Oﬀ is selected for AF assist option in camera setup menu.

• AF assist illumination turns oﬀ automatically in (POR-

TRAIT excepted), , , (NIGHT PORTRAIT excepted), ,

, , and modes.

Bright specks in pic-

tures taken with ﬂ ash

Flash is reﬂ ecting from particles in air. Turn ﬂ ash oﬀ .20

Blur warning is not

displayed

• Oﬀ is selected for Blur warning in camera setup menu.

• Blur warning is not displayed in self-timer, , , , , or

mode or when option other than Single is selected for

Continuous or BSS is on.

22, 26,

35, 63,

No sound when

shutter is released

Sound is not played when Oﬀ selected for Sound settings >

Shutter sound, BSS on, option other than Single selected

for Continuous, or or mode is selected.

34, 35,

63, 65,

Optical zoom cannot

be used

Optical zoom cannot be used while shooting movies. 35

Digital zoom cannot

be used

Digital zoom is not available when Multi shot 16 is selected

for Continuous.

Unexpected results

when ﬂ ash set to

(auto with red-eye

reduction).

In-camera red-eye ﬁ x may, in very rare cases, be applied to

areas not aﬀ ected by red-eye. Set ﬂ ash to (auto) or

(ﬁ ll-ﬂ ash) and try again. Note that red-eye reduction is the

default setting for one-touch portrait, , and modes.

20, 24,

33, 34

Image mode not

available

Image mode cannot be adjusted when Multi shot 16 is

selected for Continuous or “Sports composite” is selected in

scene mode.

34, 63

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