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Troubleshooting
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Unable to focus
• The camera cannot focus on subjects that are too close to the camera or that are not
suited to auto focus (the AF confi rmation mark will blink in the monitor). Increase the
distance to the subject or focus on a high contrast object at the same distance from the
camera as your main subject, compose the shot, and shoot.
Subjects that are diffi cult to focus on
It may be diffi cult to focus with auto focus in the following situations.
Subject with low
contrast
Excessively bright
light in center of frame
Subject containing
no vertical lines *
1
AF confi rmation
mark is blinking.
These subjects
are not focused.
Subjects at different
distances
Fast-moving subject Subject not inside
AF area
AF confi rmation
mark lights up but
the subject is not
focused.
*1 It is also effective to compose the shot by holding the camera vertically to focus, and then
returning to the horizontal position to take the picture.
Noise reduction is activated
• When shooting night scenes, shutter speeds are slower and noise tends to appear in
images. The camera activates the noise-reduction process after shooting at slow shutter
speeds. During which, shooting is not allowed. You can set [Noise Reduct.] to [Off].
g [Noise Reduct.] (P. 97)
The date and time has not been set
The camera is used with the settings at the time of purchase
• The date and time of the camera is not set when purchased. Set the date and time before
using the camera. g “Initial Setup” (P. 18)
The battery has been removed from the camera
• The date and time settings will be returned to the factory default settings if the camera is
left without the battery for approximately 1 day. The settings will be canceled more quickly
if the battery was only loaded in the camera for a short time before being removed. Before
taking important pictures, check that the date and time settings are correct.
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