User Guide
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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Appendix
Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid Auto
Mode
Other Shooting Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Index
No AF frames are displayed and the camera does not focus when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
● To have AF frames displayed and the camera focus correctly, try composing the
shot with higher-contrast subject areas centered before you press the shutter
button halfway. Otherwise, try pressing the shutter button halfway repeatedly.
Subjects in shots look too dark.
● Raise the ash and set the ash mode to [ ] (
=
66).
● Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (
=
58).
● Adjust contrast by using i-Contrast (
=
59,
=
86).
● Use spot metering (
=
58).
Subjects look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
● Lower the ash and set the ash mode to [ ] (
=
30).
● Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (
=
58).
● Use spot metering (
=
58).
● Reduce the lighting on subjects.
Shots look too dark despite the ash ring (
=
33).
● Shoot within ash range (
=
158).
● Increase the ISO speed (
=
59).
Subjects in ash shots look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
● Shoot within ash range (
=
158).
● Lower the ash and set the ash mode to [
] (
=
30).
White spots appear in ash shots.
● This is caused by light from the ash reecting off dust or airborne particles.
Shots look grainy.
● Lower the ISO speed (
=
59).
● High ISO speeds in some shooting modes may cause grainy images (
=
49).
Subjects are affected by red-eye (
=
41).
● Set [Red-Eye Lamp] to [On] (
=
45). Note that while the red-eye reduction lamp
(
=
4) is lit (for about one second), it is not possible to shoot, because the
lamp is counteracting red-eye. For best results, have subjects look at the red-eye
reduction lamp. Also try increasing the lighting in indoor scenes and shooting at
closer range.
● Edit images using red-eye correction (
=
86).
Shooting
Cannot shoot.
● In Playback mode (
=
69), press the shutter button halfway (
=
25).
Strange display on the screen under low light (
=
26).
Strange display on the screen when shooting.
● Note that the following display problems are not recorded in still images but are
recorded in movies.
- The screen may icker and horizontal banding may appear under uorescent
or LED lighting.
No date stamp is added to images.
● Congure the [Date Stamp ] setting (
=
39). Note that date stamps are not
added to images automatically, merely because you have congured the [Date/
Time] setting (
=
19).
● Date stamps are not added in shooting modes (
=
151) in which
[Date Stamp
] cannot be congured (
=
39).
[ ] ashes on the screen when the shutter button is pressed, and shooting
is not possible (
=
33).
[ ] is displayed on the screen when the shutter button is pressed halfway
(
=
33).
● Set [IS Mode] to [Continuous] (
=
44).
● Raise the ash and set the ash mode to [
] (
=
66).
● Increase the ISO speed (
=
59).
● Mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to keep it still. Additionally,
you should set [IS Mode] to [Off] when using a tripod or other means to secure
the camera (
=
44).
Shots are out of focus.
● Press the shutter button halfway to focus on subjects before pressing it all the
way down to shoot (
=
25).
● Make sure subjects are within focusing range (
=
158).
● Set [AF-assist Beam] to [On] (
=
45).
● Conrm that unneeded functions such as macro are deactivated.