User Guide
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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Index
Camera Basics
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting Modes
P Mode
Tv, Av, and M Mode
Playback Mode
Wireless Features
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
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 [ ] (
=
81).
● Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (
=
71).
● Adjust contrast by using i-Contrast (
=
72,
=
104).
● Use AE lock or spot metering (
=
71,
=
71).
Subjects look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
● Lower the ash and set the ash mode to [ ] (
=
33).
● Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (
=
71).
● Use AE lock or spot metering (
=
71,
=
71).
● Reduce the lighting on subjects.
Shots look too dark despite the ash ring (
=
36).
● Shoot within ash range (
=
181).
● Adjust brightness by using ash exposure compensation or changing the ash
output level (
=
82,
=
86).
● Increase the ISO speed (
=
72).
Subjects in ash shots look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
● Shoot within ash range (
=
181).
● Lower the ash and set the ash mode to [
] (
=
33).
● Adjust brightness by using ash exposure compensation or changing the ash
output level (
=
82,
=
86).
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 (
=
72).
● High ISO speeds in some shooting modes may cause grainy images (
=
59).
Subjects are affected by red-eye.
● Set [Red-Eye Lamp] to [On] (
=
54). The red-eye reduction lamp (
=
4)
will light up for ash shots. 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 (
=
104).
Shooting
Cannot shoot.
● In Playback mode (
=
87), press the shutter button halfway (
=
26).
Strange display on the screen under low light (
=
27).
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.
Full-screen display is not available while shooting (
=
50).
No date stamp is added to images.
● Congure the [Date Stamp ] setting (
=
42). 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 (
=
178) in which [Date Stamp ]
cannot be congured (
=
42).
[ ] ashes on the screen when the shutter button is pressed, and shooting
is not possible (
=
36).
[
] is displayed when the shutter button is pressed halfway (
=
36).
● Set [IS Mode] to [Continuous] (
=
83).
● Raise the ash and set the ash mode to [
] (
=
81).
● Increase the ISO speed (
=
72).
● 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 (
=
83).
Shots are out of focus.
● Press the shutter button halfway to focus on subjects before pressing it all the
way down to shoot (
=
26).
● Make sure subjects are within focusing range (
=
181).
● Set [AF-assist Beam] to [On] (
=
54).
● Conrm that unneeded functions such as macro are deactivated.
● Try shooting with focus lock or AF lock (
=
77,
=
80).