User Manual

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If there seems to be a problem, check the following table before assuming
the camera is malfunctioning.
2. Troubleshooting
Cause
1. Nothing appears
on the display
panel
• No battery is
loaded.
• Battery is fully
spent.
• Battery is loaded
upside-down.
Solution
• Insert battery.
• Replace the bat-
tery with a new
one.
• Insert the battery
properly.
See page
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Symptom
2. Battery mark
(“ ”) is flashing
• Battery is spent. • Replace the bat-
tery with a new
one.
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3. Exposure counter
flashes “00” when
film is loaded and
camera back is
closed
• Film has not been
advanced proper-
ly.
• Reload the film. 20
4. Viewfinder display
is not clear
• Diopter is not
properly adjusted.
• Turn the diopter
adjustment dial to
adjust.
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5. Shutter cannot be
released
• Drive mode is set
to the “selftimer”
mode.
• Internal flash is
charging.
• Switch to a differ-
ent drive mode.
• Wait until charging
is complete (i.e.
“ ” lit) before tak-
ing the photo-
graph.
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Cause
6. Photographs are
blurry
• Focus is not prop-
erly adjusted.
• Camera is shak-
ing when shutter
button is pressed.
• Shutter speed is
slow.
Solution
• Adjust the focus
properly.
• Press the shutter
button gently so
that the camera
does not shake.
• Use a tripod.
See page
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Symptom
8. Shutter speed or
aperture value
flashes during auto
photography
• Subject is either
too bright or too
dark.
• Adjust the expo-
sure as described
on page 54.
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9. Exposure counter
is flashing (other
than “00”)
• ABC mode is set. • Set ABC compen-
sation back to
“0.0”.
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10. Metering mark
flashes when
shutter button is
half-pressed
• “AE lock on”
selected when
half-pressed.
• Set custom func-
tion to “2-0”.
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7. Exposure com-
pensation mark is
displayed.
• Exposure com-
pensation is still
set.
• Set the exposure
compensation
back to “0.0”.
• Turn the main
switch OFF.
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