Operating Instructions

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• This phenomenon appears when you press the shutter button halfway to set the aperture value
and does not affect the recorded pictures.
• This phenomenon also appears when the brightness changes when the camera is zoomed or
when the camera is moved. This is because of operation of the automatic aperture of the
camera, and it is not a malfunction.
• The LCD monitor may flicker for a few seconds after turning the camera on indoors under
fluorescent light. This is not a malfunction.
• Is [LCD Mode] active? (P38)
• This is not a malfunction.
These pixels do not affect the recorded pictures.
• In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness of the LCD monitor. This does not
affect the pictures you are recording.
• If the LCD monitor is pressed with a finger and pressure is applied, distortion (uneven colours)
will appear on the screen, but this is not a malfunction.
• Is the flash setting set to [Œ]?
> Change the flash setting. (P47)
• Flash Mode is not available when [Burst] (P79) in [Rec] Mode menu has been set.
• The flash is activated twice when Red-Eye Reduction (P48) has been set.
• Has [Flash Burst] (P64) in Scene Mode been set?
LCD monitor
The LCD monitor becomes darker or brighter for a moment.
The LCD monitor flickers indoors.
The LCD monitor is too bright or dark.
Black, red, blue and green dots appear on the LCD monitor.
Noise appears on the LCD monitor.
(DMC-FS16) (DMC-FS14)
Distortion appears in the LCD monitor.
Flash
The flash is not activated.
Flash is activated several times.