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Preliminary Notes and
Legal Information

Contents: Basic
Operations

Camera Basics

Creative Shot
Mode

Auto Mode/
Hybrid Auto Mode

Other Shooting
Modes

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Index

Basic Guide

P Mode

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Appendix

Advanced Guide

Subjects in shots look too dark.

Set the flash mode to [

h] (

=

63).

Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (

=

60).

Use spot metering (

=

60).

Subjects look too bright, highlights are washed-out.

Set the flash mode to [

!] (

=

44).

Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (

=

60).

Use spot metering (

=

60).

Reduce the lighting on subjects.

Shots look too dark despite the flash firing (

=

38).

Shoot within flash range (

=

130).

Increase the ISO speed (

=

61).

Subjects in flash shots look too bright, highlights are washed-out.

Shoot within flash range (

=

130).

Set the flash mode to [

!] (

=

44).

White dots or similar image artifacts appear in flash shots.

This is caused by light from the flash reflecting off dust or airborne particles.

Shots look grainy.

Lower the ISO speed (

=

61).

Subjects are affected by red-eye.

Edit images using red-eye correction (

=

77).

Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting
is slower.

Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (

=

109).

Shooting settings or FUNC. menu settings are not available.

Available setting items vary by shooting mode. Refer to “Functions Available in Each
Shooting Mode”, “FUNC. Menu”, and “Shooting Menu” (

=

126 – 127).

The Babies or Children icon does not display.

The Babies and Children icons will not display if the birthday is not set in face
information (

=

44). If the icons still do not display even when you set the birthday,

re-register face information (

=

44), or make sure that the date/time are set

correctly (

=

106).

Shooting Movies

The elapsed time shown is incorrect, or recording is interrupted.

Use the camera to format the memory card, or switch to a card that supports high-
speed recording. Note that even if the elapsed time display is incorrect, the length
of movies on the memory card corresponds to the actual recording time (

=

108,

130).

[

] is displayed and shooting stops automatically.

The camera’s internal memory buffer filled up as the camera could not record to the

memory card quickly enough. Try one of the following measures.

Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (

=

109).

Lower the image quality (

=

50).

Switch to a memory card that supports high-speed recording (

=

130).

Zooming is not possible.

Zooming is not possible when shooting movies in [

] (

=

55) and [

] (

=

57)

modes.

Playback

Playback is not possible.

Image or movie playback may not be possible if a computer is used to rename files or
alter the folder structure. Refer to the Software Guide (

=

20) for details on folder

structure and file names.

Playback stops, or audio skips.

Switch to a memory card that you have performed low-level formatting on with the
camera (

=

109).

There may be brief interruptions when playing movies copied to memory cards that
have slow read speeds.

When movies are played on a computer, frames may be dropped and audio may skip
if computer performance is inadequate.

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