Eyes appear red, Continuous shooting slows down, Lens will not retract – Canon PowerShot G10 User Manual

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Eyes appear red.

Light is reflected back
from the eyes when the
flash is used in dark
areas.

z

Shoot with [Red-Eye Lamp] in the
[Flash Control] menu set to [On]

(p. 113)

. For this mode to be effective,

the subject must be looking right at
the red-eye reduction lamp. Try
asking them to look directly at the
lamp. Even better results can be
obtained by increasing the lighting in
indoor settings or approaching closer
to the subject.

z

Set the [Red Eye Corr.] in the [Flash
Control] menu to [On]

(p. 113)

and

then shoot. The camera will
automatically correct red eyes while
shooting and record the image to the
card.

z

You can correct red eyes in recorded
images using the [Red-Eye
Correction] in the Playback menu

(p. 182)

.

Continuous shooting slows down.

The memory card’s
performance has dropped.

z

To enhance the continuous shooting
performance, you are recommended
to low level format the memory card in
the camera after you save all its
images to your computer

(p. 220)

.

Recording images to memory card takes a long time.

Memory card was
formatted in another
device.

z

Use a memory card formatted in your
camera

(pp. 16

,

220)

.

Lens will not retract.

Memory card/battery
cover was opened with
power on.

z

After closing the memory card/battery
cover, turn the power on then back off.

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