Epson PhotoPC 3100Z - Manual (Page 150)

Maintenance and Troubleshooting A-13
Your picture is too dark (underexposed).
◗ You may need to use the flash. Make sure the setting is
not flash off.
◗ If you’re using the flash, make sure your subject is within
the range of 14 feet for wide angle shots or 11 feet for
telephoto shots.
◗ Use Image Expert to adjust the picture’s brightness and
contrast. Read your electronic Image Expert User’s Guide.
(Instructions for reading the manual are on page 9-9.)
◗ Try adjusting the camera’s exposure or sensitivity
settings (use the Manual user mode). See Chapter 5 for
details.
◗ If you’re taking pictures in the Manual user mode, look
for the
EV! warning that appears on your LCD screen
when you are taking pictures out of the ideal exposure
range. If you have trouble setting both the aperture and
shutter speed manually, try adjusting the aperture and
letting the camera choose the shutter speed with
Aperture Priority mode (see Chapter 5).
◗ If you’re using the macro mode to take a close-up photo,
be sure to provide adequate lighting for your subject.
◗ If you’re taking a picture at night and you want to light
up the background as well as your subject, use the
camera’s slow synchronized flash mode.
◗ If you need more light, attach an optional external flash
to the camera’s hot shoe (see Appendix B).
Your picture is too light (overexposed).
◗ If you’re using the forced flash setting, it may be too
bright. Try setting the flash to the automatic setting.
◗ If you’re facing a bright light source, you may need to
shoot your picture from a different angle.
◗ Use Image Expert to adjust the picture’s brightness.
◗ Set user mode to Program or Manual and adjust the
camera’s automatic exposure setting (see Chapter 5).
◗ If you use the flash for macro shots, your pictures may
come out too light because the flash is close to the
subject. Try using adequate ambient lighting and setting
the flash to .
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