Sony DSC-F88 User Manual
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Shooting still images / movies
Symptom
Cause
Solution
The LCD screen is not
turned on even when the
power is turned on.
• The power was turned off with the LCD screen
turned off the last time you used the camera.
p Turn on the LCD screen (page 32).
The subject is not visible
on the LCD screen.
• The mode dial is not set to
, P, M, SCN or
.
p Set it to
, P, M, SCN or
The image is out of focus.
• The subject is too close.
•
(Magnifying glass mode),
(Twilight
mode),
(Landscape mode) or
(Fireworks
mode) is selected for the Scene Selection
function.
• You have set the focus preset distance.
p Use the macro recording mode and set the lens portion farther
away from the subject than the shortest shooting distance
(page 27). Or select
(Magnifying glass mode) as the Scene
Selection function and shoot the image within the recommended
distance (page 34).
p Set it to other modes than
(Magnifying glass mode),
(Twilight mode),
(Landscape mode) or
(Fireworks
mode) (page 37).
p Set to the auto focus mode (page 51).
Optical zoom does not
function.
• You cannot change the zoom scaling while
shooting a movie.
•
(Magnifying glass mode) is selected for the
Scene Selection function when shooting still
images.
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p Set it to other modes than
(Magnifying glass mode)
Precision digital zoom
does not function.
• [Digital Zoom] is set to [Smart] or [Off] in the
SET UP settings.
• This function cannot be used when you shoot a
movie.
p Set [Digital Zoom] to [Precision] (pages 25, 47 and 117).
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Smart zoom does not
function.
• [Digital Zoom] is set to [Precision]or [Off] in the
SET UP settings.
• The image size is set to [5M] or [3:2].
• You are shooting in Multi Burst mode.
• This function cannot be used when you shoot a
movie.
p Set [Digital Zoom] to [Smart] (pages 25, 47 and 117).
p Set image size to other settings except [5M] and [3:2] (pages 20
and 26).
p The smart zoom cannot be used in Multi Burst mode (pages 25
and 61).
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