Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

184
Troubleshooting
Subjectsinashshotslooktoobright,highlightsarewashed-out.
• Shootwi hinashrange(=  205).
• Lowertheashandset heashmodeto[!](=
 43).
• Adjustbrightnessbyusingashexposurecompensationorchangingtheashoutput
level(=
 99,107).
Whitedotsorsimilarimageartifactsappearinashshots.
• Thisiscausedbylightfromtheashreectingoffdustorairborneparticles.
Shotslookgrainy.
• LowertheISOspeed(=  82).
Subjectsareaffectedbyred-eye(=  56).
• Set[Red-EyeLamp]to[On](=  62)toactivatethered-eyereductionlamp
(=
 4)inashshots.Notethatwhilethered-eyereductionlampison(forabout
onesecond),itisnotpossibletoshoot,becausethelampiscounteractingred-eye.
Forbestresults,havesubjectslookat hered-eyereduc ionlamp.Alsotryincreasing
heligh inginindoorscenesandshootingatcloserrange.
• Editimagesusingred-eyecorrec ion(=
 138).
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(=  147).
ShootingsettingsorFUNC.menusettingsarenotavailable.
• Availablesettingitemsvarybyshootingmode.Referto“Func ionsAvailableinEach
ShootingMode”,“FUNC.Menu”,and“ShootingMenu”(=
 192–196).
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, helength
ofmoviesonthememorycardcorrespondstotheactualrecording ime(=
 146,
204).
[ ]isdisplayedandshootingstopsautomatically.
Thecamera’sinternalmemorybufferlledupas hecameracouldnotrecordto he
memorycardquicklyenough.Tryoneofthefollowingmeasures.
• Usethecameratoperformlow-levelformattingofthememorycard(=
 147).
• Lowertheimagequality(=
 57).
• Switchtoamemorycardthatsupportshigh-speedrecording(=
 204).
Zoomingisnotpossible.
• Zoomingisnotpossiblewhenshootingmoviesin[ ]mode.