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Tips
If the camera does not work as intended, or if
an error message is displayed on the screen,
and you are unsure of what to do, refer to the
information below to fix the problem(s).
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"The camera does
not
work'evenwhen'
battery is installed"
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• Insert recharged battery
in
thecorrect
directionl
"Charging
the battery" (p.
10),.~lboading
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the battery and the xD-Picture
Card™(sold
separately)
into
the camera" (p. 11)
• Battery performance may have been reduced
temporarily due to low temperature. Take the
battery out
of
the camera, and warm it by putting it
in
your pocket for a while.
Card/Internal
memory
"An
error
message is displayed"
"Error
message" (p. 59)
Shutter
button
:t
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"No
picture is taken when the
sh~tt~f
hy
button is pressed"
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• Slide the lens barrier down.
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• Cancel sleep mode.
To
save battery power, the camera
autom~tically
goes into sleep mode and the monitor turns.off
if there is no operation after 3 minutes
whenthe
camera is turned on (when the lens barrier
is
open and the monitor
is
on). No picture is taken
even if the shutter button
is
fully pressed
in
this
mode. Operate the zoom button or other buttons
to
restore the camera from sleep mode before taking
a picture. If the camera
is
left for 15 minutes,
it
automatically turns off (the monitor turns off). Slide
the lens barrier down again or press
POWER
to
turn the camera on.
• Set the mode dial to a position other than
lEJ,
GUIDE
and
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• Wait until
~
(flash charge) stops blinking before
taking pictures.
Monitor
"Difficult
to
see"
• Condensation*l may have
for~~d.
Turn off the
power and wait for the
camera~l:>qdY
to
become
acclimated
to
the surrounding
t~trlp~ure
and dry
out before taking
pictures.~'·.,\,
•.
·1 Dew drops can form
in
the camera when it
is
suddenly taken from a cold location into a warm,
humid room.
"Vertical lines appear on the screen"
• Vertical lines may appear on the screen at
times such as when the camera is pointed at an
extremely bright subject under a clear
sky.
The
lines do not appear, however,
in
the final image.
"The
light
is caught in the picture"
• Shooting with flash
in
dark situations results
in
an image with many flash reflections
on
dust in
the air.
Date
and
time
function
"Date and time settings
default setting"
• If the battery
is
removed and left out
of
the camera
for about 1
day*2,
the date and time settings return
to
the default setting and must be reset.
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The time until the date and time settings return
to the default setting varies depending
on
how
long the battery have been loaded.
"Setting the date and
time"
(p. 13)
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