Others
119
VQT0S19
n LCD
n Flash
Conditions Causes
The picture is not 
displayed on the LCD 
monitor.
Is the power save mode (P24) activated? Press the shutter 
button halfway to disactive these modes.
Is the battery charge insufficient to operate the camera? Use 
a battery that has been sufficiently charged.
The brightness of the 
screen becomes dark or 
bright for a moment.
This phenomenon appears when pressing the shutter button 
halfway to set the aperture value and does not affect the 
recorded pictures.
The screen is too bright 
or dark.
Adjust the brightness of the screen. (P24)
Is the Power LCD function activated? (P28)
Some pixels are inactive 
or always lit on the LCD 
monitor.
This is not a malfunction.
These pixels do not affect the recorded pictures.
Noise appears on the 
LCD monitor.
In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness 
of the LCD monitor. This does not affect the pictures you are 
recording.
A vertical red spectrum 
appears on the LCD 
monitor.
This is called smear. It is specific to CCD, not a malfunction.
It appears when the subject has a bright part. It is recorded 
on motion pictures, but not recorded on still pictures.
Conditions Causes
Flash is not activated. Make sure the flash is open.
Slide the [< OPEN] switch. (P40)
The flash is not activated when motion picture mode [i], 
[SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], [FIREWORKS] or 
[STARRY SKY] in scene mode (P61) is selected.
The flash is activated 2 
times.
With AUTO/Red-eye reduction [s], Forced ON/Red-eye 
reduction [q], and Slow-sync./Red-eye reduction 
[u], the first flash is preparatory in order to reduce the 
redeye effect. The flash for shooting goes off after that.