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Symptom Cause/Solution
The image is too bright.
• You are shooting a spotlighted subject in a dark location such as on a stage. Adjust the exposure
(pages 60 and 120).
• The brightness of the LCD screen is too bright. Adjust the brightness of the LCD backlight (page
125).
The image is monochrome (black and
white).
• Set [PFX] (P.Effect) to the other modes than [B&W] (page 68).
Vertical streaks appear when you are
shooting a very bright subject.
• The smear phenomenon is occurring. This phenomenon is not a malfunction.
Noise appears in the image when you
view the LCD screen in a dark place.
• The camera is functioning to increase the visibility of the LCD screen by temporarily brightening the
image under conditions of low illumination. There is no effect on the recorded image.
Your camera cannot record images.
• No “Memory Stick Duo” has been inserted. Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” (page 24).
• The capacity of the “Memory Stick Duo” is full. Delete unnecessary images saved in the “Memory
Stick Duo” (pages 49 and 86) or change the “Memory Stick Duo”.
• You are using the “Memory Stick Duo” with the write-protect switch, and the switch is set to the
LOCK position. Set the switch to the recording position (page 129).
• You cannot record images while charging the flash.
• Set the mode switch to when shooting still images (page 31).
• Set the mode switch to when shooting movies (page 84).
• The image size is set to [640(Fine)] when recording movies. Insert a “Memory Stick PRO Duo”
(pages 84 and 128) or set the image size to other than [640(Fine)].
Recording takes a long time.
• NR slow shutter function is activated (page 43).
The flash does not work.
• Set the mode switch to (page 31).
• The flash is set to (No flash). Set the flash to auto (No indicator), (Forced flash) or
(Slow
synchro) (page 37).
• When shooting still images, select the other mode than (Twilight mode), (Fireworks mode)
or (Candle mode) for the Scene Selection function (page 43).
• When (Magnifying glass mode), (Landscape mode), (Snow mode), (Beach mode)
or (High-speed shutter mode) is selected for the Scene Selection function, set the flash to
(Forced flash) (page 37).
• Set [Mode] (REC Mode) to [Normal].
Fuzzy specks appear in images shot
using the flash.
• Dust in the air reflected the flash light and appeared in the image. This is not a malfunction.
