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The picture is too dark.
1 The flash was not used.
[ Push the Flash pop-up lever to set the flash. (P. 94)
2 The shutter was pressed before the flash was charged.
[ Wait until the Orange lamp stops blinking. (P. 94)
3 The flash was blocked by a finger.
[ Hold the camera correctly, keeping your fingers away
from the flash. (P. 72)
4 The subject was out of the working range of the flash.
[ Shoot within the flash working range. (P. 94)
5 The subject was too small and was backlit.
[ Set the flash to Fill-In mode or use the Spot metering
mode. (P. 102/86)
The picture is too bright.
1 The flash was set to the Fill-In Flash mode.
[ Set the flash mode to one other than Fill-In Flash. (P.
96)
2 The subject was very bright.
[ Either adjust the exposure (P. 120) or point the
camera away from overly bright subjects.
The colors of pictures taken indoors look unnatural.
1 The lighting fixture(s) affected the picture.
[ Set the flash mode to Fill-In. (P. 102)
The picture has obscured edge(s).
1 The lens was partly blocked by a finger or the strap.
[ Hold the camera correctly, keeping your fingers and
the strap away from the lens. (P. 72)