A Taking Pictures26• The image comes out dark even if the flash fired when shooting?The subject is too far away for the flash to reach. Shoot within the effective flashrange of approximately 30 cm – 3.5 m (12 in. – 11 ft.) at maximum wide angle,and approximately 45 cm – 2.0 m (1.5 – 6.6 ft.) at maximum telephoto.• The indicator blinks orange and the camera beeps once when the shutterbutton is pressed halfway?Your subject is too close. When the camera is at maximum wide angle, moveabout 3 cm (1.2 in.) or more away from your subject and shoot. Move about45 cm (1.5 ft.) or more away when the camera is at maximum telephoto.• The lamp lights when the shutter button is pressed halfway.To reduce red-eye and to assist in focusing, the lamp may light when shooting indark areas.• The h icon blinks when you try to take an image?When flash recharging begins, the flash icon will blink. You will be able to shootonce charging is complete.Scene IconsThe camera displays an icon for the scene it has determined and thenautomatically focuses and selects the optimum settings for subjectbrightness and color.* Displays when the camera is attached to a tripod.BackgroundSubjectBright Including Blue SkiesSunsetsDarkBacklit Backlit When UsingTripodPeople – *Subjects OtherThan PeopleLandscapes*Close Subjects – –Icon BackgroundColor Gray Light Blue Orange Dark BlueUnder certain conditions, the icon that displays may not match the actualscene. Especially when there is an orange or blue colored background (awall for example), or the “Blue Skies” icons may appear and it maynot be possible to shoot with the appropriate color. If this happens, tryshooting in the G mode (p. 66).COPY
