Canon EOS M100 Help Manual page 92

Shots look grainy.
● Lower the ISO speed.
● High ISO speeds in some shooting modes may cause grainy images.
Shots are affected by linear noise or moiré.
● Some subjects make shots more susceptible to linear noise or moiré. This is more
likely to happen under the following conditions.
- Subjects have fine horizontal stripes or checkered patterns.
- The sun, lights, or other sources of bright light are visible on the shooting
screen, or are nearby.
In this case, taking the following steps may reduce noise or moiré.
- Resize the subject by changing the focusing distance or zooming in or out.
- Recompose the shot to keep sources of bright light off the shooting screen.
- Attach a lens hood to prevent bright light from shining into the lens.
● Images may also be affected by linear noise or moiré if you shift or tilt a TS-E
lens.
Subjects are affected by red-eye.
● Set [Red-eye reduc.] to [On]. The red-eye reduction lamp will light up for flash
shots. For best results, have subjects look at the red-eye reduction lamp. Also try
increasing the lighting in indoor scenes and shooting at closer range.
● Edit images using red-eye correction.
Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting is
slower.
● Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card.
Continuous shooting suddenly stops.
● Continuous shooting stops automatically to protect the camera after about
1,000 shots are taken at one time. Release the shutter button a moment before
you resume shooting.
Shooting settings or Quick Control screen settings are not available.
● Available setting items vary by shooting mode. Refer to "Functions Available in
Each Shooting Mode," "Quick Control," "Shooting Tab," "C.Fn Tab," "INFO. Quick
Control," and "Set Up Tab" ( = 101 – = 114).
Touch AF or Touch Shutter does not work.
● Touch AF or Touch Shutter will not work if you touch the edges of the screen.
Touch closer to the center of the screen.
[ ] is displayed and the camera turns off automatically.
● After extended shooting, or shooting in hot weather, [
that the camera will soon turn off automatically. In this case, turn off the camera
and allow it to cool down.
Shooting Movies
The elapsed time shown is incorrect, or recording is interrupted.
● Use the camera to format the memory card, or switch to a card that supports
high-speed recording. Note that even if the elapsed time display is incorrect, the
length of movies on the memory card corresponds to the actual recording time.
Subjects look distorted.
● Subjects that pass in front of the camera quickly may look distorted. This is not a
malfunction.
The movie has still moments.
● With some lenses, movies may seem to be missing frames at moments when the
brightness changes significantly.
Playback
Playback is not possible.
● Image or movie playback may not be possible if a computer is used to rename
files or alter the folder structure.
Playback stops, or audio skips.
● Switch to a memory card that you have performed low-level formatting on with
the camera.
● There may be brief interruptions when playing movies copied to memory cards
that have slow read speeds.
● When movies are played on a computer, frames may be dropped and audio may
skip if computer performance is inadequate.
Sound is not played during movies.
● Adjust the volume if the sound in the movie is faint.
● No sound is played for movies shot in [
recorded in these modes.
] is displayed to indicate
] or [ ] mode because audio is not
Wireless Features/Accessories
Wireless Features
Accessories
Learning About the Camera
Setup and Basics
Shooting
Playback
Settings
Troubleshooting
Errors and Warnings
Appendix
Index
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