A Taking Pictures
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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 in
dark areas.
The h icon blinks when you try to take an image?
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The flash is charging. You can shoot when recharging ends.
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The camera makes a slight noise when you tilt it?
This is the sound of the lens moving. This is not a malfunction.
Scene Icons
The camera displays an icon for the scene it has determined and then
automatically focuses and selects the optimum settings for subject
brightness and color.
Background
Subject
People
Subjects Other Than
People
Landscapes
Close Subjects
Icon Background
Color
* Displays when the camera is attached to a tripod.
Under certain conditions, the icon that displays may not match the actual
scene. Especially when there is an orange or blue colored background (a
wall for example),
not be possible to shoot with the appropriate color. If this happens, try
shooting in the G mode (p. 70).
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Including Blue
Bright
Skies
Backlit
Gray
Light Blue
or the "Blue Skies" icons may appear and it may
Sunsets
Backlit
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Orange
Dark
When
Using
Tripod
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*
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Dark Blue