Minolta DiMAGE Xt Instruction Manual page 103

Problem Symptom
Card-locked
Shutter will warning
not release. appears on the
monitor.
Focus signal is
red.
Pictures are
not sharp.
Pictures are
taken indoors
or in low-light
situations with-
out flash.
While using
flash, the pic- The subject is beyond the flash range
tures are too (p. 47).
dark.
Subject Viewfinder was used for framing. Parallax is
appears too apparent with subjects closer than 1m (3ft.)
far to the right at the zoom's wide-angle position or 3m
in the image. (10ft) at the telephoto position.
Cause
Memory card is locked.
Subject is too close.
A special situation is pre-
venting the autofocus sys-
tem from focusing (p. 27).
Slow shutter speeds
result in blurred images
when the camera is hand-
held.
Solution
Unlock the memory card using
the write-protect switch (p. 19).
Make sure the subject is within
the autofocus range (p. 26).
Use the focus-lock function to
focus on an object at the same
distance as the subject (p. 26).
Use a tripod, change the cam-
era sensitivity to a higher set-
ting (p. 47), or use the flash (p.
28).
Move closer to the subject or
change the camera sensitivity
to a higher setting (p. 47).
Only use the LCD monitor for
framing with close subjects.
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