Canon Digital IXUS 500 Quick Start Manual page 146

• Set the exposure compensation
to a positive (+) setting or use the
spot metering function.
• Shoot within 3.S-rll(1'-1 ft-.-) o-f-th-e-----1
subject at the maximum wide
angle or 2.0 m (6.6 ft.) of the
subject at the telephoto end
.setting using the flash_
• Raise the ISO sensitivity and then
shoot. See Adjusting the ISO
Speed (p. 85).
Problem
Image is blurred or
out of focus
Subject in recorded
image is too dark
Cause Solution
lll8subject is hard • Use the focus lock orAF lock to '
to focus on ~ShOOt.
.See Shooting Hard-ta-Focus Subjects
(Focus Lock, AF Lock) (p, 72).
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Insufficient light for • Set the flash to on.
shooting
Subject is dark In
contrast to the
background
Subject is too far
away for flash to
reach
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Subject in recorded
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image is too bright
Subject is too close,
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When using the flash, stay at
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making the flash too least 46 cm (1.5 ft.) from the
strong subject.
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Subject is bright in • Set the exposure compensation
contrast to the to a negative (-) setting or use the
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background spot metering function.
,Light is shining • Chan-ge-the shooting 'angle.
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directly on the
subject or reflected
off the subject into
the camera
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A bar of light (red,
purple) appears on
the LCD monitor
Flash is set to on
Subject is too bright
• Set the flash to off.
This is a normal occurrence in
devices containing CCOs and
does not constitute a
malfunction. (This bar of light will
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not be recorded when shooting
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still photos, but it will be recorded
when shooting movies.)
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