Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD350 Operating Instructions Manual page 90

Shooting still images/movies
Symptom
The subject is not visible
on the screen.
The image is out of focus. • The subject is too close.
Smart zoom does not
function.
The image is too dark.
The image is too bright.
The image is
monochrome (black and
white).
Vertical streaks appear
when you are shooting a
very bright subject.
Noise appears in the
image when you view the
LCD screen in a dark
place.
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Cause
• The mode dial is not set to
.
(Twilight mode) or
• The
mode) is selected for the Scene Selection
function.
• The focus preset function is selected.
• You cannot use smart zoom while shooting
movies (MPEG Movie).
• [Smart Zoom] is set to [Off] in the SET UP
settings.
• The image size is set to [3.1M] or [2.8M (3:2)].
• You are shooting a subject with a light source
behind the subject.
• The brightness of the screen is too low.
• You are shooting a spotlighted subject in a dark
location such as on a stage.
• The brightness of the LCD screen is too bright.
• [PFX] (P. Effect) in the menu settings is set to
[B&W].
• The smear phenomenon is occurring.
• The camera is functioning to increase the
visibility of the LCD screen by temporarily
brightening the image under conditions of low
illumination.
Solution
, , or p Set it to
SCN
p Record in the macro recording mode. Make sure to position the
lens farther away from the subject than the shortest shooting
distance when shooting (page 25).
p Set it to other modes (page 55).
(Landscape
p Cancel the function (page 46).
—
p Set [Smart Zoom] to [On] (pages 40 and 105).
p Set the image size to other settings except [3.1M] and [2.8M
(3:2)].
p Adjust the exposure (page 46).
p Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen (pages 40 and 106).
p Adjust the exposure (page 46).
p Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen (pages 40 and 106).
p Cancel the B&W mode (page 57).
p This is not a malfunction.
p There is no effect on the recorded image.
, , or
SCN (pages 22 and 70).