Sony DSC-F717 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual page 94

Shooting still images/movies
Symptom
The subject does not
appear on the screen.
The subject is not visible
on the screen.
The image is out of focus. • The subject is too close.
Zoom does not work.
Digital zoom does not
function.
The image is too dark.
The image is too bright.
Vertical streaks appear
when you are shooting a
very bright subject.
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Cause
• The FINDER/LCD switch is set to FINDER.
• The mode dial is set to or SET UP.
• The Landscape mode is selected for the Scene
Selection function.
• Manual focus mode is selected.
• [CONVERSION LENS] in the SET UP settings
is set to [ON].
• [CONVERSION LENS] in the SET UP settings
is set to [ON].
• FOCUS switch is set to MANUAL.
• The digital zoom cannot be used when shooting
a movie (MPEG MOVIE).
• [DIGITAL ZOOM] in the SET UP settings is set
to [OFF].
• 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 screen is too bright.
• The smear phenomenon is occurring.
Solution
p Set it to LCD (page 22).
p Set it to other modes (pages 20 and 75).
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 24).
p Set it to other modes (page 29).
p Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO/ZOOM (pages 23 and 48).
p Set it to [OFF] (pages 42 and 110).
p Set it to [OFF] (pages 42 and 110).
p Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO/ZOOM (page 23).
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p Set it to [ON] (pages 42 and 110).
p Adjust the exposure (page 49).
p Adjust the brightness of the screen (pages 42 and 112).
p Adjust the exposure (page 49).
p Adjust the brightness of the screen (pages 42 and 112).
p This is not a malfunction.