Sony DSC-P71 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual page 83

Taking Still / Moving images
Symptom
The LCD screen does not
light when the power is
turned on.
The subject is not visible
on the LCD screen.
The image is out of focus. • The subject is too close.
Unable to zoom.
Digital zoom does not
function.
The image is too dark.
The image is too bright.
The image is
monochrome (black and
white).
Cause
• The power was turned off with the LCD screen
set to OFF the last time the camera was used.
• The mode dial is not set to
• Scene selection is set to the Landscape mode.
• Manual focus is selected.
• Center AF is selected.
• You cannot zoom while shooting a movie
(MPEG Movie).
• You cannot zoom while shooting a movie
(MPEG MOVIE).
• DIGITAL ZOOM is set to "OFF" in SET UP
(DSC-P71 only).
• The LCD screen is OFF.
• You are shooting a subject with a light source
behind the subject.
• The brightness of the LCD screen is too low.
• The POWER SAVE is set to ON.
• You are shooting under a spotlight in a dark
location, like stage lighting.
• The LCD is too bright.
• P. EFFECT is set to "B & W" mode.
Solution
p Turn the LCD screen on (page 32).
p Set it to
or SCN, or .
p Set the macro recording mode (DSC-P71 only) when you shoot
a subject that is within 50 cm (19
Make sure to place the lens farther away from the subject than
the shortest shooting distance when shooting (page 28).
p Cancel the setting (page 34).
p Choose a focus method (page 58).
p Use either the Multipoint AF (page 58) or Center AF to shoot
with AF lock (page 59).
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p Change it to "ON" (pages 55, 97).
p Turn it ON (page 32).
p Adjust the exposure (page 56).
p Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen in the SET UP settings
(pages 55, 98).
p Turn the POWER SAVE OFF (page 16).
p Adjust the exposure (page 56).
p Adjust the "LCD BACKLIGHT" in the SET UP settings (pages
55, 98).
p Cancel "B&W" mode (page 60).
or SCN, or (pages 26, 74).
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/ inches) from the lens.
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