FujiFilm FINEPIX A500 Owner's Manual page 111

• Shooting
Cannot use the
flash.
Flash The flash settings
are restricted and
cannot be
selected.
The playback
image is dark
even though the
flash was used.
The image is
blurred.
Photographed images
There is speckling
on the image.
Recording images
The shutter button was pressed while the Wait until the charging is completed before 44
flash was charging, pressing the shutter button.
The Shooting mode is set to A. Change the Shooting mode. 40
The batteries have run out. Load new or fully charged batteries. 15,
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The Shooting mode is set to aA, _1_, t&, The flash settings are restricted because
or L+. the camera settings are tailored to the 40
scene being shot. Change the Shooting
mode for a wider range of flash settings.
Move to within the effective flash range
before taking the picture.
Hold the camera correctly.
The subject is too far away.
Your finger was covering the flash.
The lens is dirty.
!AF appeared when taking pictures.
Clean the lens.
Check the focus on the subject and take
3ictures.
! _11" appeared when taking pictures. It may cause camera shake. Hold the
camera steadily.
This is a characteristic of CCDs and does
not indicate a camera fault.
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The picture was taken with a slow shutter
speed (long exposure) in a high-
temperature environment.
AC power adapter was connected or Connect or disconnect the AC power
Photographed disconnected during turning the camera adapter only when the camera is off.
images or movies on. Failing to turn the camera off first can 90,
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are not recorded, result in damage to the xD-Picture Card
or malfunctions during PC connection.
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