Canon PowerShot A430 Advanced User's Manual page 80

White dots appear on the image.
Light is reflected back
from the eyes when the
flash is used in dark
areas.
Eyes appear red.
Light reflecting back from
eyes can make them
appear red when the
flash is used in dark
areas.
Continuous shooting slows down.
The memory card's
performance has
dropped.
Recording images to memory card takes a
long time.
Memory card was
formatted in another
device.
Lens will not retract.
Memory card slot/battery
cover was opened with
power on.
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This is a phenomenon that occurs
with digital cameras and does not
constitute a malfunction.
Under these conditions, use the
red-eye reduction mode (Basic
Guide p. 8). For this mode to be
effective, the subject must be looking
right at the red-eye reduction lamp.
Try asking them to look directly at
the lamp.
Even better results can be obtained
by increasing the lighting in indoor
settings or approaching closer to the
subject. The shutter will not activate
for approximately 1 second after the
red-eye reduction lamp fires in order
to improve the effect.
To enhance the continuous shooting
performance, you are recommended
to format the memory card in the
camera after you save all its images
to your computer (Basic Guide
p. 18, p. 29).
Use a memory card formatted in
your camera (p.
First close the memory card slot/
battery cover, turn the power on, and
then turn the power off again (Basic
Guide p. 1).
29).