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Noise appears in the
image when you view the
LCD screen in a dark
place.
• The camera is functioning to increase the
visibility of the LCD screen by temporarily
brightening the image under conditions of low
illumination.
p There is no effect on the recorded image.
Your camera cannot
record images.
• No “Memory Stick Duo” has been inserted.
• The “Memory Stick Duo” is full.
• You are using a “Memory Stick Duo” with a
write-protect switch, and the write-protect
switch is set to the LOCK position.
• You cannot record images while charging the
flash.
• The mode switch is not set to when shooting
a still image.
• The mode switch is not set to when shooting
a movie.
• The image size is set to [640(Fine)] when
recording movies.
p Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” (page 19).
p Delete unnecessary images (pages 39 and 79).
p Change the “Memory Stick Duo.”
p Set it to the recording position (page 118).
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p Set it to (page 22).
p Set it to (page 77).
p Insert a “Memory Stick PRO Duo” (pages 77 and 117).
p Set the image size to other than [640(Fine)].
The flash does not work. • The mode switch is not set to .
• The flash is set to (No flash).
• When shooting still images, (Camera) in the
menu is set to (Twilight mode) or
(Fireworks mode).
• (Camera) in the menu is set to
(Magnifying glass mode), (Landscape
mode), (Snow mode), (Beach mode) or
(High-speed shutter mode).
• [Mode] (REC Mode) in the menu is set to [Multi
Burst], [Exp Brktg], [Speed Burst] or [Framing
Burst].
p Set it to (page 22).
p Set the flash to auto (No indicator), (Forced flash) or
(Slow synchro) (page 29).
p Set it to other settings (page 32).
p Set the flash to (Forced flash) (page 29).
p Set it to other settings.
The close-ups (Macro)
function does not work.
• When shooting still images, (Camera) in the
menu is set to (Magnifying glass mode),
(Twilight mode), (Landscape mode) or
(Fireworks mode).
p Set it to other settings (page 32).
Symptom Cause Solution
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