User's Manual

6-4
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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The camera’s light sensor may be covered or dirty. Make sure
you’re not blocking it when you take pictures. You may need to
clean it with a soft, dry cloth.
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If you’re facing a bright light source, you may need to shoot your
picture from a different angle.
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If you’re taking pictures in the snow or at the beach on a sunny day,
you may need to use an ND-filter. A 37 mm ND-4 camcorder filter
should work in most cases.
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Use EasyPhoto or another image editing program to adjust the
picture’s brightness and contrast. See
page 4-7 for instructions.
Part of your picture is missing.
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Make sure you’re not blocking the lens with your finger, hand
strap, clothing, or other object.
A horizontal or vertical red line appears on your picture.
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Red lines are caused by glare. Avoid photographing very shiny
surfaces that reflect a glare of light into your lens.
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In very bright light, you may need to use an ND filter to avoid
glare. Try a 37 mm ND-4 camcorder filter.
The wrong date and/or time are displayed on your pictures.
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You need to connect the camera to your computer and reset the
camera’s clock. See page 5-2 for instructions. Whenever you
change batteries in the camera you need to reset the clock.
The colors in your picture don’t look right.
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When you take pictures under certain artificial lighting conditions,
the colors may be slightly distorted. You can use EasyPhoto to
adjust the colors. See page 4-7 for instructions.
Your pictures don’t look as good as they used to.
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Your camera’s lens may be dirty or dusty. Try cleaning it following
the instruction on page 6-1.