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Shooting still images/movies – Sony DSC-T300 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Cannot record images.

Check the free capacity of the internal memory or “Memory Stick Duo”. If it is full, do one of
the following:

Delete unnecessary images (page 35).

Change the “Memory Stick Duo.”

You cannot record images while charging the flash.

When shooting a still image, set the shooting mode other than

.

Set the shooting mode to

when shooting movies.

The image size is set to [640(Fine)] when recording movies. Do one of the following:

Set the image size to other than [640(Fine)].

Insert a “Memory Stick PRO Duo.”

Smile Shutter function does not work.

No image is shot if a smiling face is not detected.

Press the shutter button all the way down (page 44).

[Smile demo mode] is set to [On]. Set [Smile demo mode] to [Off] (page 86).

The subject is not visible on the screen.

The camera is set to the playback mode. Press

(Playback) button to switch to the shooting

mode (page 29).

Anti-blur function does not work.

The anti-blur function does not work when

appears on the display.

The anti-blur function may not work properly when shooting night scenes.

Shoot after pressing the shutter button halfway down; do not press it fully down suddenly.

Recording takes a long time.

The NR slow shutter function is activated (page 17). This is not a malfunction.

[DRO] is set to [DRO plus] (page 61). This is not a malfunction.

The image is out of focus.

The subject is too close. When shooting, make sure to position the lens farther away from the
subject than the shortest shooting distance (approximately 8 cm (3 1/4 inches) (W) or 80 cm
(31 1/2 inches) (T) from the lens). Or set to

(Close focus enabled) mode and shoot about

1 to 20 cm (13/32 to 7 7/8 inches) from the W side distance (page 28).

(Twilight) mode or

(Landscape) mode or

(Fireworks) mode is selected in the Scene

Selection when shooting still images.

The Semi manual function is selected. Select the auto focus mode (page 47).

Refer to “If the subject is out of focus” on page 48.

Shooting still images/movies