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Shooting still images/movies – Sony DSC-W30 User Manual

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The screen does not turn on even when the power is turned on.

Turn on the screen (page 23).

Your camera cannot record images.

Check the free capacity of the internal memory or “Memory Stick Duo” (page 24). If it is full,
do one of the following:

Delete unnecessary images (

t

step 6 in “Read This First”).

Change the “Memory Stick Duo”.

You are using the “Memory Stick Duo” with the write-protect switch, and the switch is set to
the LOCK position. Set the switch to the recording position (page 95).

You cannot record images while charging the flash.

When shooting a still image, set the mode dial to a position other than

.

Set the mode dial 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” (page 95).

The subject is not visible on the screen.

Your camera is set to the Playback mode. Press

to change to the recording mode (

t step

6 in “Read This First”).

Recording takes a long time.

The NR slow shutter function is activated (page 20). This is not a malfunction.

The image is out of focus.

The subject is too close. Record in the close-up (Macro) recording mode. Make sure to
position the lens farther away from the subject than the shortest shooting distance,
approximately 2 cm (13/16 inches) (W)/30 cm (11 7/8 inches) (T), when shooting. (

t

step 5

in “Read This First”).

(Twilight mode) or

(Landscape mode) is selected in the Scene mode when shooting still

images.

The Focus preset function is selected. Select the auto focus mode (page 33).

Refer to “If the subject is out of focus” on page 34.

Optical zoom does not work.

You cannot change the zoom scale when shooting movies.

Precision digital zoom does not function.

Set [Digital Zoom] to [Precision] (page 47).

This function cannot be used while shooting movies.

Shooting still images/movies

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