Olympus SP-350 User Manual
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Troubleshooting
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The monitor does not turn on.
Monitor is turned off.
Press the DISP./GUIDE button several times
to turn on the monitor.
The viewfinder or monitor is hard to see.
There is condensation
*
inside the camera.
Turn the camera off. Before turning it on
again, wait until the camera adjusts to the
surrounding temperature and dries out.
–
The brightness of the
monitor is not adjusted
properly.
Use [s] to adjust the brightness.
The monitor is exposed
to direct sunlight.
Block the sunlight with your hand or use the
viewfinder.
–
Vertical lines appear on
the monitor screen
during shooting.
Aiming the camera at a bright subject in
sunlight may cause vertical lines to appear
on the screen. This is not a malfunction.
–
The date recorded with the image data is wrong.
The date and time is not
set.
Set the date/time. The clock is not preset.
The camera has been
left without batteries.
If the camera is left for 3 days without
batteries, the date and time setting is
canceled. Set the date and time again.
The picture is out of focus.
The subject was too
close.
Move further away from the subject. To take
pictures closer than 20 cm (7.9 in.) with the
zoom in the maximum wide position, use the
super macro mode.
The subject is dark.
Set [AF ILLUMINATOR] to [ON].
Auto focus is not
possible.
Use manual focus or focus lock to focus on
the subject and then shoot.
There is condensation
*
inside the camera.
Turn the camera off. Before turning it on
again, wait until the camera adjusts to the
surrounding temperature and dries out.
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Possible cause
Corrective action
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