Canon EOS 500QD - Manual (Page 53)

Troubleshooting Tips
Before you start thinking that there might be something wrong with your
camera, please check the points on the following checklist. If this doesn’t
solve the problem, please take the camera to your nearest Canon service
facility (these are listed at the back).
Problem Cause Solution See page
1. No display on
panel
Are the batteries exhausted? Replace the batteries. 11
Are the batteries the wrong way
round?
Reload the batteries correctly
11
Is the film loaded correctly? (Is
the film counter on the display
blank?)
Reload the film correctly,
15
2. The shutter
doesn’t
release.
Check that there is no rewound
film in the camera (Have you
checked that the film counter on
the display is blank?)
Replace the film.
15
Is the camera focussed? (Is the
focus lamp in the viewfinder
blinking?)
Press the shutter button halfway
again. If it still does not focus,
set the focus mode switch to M
(manual) and focus manually
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3. Photographs
come out
blurred
Is the focus mode switch on M
(manual)? Reset the focus mode switch to
AF (Autofocus)
13
Did you move your hands when
shooting?
Press the shutter button steadi­
ly, without shaking the camera
14
The batteries are very low Replace the batteries You can
continue taking photographs
when the
be
indicator goes off
and the battery lamp comes on.
12
4. The
be
indi­
cator on the
display panel
Is lit
There may be some other rea­
son to consider as to why the
camera is not operating correct-
ly
If, when the shutter button is
pressed halfway, the
be
indica­
tor goes off and the battery mark
comes on, photographs can be
taken normally.
• If after doing the above
the
be
indicator does not go
out, there may be a problem
with the camera, Please take
it to your nearest Canon ser­
vice facility
12
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