Canon A550 User Manual
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Eyes appear red.
Light is reflected back
from the eyes when the
flash is used in dark
areas.
z Shoot with
(Red-Eye) set to
[On] (Basic Guide p. 15). For this
mode to be effective, the subject
must be looking right at the red-eye
reduction lamp. Try asking them to
look directly at the lamp.
z Even better results can be obtained
by increasing the lighting in indoor
settings or approaching closer to
the subject. The shutter will not
activate for approximately 1 second
after the red-eye reduction lamp
fires in order to improve the effect.
Continuous shooting slows down.
The memory card’s
performance has
dropped.
z To enhance the continuous
shooting performance, you are
recommended to low level format
the memory card in the camera
after you save all its images to your
computer (p. 25).
Recording images to memory card takes a
long time.
Memory card was
formatted in another
device.
z Use a memory card formatted in
your camera (p. 25).
Lens will not retract.
Memory card slot cover/
battery cover was opened
with power on.
z After closing the memory card slot/
battery cover, turn the power on
then back off (Basic Guide p. 5).