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PowerShot A3100 IS Support
FAQ and troubleshooting

Images are blurry, not in focus, or soft-focused (PowerShot A3000 IS / PowerShot A3100 IS)

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When an image is blurry or cannot be brought into focus during shooting, please check the following.

Confirming the basic techniques for shooting

You can prevent camera shake by holding the camera firmly.

See the following reference for holding the camera correctly.

Holding a camera

Your camera includes functions for detecting and setting the focus on your subjects, but it may not focus as you intended.

See the following reference for focusing on the targeted subject.

Images are soft or blurred (How to focus a camera)

You may need more accurate focusing for portrait photography, macro shooting for subjects that are right nearby, and zoom shooting for subjects that are far away.

The following introduces the method for checking the focus by using the Focus Check function.

Checking whether the image is in focus (Focus Check Function)

Increasing the [ISO Speed] if the camera shake warning icon appears when you press the ⋖Shutter Button⋗ halfway

When you press the ⋖shutter button⋗ halfway in low light conditions where camera

shake is likely, a flashing () will appear.

In this case, you can increase the [ISO Speed] to reduce camera shake.

Setting ISO speed

Shooting with the Focus Lock or checking the camera settings if a subject cannot be brought into focus

There are cases where monotone subjects with low contrast cannot be brought into focus.

See the following reference for focusing by placing an object with high contrast in front of the subject.

How to focus using subjects with high contrast

If the focusing zone* setting does not match with the shooting conditions, there are cases where the subject cannot be brought into focus.

Please refer to the following information to check the [Focusing Zone].

* For example, shooting a distant subject in the [Macro] () mode, shooting a close subject in the [Infinity] () mode, etc.

Shooting distant subjects or close-up subjects

Using [Digital Tele-Converter] if you want to shoot a far-away subject

With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by a factor equivalent to 1.4x to 2.3x*.

This Digital Tele-Converter can increase the zoom factor with less of a decrease in the brightness of the lens, which enables a faster shutter speed than normal zooming operations (including digital zoom) at the same zoom factor. The faster shutter speed can reduce camera shake and subject blur.

* It varies depending on the camera model.

Shooting with the Digital Tele-Converter

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