AFully Automatic Shooting (Scene Intelligent Auto)

FAQ

The AF point does not turn green and focus is not achieved.

Try again, aiming the AF point at an area with a good bright/dark contrast, then press the shutter button halfway. Also, focus might not be achieved if you are too close to the subject. Move away from the subject and shoot.

Multiple AF points appear in green.

Focus has been achieved at all the green AF points. When the AF point covering the desired subject turns green, take the picture.

Pressing the shutter button halfway does not focus the subject. When an EF or EF-S lens is used, if the focus mode switch on the lens is set to <MF> (manual focus), manual focusing will be in effect. Set the focus mode switch to <AF> (autofocus).

With Speedlite 90EX Attached (9?)

(When you use flash, there is a slight time lag after you press the shutter button completely before the picture is taken.)

The flash fired even though it was daylight.

For a backlit subject, the flash may fire to help lighten the subject’s dark areas. If you do not want the flash to fire, switch the Speedlite’s power to <2>.

The flash fired and the picture came out extremely bright. Move farther from the subject and shoot. When shooting flash photography, if the subject is too close to the camera, the picture may come out extremely bright (overexposure).

The flash fired, but the photo came out dark.

You were too far away from the subject. See “Effective Flash Range” (9?) and shoot.

When flash was used, the bottom part of the picture came out unnaturally dark.

The subject was too close to the camera, and a shadow was created by the lens barrel. The subject should be at least 1 meter/3.3 feet away from the camera. If a hood is attached to the lens, remove it before taking the flash picture.

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