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Shooting – The Basics

Pressing Halfway

Pressing halfway
automatically sets the
exposure and focus.
zTwo beeps will sound
when the camera has
finished metering, and the upper indicator
will light green or orange. If the LCD monitor
is on, the AF frame will appear green.
zThe lower indicator will blink yellow and the
beep will sound one time if the subject is
difficult to focus on.
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Press the shutter button all the way.

Pressing Fully

Pressing fully releases the
shutter.
zYou will hear the shutter sound when the
shot is complete. Do not move the camera
until you hear this sound.
zThe upper indicator blinks green while data
is recorded onto the memory card.
zThe picture appears for approximately three
seconds on the LCD monitor, if it is on.
zSee page 159 for settings that can be
changed in this mode.
zWith the Review function, you can change
the length of time images show on the LCD
monitor after shooting, or set it so they do
not show at all (p.36).
zIf the indicator blinks orange or yellow while
you press the shutter button halfway, you
can still press fully to take the shot.
zImages are first saved into the camera’s
internal memory before being recorded onto
the memory card, allowing the next images
to be taken immediately as long as
sufficient space is available in the internal
memory.
zThe beep and shutter sound can be set [On/
Off] in the [Set up] menu (p. 70).
zEven when the shutter sound is set to [ ,
, (On)] (p. 74), no sound will be
heard if [Mute] is set to [On].
zThere is no shutter sound in movie mode.
zShots cannot be taken while the flash is
charging.