Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.

● Pressing Halfway

Pressing halfway automatically sets the exposure, focus and white balance.

• The indicators light or blink as follows. Upper indicator

• Green: Metering complete (two beeps sound)

• Orange: Flash will fire

• Blinking Orange: Camera shake warning / Insufficient exposure

Lower indicator

Indicators

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Yellow: Macro mode/Manual focus mode

 

 

• Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty* (single

 

 

beep sounds)

 

 

* Use the focus lock, or focus manually, to shoot when the

 

 

indicator blinks yellow (p. 106).

 

• The AF frame appears as follows when the LCD

 

monitor is on.

 

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Green: Metering complete

 

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Yellow: Focusing difficulty

Preparing the Camera, Basic Functions

AF Frame

● Pressing Fully

Pressing fully releases the shutter.

• The upper indicator blinks green while the image is recording onto the CF card.

• You will hear the shutter sound when the shot is complete. Do not move the camera until you hear this sound.

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