Canon CEL-SE65A210 Pressing the Shutter Button, Pressing Halfway, Pressing Fully, Upper indicator

Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.

Indicators

AF Frame

zPressing Halfway

Pressing halfway automatically sets the exposure and focus.

zThe 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

•Yellow: Macro mode/Super 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. 114, 115).

zThe AF frame appears as follows when the LCD monitor is on.

•Green: Metering complete

•Yellow: Focusing difficulty*

*The AF frame does not appear when the focus area is set to be selected automatically (AiAF), (p. 89).

Preparing the Camera, Basic Functions

zPressing Fully

Pressing fully releases the shutter.

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

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

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