zThe combined use of the digital zoom and optical zoom enables magnified shooting up to approx. 32x (p. 50). The digital zoom cannot be used with some shooting modes (p. 162). Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.

a b

aLightly press the shutter button (pressing halfway) to focus.

Two beeps will sound when the camera has finished focusing, and the AF frame appears green.

zThe AF frame will light yellow and the beep will sound one time if the subject is difficult to focus on. When the AF frame is set to Auto, it will not appear.

zThe shutter speed and aperture value are automatically determined and show on the LCD monitor (or viewfinder). The exposure compensation (p. 78) and focus (p. 95) are also automatically set.

bPress the shutter button all the way.

You will hear the shutter sound when the shot is complete. Do not move the camera until you hear this sound. The picture appears for two seconds.

ŠSee page 162 for settings that can be changed in this mode.

ŠThe LCD monitor and viewfinder have a field of vision of approximately 100% of the actual shooting image.

ŠImages are first saved into the camera's internal memory before being recorded onto the CF card, allowing the next images to be taken immediately as long as sufficient space is available in the internal memory.

ŠThe indicator blinks red while data is recorded onto the CF card.

ŠThe beep and shutter sound can be set to On/ Off using the menu (p. 66).

ŠIf the shutter sound is set to [Off] and the mute option is set to [Off], the camera will beep once when the shutter button is pressed all the way.

ŠShots cannot be taken while the flash is charging.

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