Canon S50 manual Pressing the Shutter Button, Pressing Halfway, Pressing Fully

Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.

● Pressing Halfway

Indicators

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

•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. 98).

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

•Green: Metering complete

•Yellow: Focusing difficulty*

Preparing the Camera, Basic Functions

AF Frame	* The AF frame will not appear on the LCD monitor when it is
	set to Auto Selection.

●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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