BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

•Pressing the shutter release button causes the focus frame to appear on the monitor screen (page 62).

•Multi-area Auto Focus (page 62) automatically fo- cuses the image and displays shutter speed and aper- ture values.

• You can find out the status of the Auto Focus operation by checking the color of the focus frame and the status of the operation/card access lamp.

 

Operation/card

 

access lamp

If you see this:

It means this:

Focus frame: Green

 

Operation/card access lamp:

The image is in focus.

Green

 

Focus frame: Red

 

Operation/card access lamp:

The image is not in focus.

Red

 

• Take care that you do not block the lens or the sensors with your fingers as you hold the camera.

7.After confirming that the image is in focus,

press the shutter release button all the way down to record the image.

•Recorded images are temporarily stored in a buffer from which they are stored to the memory card. You can continue to shoot consecutive images as long as there is space available in the buffer.

•The number of images you can store in the camera depends on the storage medium and the image quality setting (pages 95, 169) you are using.

•To avoid hand movement, press the shutter release button gently.

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