Taking Pictures in M(Scene Recognition) Mode

6 Shoot.

Smoothly press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

2The Shutter Button

The shutter button has two positions. Pressing the shutter button halfway (q) sets focus and exposure; to shoot, press the shutter button the rest of the way down (w).

Double

beepClick

q

w

Press halfway

Press the rest of

 

the way down

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If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator may light to assist focus (P38). For information on using the flash when lighting is poor, see page 40.

The Indicator Lamp

Indicator lamp

The indicator lamp shows camera status as follows:

Indicator lamp

Camera status

Glows green

Focus locked.

Blinks green

Blur, focus, or exposure warning. Pic-

 

ture can be taken.

Blinks green

Recording pictures. Additional pic-

and orange

tures can be taken.

Glows

Recording pictures. No additional pic-

orange

tures can be taken at this time.

Blinks orange

Flash charging; flash will not fire when

picture is taken.

 

Lens or memory error (memory card

Blinks red

full or not formatted, format error, or

 

other memory error).

2Warnings

Detailed warnings appear in the display. See pages 114–117 for more information.

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