Taking Photographs

2Ready the camera.

Hold the camera steady with both hands and brace your elbows against your sides. Shaking or unsteady hands can blur your shots.

To prevent pictures that are out of focus or too dark (underexposed), keep your fingers and other objects away from the lens, flash, and AF-assist illuminator.

3Frame the picture.

Use the zoom ring to frame the picture in the display.

4Focus.

Frame the picture with your subject in the center of the display and press the shutter button halfway to focus.

 

R If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illumina-

 

tor may light (P75).

 

If the camera is able to focus, it will beep twice

 

and focus area will glow green. Focus and

 

exposure will lock while the shutter button is

 

pressed halfway.

 

If the camera is unable to focus, the focus frame

 

will turn red, and swill be displayed. If the

 

subject is close to the camera (the actual dis-

 

tance varies with the lens; for more informa-

 

tion, see the lens manual), select macro mode

 

and try again (P29).

Zoom ring

5 Shoot.

 

Smoothly press the shutter button

 

the rest of the way down to take the

 

picture.

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