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Using the Camera
2Check the composition on the LCD monitor.

To adjust zoom scale using the Zoom button:

MEMO
•Select e Macro mode to take close-up shots (➝p.55).
• Use digital zoom when you want to shoot the subject
closer (➝p.101).
3Focus on the main subject in the AF frame

and press the shutter button down halfway.

CHECK
• Focus on the subject
Double beep is heard
Indicator lamp lit green
• Not focus on the subject
No sound
{ indicated
Indicator lamp blinking green
MEMO
• The shutter button has a halfway point at which focus
and exposure are automatically optimized before taking
the picture by pressing fully down.
• When pressing the shutter button halfway, a lens
operation sound may be heard.
Continued Q
25
25
N25
25
N
AUTO
AUTO
25
25
N25
25
N
AUTO
AUTO
W button
(Zoom out)
T button
(Zoom in)
•Focal range
Approx. 60 cm (2.0 ft.)
to infinity
•Optical zoom focal
length (35 mm
camera equivalent)
Approx. 36 mm to
108 mm
•Max. zoom scale
3×
Zoom bar
25
25
N25
25
N
AUTO
AUTO
F 5.6
F 5.6
250
250
250
250
F 5.6
F 5.6
AF frame AF frame
becomes smaller
and camera
focuses on the
subject.
Halfway
pressed
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