Taking Pictures (B AUTO Mode)

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.4 Press the shutter button fully.

Halfway pressed

Fully pressed

CAUTION

When taking a picture using the flash, the image may disappear and go dark briefly due to flash charging. The indicator lamp blinks orange during charging.

MEMO

•When the subject is not in the AF frame, use AF/AE lock to take the picture (➝p.33).

•When pressing the shutter button down fully in one motion, the camera takes the picture without the AF frame changing.

Flash

When pressing the shutter button down halfway, b appears on the LCD monitor before the flash fires.

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F 5.6

Change the flash mode when you want to take pictures without flash. See p.62 for information on flash.

CAUTION

•The image shown on the LCD monitor before the picture is taken may differ in brightness, color, etc. from the image actually recorded. Play back the recorded image to check it (➝p.36).

•When selecting a slow shutter speed that will cause camera shake, appears on the LCD monitor. Use flash or a tripod.

•See p.136-140 for information on warning displays. See “Troubleshooting” (➝p.141-148) for more information.

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