3 Continue to hold the shutter button down halfway. Move the camera back to the original image and press the shutter button fully.

Beep

Fully pressed

•AF/AE lock can be applied repeatedly before the shutter is released.

•Use AF/AE lock in all Photography modes to guarantee excellent results.

•On the FinePix A400 / FinePix A500, pressing the shutter button down half way locks the focus and exposure settings (AF and AE lock).

Subjects not suitable for autofocus

FinePix A400 / FinePix A500 uses a high-precision

Using

autofocusing mechanism. However, it may have difficulty

 

focusing on the following:

Camera the

 

Very shiny subjects such Fast moving subjects as a mirror or car body

•Subjects photographed through glass

•Subjects that do not reflect well, such as hair or fur

•Subjects with no substance, such as smoke or flames

•Dark subjects

•Subjects with little or no contrast between the subject and the background (such as subjects dressed in the same color as the background)

•Shots where another high-contrast object (not the subject) is close to the AF frame and is either closer or

further away than your subject (such as a shot of someone against a background with strongly contrasting elements)

For such subjects use AF/AE lock (➝p.30).

31