Taking Pictures in A(Auto) Mode
6Shoot.
Smoothly press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture.
The Indicator Lamp
Indicator lamp
2Tip: The Shutter Button
The shutter button has two
Double
positions. Pressing the shutter
beep
CLICK
button halfway (q) sets focus and exposure; to shoot, press the shutter button the rest of the way down (w).
1Note
q
w
The indicator lamp shows camera status as follows:
Indicator lamp | Camera status |
Glows green Focus locked. | |
Blinks green | Camera unable to focus or picture |
may be blurred. Picture can be taken. | |
If the subject is poorly lit, the fl ash may fi re when the picture is taken. To take pictures without the fl ash, choose another fl ash mode (pg. 25).
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. |
| Flash charging; fl ash will not fi re when |
Blinks orange picture is taken. | |
| Lens or memory error (internal memory |
Blinks red | or memory card full or not formatted, |
| format error, or other memory error). |
2Tip: Warnings
Detailed warnings appear in the monitor. See pages
Playback and Photography Basic
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