Taking Pictures in AUTO Mode

5Shoot.

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 q

beep

CLICK

The indicator lamp shows camera status as follows:

button halfway ( ) sets focus and exposure; to shoot, press the shutter button the rest of the way down (w).

1Note

q w

Indicator lamp

Camera status

Glows green

Focus locked.

Blinks green

Camera unable to focus or picture

may be blurred. Picture can be taken.

Glows

Recording pictures. No additional

If the subject is poorly lit, the fl ash may fi re when the picture is taken. To take pictures without the f lash, choose another fl ash mode (pg. 24).

orange

pictures can be taken at this time.

Blinks orange

Flash charging; fl ash will not fi re when

 

picture is taken.

 

Lens or memory error (internal mem-

Blinks red

ory or memory card full or not format-

ted, format error, or other memory

 

 

error).

2Tip: Warnings

Detailed warnings appear in the monitor. See pages 86–89 for more information.

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