Taking Pictures in SRC(SCENE RECOGNITION) Mode

6 Shoot.

Smoothly press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

BTip: The Shutter Button

The shutter button has two positions. Pressing the shutter button halfway (q) sets focus and exposure; to shoot, press the shutter button the rest of the way down (w).

Double

beepClick

q w

Press halfway

Press the rest of

 

the way down

ANote

If the subject is poorly lit, the flash may fire when the picture is taken. For information on using the flash when lighting is poor, see page 32.

The Indicator Lamp

Indicator lamp

The indicator lamp shows camera status as follows:

Indicator lamp

Camera status

Glows green

Focus locked.

Blinks green

Blur, focus, or exposure warning.

Picture can be taken.

Blinks green

Recording pictures. Additional

and orange

pictures can be taken.

Glows

Recording pictures. No additional

orange

pictures can be taken at this time.

Blinks orange

Flash charging; flash will not fire

when picture is taken.

Blinks red

Lens or memory error.

BTip: Warnings

Detailed warnings appear in the display. See pages 89–92 for more information.

Playback and Photography Basic

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