TAKING PICTURES IN FULL-AUTO

Full-auto is the camera’s standard operating mode and is suited for use in almost any situation. When selected, the camera sets the focus and exposure automatically and fires the built-in flash when necessary.

1 Slide the main switch to ON.2 Press the program-reset button to set the camera to full-auto.

• The camera will return to its default settings (p113).

3 Center your subject in thewide focus frame . Ifusing a zoom lens, rotate
the zooming ring to frame

AUTOMATIC OPERATION

 

your subject as

 

desired.

 

 

 

• Press the shutter release

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

button partway down to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

activate the autofocus and exposure

 

systems.

 

• When appears in the viewfinder, the flash will fire (p.35).

Flash signal

4

When or appears in

 

the viewfinder, press the
shutter-release button all the way down to take the picture.

• The audio signal confirms the camera has focused when the shutter-release button is pressed partway down.

• In low-light conditions, the AF illuminator will activate to determine focus distance (p.75).

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