Focus lock photography

Follow the following procedures when the subject being focused on is not positioned in the center of the viewfinder.

1.Position the subject within the focus frame and lightly press the shutter button halfway. The view-

finder will light green and the focus position will be locked.

Note:

*After the focus position is locked, the focus lock can be released by removing the finger from the shutter button to enable re-focusing.

2.With the finger still lightly pressing the shutter but- ton, recompose the pho- tograph and gently press

the shutter button farther to take the photo- graph.

Photographic cautions and hints

Release lock

In step 4, exposure and focus are locked when the photograph is composed and the shutter button is lightly pressed. Under the following conditions, however, the shutter button will lock (cannot be pressed farther) and it will not be possible to finish taking the photograph.

*When the batteries are weak or exhausted (warning beep).

*When the CF card has not been formatted (warning beep). (*1)