Kyocera SL300RT manual Using Focus Lock to Take Pictures, Subjects that are difficult to focus on

Using Focus Lock to Take Pictures

Use Focus Lock in situations where the subject you want to focus on is not in the center of the LCD monitor, or when you want to compose a shot where the focal point is not in the center of the shot.

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1 Position the focusing frame in the center of the screen over the subject you want to focus on and press the shutter release button half way.

When the camera gives a short beep and the green shooting mark “B” lights on the LCD monitor, exposure and focus setting is completed. The focus and exposure are then locked (Focus Lock, AE Lock).

“Beep”

Techniques for

•A flashing shooting mark “B” indicates that the camera cannot set the exposure and focus and that Focus Lock cannot be used. Press the shutter release button half way again until the shooting mark “B” stays lit and the focus is set, or use a different subject to set the focus.

Taking Pictures

2 With the shutter release button still half-pressed, move the camera until the shot is composed as you want it and then press the shutter release button down fully to take the shot.

Removing your finger from the shutter release button releases the Focus Lock and AE Lock.

“Click”

■Subjects that are difficult to focus on

The camera has difficulty focusing on the following types of subject. Lock the focus on another object at the same distance from the camera as the desired subject and then take the picture.

•Low contrast subjects

•Objects that consist of the same pattern repeated

•Dark subjects

•Subjects made up only of horizontal lines

•Extremely bright or glossy subjects

•Subjects where there is a strong light source in or near the field of view, or when there is strong light such as sunlight in the LCD monitor image

•Two or more subjects in or near the center of the field of view that are at different distances from the camera

•Moving subjects

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