Nikon COOLPIX 2500 manual Getting Good Results with Autofocus, During Recording, Take the picture

5.2 Take the picture

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

After each shot, the picture you have just taken will be displayed briefly in the moni- tor before being recorded to the memory card. If you are not satisfied with the re- sults, you can delete the picture instantly by pressing the () button. If you need more time to study the picture, you can pause the display for up to ten seconds by pressing

the ( ) button. For more information, see “Keep or Delete” ( 58).

Tutorial— Taking Pictures

Getting Good Results with Autofocus

Autofocus performs best when there is contrast between the subject and background and the subject is evenly lit. It does not perform well if the sub- ject is very dark or moving rapidly, if there are objects of sharply differing brightness in the scene (e.g., the sun is behind your subjects and their fea- tures are in deep shadow), or if the subject contains objects at different dis- tances from the camera (e.g., the subject is inside a cage).

During Recording

While pictures are being recorded to the memory card, aicon will be dis- played in the monitor.

Pictures taken while earlier images are being recorded are stored in a tempo- rary memory buffer. When the buffer is full, an hourglass () icon will be displayed and the shutter release will be disabled.

Do not turn the camera off, remove the memory card, or remove or discon- nect the power source while or is displayed.

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