Step3 Focus and Shoot

jDuring Recording

While pictures are being recorded, the yicon will be displayed, or the M or O icon will blink. Do not turn the camera off, eject the memory card, or remove or disconnect the power source while these icons are displayed. Cutting power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage to the camera or card.

lShutter-Release Button

To set focus and exposure, press the shutter-release button halfway, stopping when you feel resistance. Focus and exposure lock while the shutter-release button is held in this position. To release the shutter and take a picture, press the shutter-release button down the rest of the way down. Do not use force when pressing the shutter-release button, as this may result in camera shake and blurred pictures.

Set focus and

Take a picture

exposure

 

lFocus Lock

To focus on off-center subject, use focus lock as described blow.

•Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change while focus is locked.

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Position the sub-

Press the

Confirm that the

Continue holding

Press the

ject in the center

shutter-

focus indicator

down the shutter

shutter-

of the frame.

release

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release button

release

 

button

 

halfway and

button the

 

halfway.

 

recompose the

rest of the

 

 

 

picture.

way down.

kAutofocus

Autofocus may not perform as expected if the subject is very dark or moving rapidly; if there are objects of significantly differing levels of brightness in the scene (as when the sun is behind the subject, throwing their features into shadow); if the primary subject exhibits little contrast (as when the subject is generally the same color as the background); or if the scene contains several objects at differing distances from the camera (as when the primary subject is in a cage or behind a fence).

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