
Basic Photography
Step 3 - Focus and Shoot |
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| Press the | ||
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| focus and exposure. In P mode, the camera | ||
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| will automatically focus on the subject at the | ||
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| center of the frame. Focus and exposure will | ||
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| lock while the | |||
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| halfway. |
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| way, check focus and flash. Focus is indicated by | ||
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| the green AF (autofocus) lamp next to the view- | ||
| Green (AF) lamp |
| finder and by the focus indicator in the monitor. | ||
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| Flash | status is | indicated by the red ! (flash- | |
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| ready) lamp next to the viewfinder. | ||
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| Red (!) | On | Flash will fire when picture is |
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| taken. | ||
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| Blinks | Flash charging. Wait until lamp | |
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| lamp | comes on. | |
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| Off | Flash off or not required. | |
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| Green(AF)lamp/ focusindicator | On | Subject in focus. |
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| Camera unable to focus on sub- | |
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| ject at center of frame. Using |
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| Flashes | focus lock, focus on another |
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| subject at same distance, then |
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| recompose picture and shoot. |
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| Monitor turns off while flash is charging. | ||
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| 2 Take the picture | ||
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| Press the | ||
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| way down to take the picture. The shutter | ||
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| sound is played when the | ||
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| is pressed (default setting Q 94). To prevent | ||
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| blur, press the | ||
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| smoothly. You can choose whether or not to | ||
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| display the camera shake warning (Q 25). |
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