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17. Hold the camera
12steady.
Wrap the fingers of your right hand around the camera body so that the index finger rests comfortably on the shutter release button and the thumb fits between the body and film advance lever .
Then, cradle the camera in the left hand with the thumb and fingers grasping the lens focusing ring @ . The camera may be switched from horizontal- to vertical -format shoot- ing in this pOSition.
18. Focus on the subject. | Out of focus ---- |
Turn the lens focusing ring until the image in the viewfinder becomes sharp.
The K focusing screen comes with the camera as standard equipment. With the split-image rangefinder, turn the ring until the split image becomes whole . With the microprism grid, turn the ring until the shimmering image appears sharp. With the matte outer field, turn the ring until the image ap- pears sharp. The split-image rangefinder works well for subjects having defi- nite lines or boundaries. The microprism collar is for fast-moving subjects or ones with indistinct lines, while the matte outer field is suitable for close-ups. In fast-moving or candid shooting situations, you can measure or estimate the distance between you and the subject and preset it on the lens using the dis- tance scale @ engraved both in feet and meters.
