Step 3 Focus and Shoot

BAutofocus

Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the active focus area and the focus indicator glow green:

•Subject is very dark

•Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun is behind the subject and is in deep shadow)

•No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. when the subject is standing in front of a white wall, wearing a white shirt)

•Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage)

•Subject is moving rapidly

In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several times, or focus on another subject and use focus lock. When using focus lock, be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject with which focus was locked is the same as that for the actual subject.

DFocus 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 subject

Press the

Confirm that the

Continue holding

Press the

in the center of the

shutter-

focus indicator

down the shutter-

shutter-

frame.

release

(Q) is green.

release button

release

 

button

 

halfway and

button the

 

halfway.

 

recompose the

rest of the

 

 

 

picture.

way down.

DFlash

If the subject is poorly lit, the flash may fire by pressing the shutter-release button all the way down.

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