Step 3 Focus and Shoot

1Press the shutter-release button halfway.

Mode Auto Easy Playback: and Photography Basic

When people's faces (front view) are recognized:

 

 

Camera will focus on the face surrounded by a double

 

 

border. Once focus has been locked the double border

 

 

will glow green.

 

 

 

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F2.8

When shooting non-human subjects or when no

 

 

faces are recognized:

 

 

The camera focuses on the subject overlapping the focus

 

 

area in the center of the monitor. When the subject is in

 

 

focus, the focus area glows green.

 

 

• When the digital zoom is used, the focus indicator

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F2.8

(A6) glows green once the focus has been locked in

 

 

the center of the monitor. The focus area won’t be displayed.

 

 

•The shutter speed and aperture are displayed when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

•The focus and exposure remain locked while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

•When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, and then the double border blinks in Face Priority, or the focus area or the focus indicator blinks red, the camera is unable to focus. Change the composition and press the shutter-release button halfway down again.

2Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down.

The picture will be recorded to the memory card or internal memory.

BDuring Recording

While pictures are being recorded, the O(wait) icon will be displayed and the number of exposures remaining or movie length will blink. Do not turn the camera off, open the battery-chamber/ memory card slot cover, 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.

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