❚❚Live View Photography

The touch screen can be used to adjust settings and take photographs.

Taking Photographs (Touch Shutter)

Touch the monitor to focus and lift your finger to take the photograph.

Tap the icon shown at right to choose the operation performed by tapping the monitor in shooting mode. Choose from the following options:

Option

Description

Touch the monitor to position the focus point and focus (autofocus only; the touch shutter can not be used to focus when MF—manual

3(touch shutter on) focus—is selected for focus mode as described on page 164). The shutter is released when you lift your finger from the screen.

7(touch shutter off) As above, except that lifting your finger from the screen does not release the shutter.

Focus locks while your finger is on the monitor. During movie recording, the touch shutter remains off (7) and you can refocus at any time by touching your subject in the monitor; the touch shutter options icon is not displayed.

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