Playback and Shooting of Basics The

Step 4 Focus and Shoot

1Press the shutter-release button halfway.

•When the subject is in focus, the focus area glows green

(multiple focus areas can glow green).

• When you are using digital zoom, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame and the focus area is not displayed. When the camera has focused, the focus indicator (A7) glows green.

• If the focus area or focus indicator flashes red, the camera is unable to focus. Modify the composition and try pressing the shutter-release button halfway again.

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2Without lifting your finger, press the shutter- release button the rest of the way down.

3To apply an effect to the captured image, press the kbutton.

•The screen for selecting an effect is displayed.

See “Using Quick Effects” (A45) for more information.

•When you press the dbutton or when no operations are performed for about five seconds, the monitor display returns to the shooting screen.

Quick effects

Cancel Choose effect

•To not display the screen shown on the right, set Quick effects to Off in the shooting menu (A57).

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