Nikon COOLPIXS9 manual lShutter-ReleaseButton, lFocus Lock, lAuto Focus, Focus and Shoot

Step 3 Focus and Shoot

lShutter-Release Button

The camera features a two-stage shutter-release button. To set focus and exposure, press the shutter-release button halfway, stopping when you feel resistance. Focus and exposure lock while the shutter-release button is held in this position. To release the shutter and take a pic- ture, press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down. Do not use force when press- ing the shutter-release button, as this may result in camera shake and blurred pictures.

Set focus and	Take picture
exposure

lFocus Lock

To focus on off-center subject, use focus lock as described below.

•Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change while focus is locked.

Basic Photography and

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Position the subject in the center of the frame.

lAuto Focus

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Press the	Confirm that
shutter-	the focus indi-
release	cator (p) is
button	green
halfway.

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Continue hold-	Press the
ing down the	shutter-
shutter release	release
button half-	button
way and	the rest of
recompose the	the way
picture.	down.

Playback: L (Auto) Mode

Focus lock does not perform well if the subject is very dark or is moving rapidly, if there are objects of sharply differing brightness in the scene (e.g., the sun is behind your subject and their features are in deep shadow), or if there are several objects at different distances from the camera at the center of the frame (e.g., your subject is inside a cage).

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