If correct focus cannot be obtained (Focus lock)

basics Shooting

• When the camera is too close to the subject, the green lamp blinks. If this happens, use the macro mode. “Taking close-up pictures (Macro

mode)” ( p.40)

•While the green lamp is blinking, the subject cannot be brought into focus. Remove your finger from the shutter button, re-position your subject and half-press the shutter button again. “If correct focus

cannot be obtained (Focus lock)” ( p.33)

Subjects that are difficult to focus on

Under certain types of conditions, the auto focus may not work properly. If this happens, focus on an object with high contrast at the same distance as the intended subject (focus lock), recompose your shot and then take the picture. If the subject has no vertical lines, hold the camera vertically and focus the camera using the focus lock function by pressing the shutter button halfway, then return the camera to the horizontal position while keeping the button half-pressed and take the picture.

The green lamp on the right of the viewfinder blinks. The subject cannot be brought into focus.

The green lamp on the right of the viewfinder lights up, but the subject cannot be brought into focus.

Subject with

 

 

 

 

 

Subject with an

Subject without

low contrast

 

 

 

 

 

extremely bright

vertical lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

area in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

center of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subjects at

Fast-moving

The subject to be

different

subject

focused on is not

distances

 

in the center of

 

 

the frame

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