Optimus S700 user manual Focus and Shoot, Press the shutter-release button halfway

Step 3 Focus and Shoot

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode

1Press the shutter-release button halfway.

When a face looking toward the camera is recognized:

Camera will focus on the face surrounded by a double border.

•Once focus has been locked the double border will glow green.

•When the camera is unable to focus, the double border will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway and try focusing again.

When shooting pictures of subjects other than people or framing a subject with which no face is recognized:

Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera.

•When the subject is in focus, the active focus area and focus indicator (Q) glow green.

•When the camera is unable to focus, the focus area and focus indicator will blink red. Recompose the picture and press the shutter-release button halfway to try focusing again.

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The focus area is not displayed when digital zoom is in effect, and focus will be in the center of the screen.

See [AF area mode] (A 90) and “Shooting with Face Priority” (A 92) for more information about Face Priority.

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

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

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