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Out of focus | Subject is difficult for | Subjects difficult for Autofocus include |
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| Autofocus to handle. | those with low contrast (blue skies, white |
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| walls), dark objects, |
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| objects, |
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| landscapes seen through a window or |
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| net.Focus on something at the same |
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| distance as your subject, lock the focus |
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| (by pressing shutter release button |
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| halfway), aim at your subject, and press |
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| shutter release button fully. |
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| Subject is not in | Position focusing target within the frame |
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| Focusing Area | (Focusing Area) at the center of the LCD |
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| screen.If your subject is not within the |
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| Focusing area, first focus on your subject |
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| within the AF area, lock the focus (by |
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| pressing shutter release button halfway), |
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| then reframe your picture as desired, and |
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| press shutter release button fully. |
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| Subject is too close. | Set the Focus mode to q. (p.37) |
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| The Focus mode is set | When the Focus mode is set to q, normal |
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| to q. | range pictures will be out of focus. |
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Picture is dark. | Subject is too far away in | If the subject is too far away, the image will |
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| a dark environment | be dark.Take the picture within the flash |
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| range. |
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| Background is dark. | When taking a picture of a person against |
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| a dark background, the person may |
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| appear clearly while the background |
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| appears dark because the flash does not |
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| reach the background.If you select the / |
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| or & mode on the virtual dial screen, both |
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| the person and the |
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| clear. (p.50) |
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Flash does not | The Flash mode is set to | Set to Auto or b(p.39) |
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discharge. | Off. |
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| The Capture mode is set | The flash will not discharge in these |
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| to C, Continuous | modes. |
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| Shooting, or s mode or |
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| the Flash mode is set to |
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| G. |
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