Ricoh CAPLIOG4, CAPLIO G4 WIDE operation manual How to Focus, Color Auto focus lamp Crosshairs

Chapter 1 Section 2 Basic Shooting

How to Focus

The area displayed on the LCD Monitor is shot as a still image or a movie. When adjusting focus, press the shutter button halfway (half-press).

To adjust focus, follow the steps below.

Point the lens toward the subject you want to shoot.

Compose the picture on the LCD Monitor.

The focus is set at the center of the screen, so use the screen to center your subject.

Half-press the shutter button.

The f-stop (aperture size) and shutter speed are dis- played in the bottom part of the screen, and the cam- era focuses.

Once the shot is in focus, the exposure and white bal- ance are fixed and the crosshair in the center of the LCD Monitor turns green, as does the auto-focus lamp in the lower left of the Viewfinder. Check one of these to make sure the subject is in focus.

If the camera cannot automatically focus, the crosshairs in the center of the LCD monitor turn red and the auto-focus lamp in the lower left of the view- finder blinks in green

Auto focus lamp

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	Color of	Auto focus lamp
	crosshairs
Before focusing	White		Off
Focused	Green		On (green)
Failed to focus	Red		Blink (green)

• When the grid appears, the crosshairs do not appear in the middle of the LCD monitor. With the auto focus lamp, check that the shot is in focus.

•There is another shooting method, which is to fully press the shutter once, without using the half-press method. Full-press shooting is good for capturing the moment. However, you cannot check that your shot is in focus while shooting. (see P.34)

•You can use the battery for a longer period of time by using the viewfinder and shooting in power-save mode (see P.121). In this mode, however, you cannot check the focus on the LCD monitor. Instead, observe the auto focus lamp (in the lower left of the viewfinder), which lights up in green when the shot is in focus. The range visible through the viewfinder and that being shot may deviate a little bit, depending on the shooting distance. To check the focusing or the shooting range accurately before shooting, please use the LCD monitor.

If the subject is not centered on your composition, see P.36.

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