Ricoh Caplio RX operation manual Shooting Still Images, Checking the Focus and Shooting Half-press

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 viewfinder blinks in

green.

Auto focus lamp

Crosshair

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

•When the grid appears, the crosshairs do not appear in the middle of the LCD moni- tor. 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.36)

•You can use the battery for a longer period of time by using the viewfinder and shoot- ing in power-save mode (see P.110). 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, depend- ing on the shooting distance. To check the focusing or the shooting range accurately before shooting, please use the LCD moni- tor.

If the subject is not centered on your compo- sition, see P.xx.

Shooting Still Images

Use the Shooting Mode to take your still	2
images.

There are two methods of using the shutter button, pressing the shutter in two stages (half-press) and pressing it all the way down at once (full-press). When you use half- press, you can confirm that your shot is in focus on the LCD Monitor. When you want to capture the moment, full-press is convenient.

•For how to shoot with Zoom, see P.43

•For how to shoot Close-ups, see P.45.

Checking the Focus and Shooting (Half-press)

1. Turn the Mode Dial to 5(Shoot- ing Mode).

2. Compose your shot either by looking through the Viewfinder or at the LCD Monitor.

3. Put the subject of your photo right in the center and press the shutter button half-way.

The f-stop (aperture size) and shutter speed are displayed in the bottom part of the screen, and the camera focuses.

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