Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.

Indicators

AF Frame

●Pressing Halfway

Pressing halfway automatically sets the exposure, focus and white balance.

•The indicators light or blink as follows. Upper indicator

•Green: Metering complete (two beeps sound)

•Orange: Flash will fire

•Blinking Orange: Camera shake warning /

Insufficient exposure

Lower indicator

•Yellow: Macro mode/Manual focus mode

•Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty* (single beep sounds)

* Use the focus lock, or focus manually, to shoot when the indicator blinks yellow (p. 98).

•The AF frame appears as follows when the LCD monitor is on.

•Green: Metering complete

•Yellow: Focusing difficulty*

*The AF frame will not appear on the LCD monitor when it is set to Auto Selection.

Preparing the Camera, Basic Functions

●Pressing Fully

Pressing fully releases the shutter.

•The upper indicator blinks green while the image is recording onto the CF card.

•You will hear the shutter sound when the shot is complete. Do not move the camera until you hear this sound.

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