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AE/AF lock indicator

Flashes in green

Light up

Press and hold the shutter button halfway down.

The beep sounds but the image is not yet recorded. When the AE/AF lock indicator changes from ßashing to steadily lit, the camera is ready for shooting.

(The LCD screen may be frozen for a split second depending on the subject.)

When the surroundings are dark, the ßash automatically pops up and strobes.

•If you release the shutter button, shooting will be canceled.

•You can continue and shoot even when the camera does not beep, but in this case the focus is not set properly (except in Continuous AF, page 68).

•No beep sounds when [Beep] is set to [Off] in the SET UP settings (page 141).

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Press the shutter button fully down.

The shutter sounds. The image will be recorded in the recording medium. The recorded image is displayed for approximately two seconds (Auto Review, page 140). When the recording lamp (page 10) goes out, you can shoot the next image.

•When operating the camera using a battery pack, if you do not operate the camera for a while during recording or playback, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the battery (page 17).

Auto Focus

When you try to shoot a subject that is difÞcult to focus on, the AE/AF lock indicator changes to ßashing slowly. In addition, the AE locked beep does not sound (except in Continuous AF, page 68). The Auto Focus function may have difÞculty working under the following conditions. In such cases, release the shutter button, then recompose the shot and focus again.

•The subject is distant from the camera and dark.

•The contrast between the subject and its background is poor.

•The subject is seen through glass, such as a window.

•A fast-moving subject.

•The subject reßects or has a lustrous Þnish, such as a mirror or a luminous body.

•A ßashing subject.

•A backlit subject.

There are two Auto Focus functions: ÒAF range Þnder frameÓ which sets the focus position according to the subject position and size, and ÒAF modeÓ which sets the focus start/Þnish timing. See page 66 for details.

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