Toshiba PDR-M11 instruction manual How to Press the Shutter Button

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How to Press the Shutter Button (continued)

Memo

•If the shutter button is pressed all the way down, photographs cannot be taken until AF and AE are locked.

•The image in the LCD monitor sometimes darkens from the time that the shutter button is pressed down halfway until the image becomes focused.

•To focus or expose a position outside the center of the screen frame, move the subject you are taking to the center of the screen frame, and press down the shutter button halfway and hold it until the camera beeps. Now, with the shutter button held down, return to the original picture that you composed and press the shutter button down fully. Moving the camera as you press the shutter button will result in a blurred image.

•The PDR-M11 uses an accurate auto focus mechanism. However, the PDR-M11 may have difficulty focusing or not be able to focus at all for subjects and situations such as the following:

- Subjects moving at high speed	- When the subject is distant and dark
- Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car	- When there are objects in front of or behind the
body	subject (such as an animal in a cage or a person
- Extremely low contrast subjects	in front of a tree)
- Subjects that have low contrast and merge	- Subjects with little reflection, such as a hair or fur
into the background (such as white walls or	- Subjects with no solidity, such as smoke or flames
subjects dressed in the same color as the	- Subjects viewed through glass
background)

•If the image cannot be focused, the focus is automatically fixed to infinity. When the flash is necessary at this time, it is simultaneously fixed to illuminate objects three feet (0.9 meters) away.

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