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Playing Back/
Erasing Images Other
Applications Additional
Information
Basic
Photography
Getting Ready
How to Press the Shutter Button
The shutter button can be pressed down in two stages: half way down and fully down. When pressed half way down,
AF (auto-focus) and AE (auto exposure) are carried out. When pressed fully down, the camera takes a picture.

Press the shutter button down half way 1.

AF (auto-focus) and AE (auto exposure) ( Additional Information,
Glossary (Page 102)) start to function.
When AF or AE are locked, the beep tone ( Page 81) sounds and
the viewfinder LED turns green.

Press and hold the shutter button down fully 2.

The camera takes a picture.
The viewfinder LED turns red while image data is being recorded
onto the SmartMedia™.
IMPORTANT
Never open the SmartMedia™ cover or remove the SmartMedia™ while an image is being recorded.
This may corrupt the data on the SmartMedia™ or damage the SmartMedia™ itself.
Press down
half way.
Press down
fully.
1
2