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Shooting – The Basics
5 Press the shutter
button halfway.
z The shutter button has a
two-stage action.
Pressing Halfway
Pressing halfway
automatically sets the
exposure and focus.
• Two beeps will sound when the camera has
finished metering, and the indicator next to
the viewfinder will light green or orange. If
the LCD monitor is on, the AF frame will
appear green.
• The indicator next to the viewfinder will blink
yellow and the beep will sound one time if
the subject is difficult to focus on.
6 Press the shutter
button all the way.
Pressing Fully
Pressing fully releases
the shutter.
• You will hear the shutter sound when the
shot is complete. Do not move the camera
until you hear this sound.
• The indicator next to the viewfinder blinks
green while data is recorded onto the CF
card.
• The picture appears for two seconds on the
LCD monitor, if it is on.
z See page 152 for settings that can be
changed in this mode.
z With the Review function, you can
change the length of time images show
on the LCD monitor after shooting, or set
it so they do not show at all (p. 36).
z If the orange or yellow indicator blinks
while you press halfway, you can still
press fully to take the shot.
z Images are first saved into the camera’s
internal memory before being recorded
onto the CF card, allowing the next
images to be taken immediately as long
as sufficient space is available in the
internal memory.
z The beep and shutter sound can be set
On/Off in the Set up menu (p. 69).