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28 2. Shooting-The Basics
zThe combined use of the digital zoom and optical
zoom enables magnified shooting up to approx.
32x (p. 50). The digital zoom cannot be used with
some shooting modes (p. 162). Images become
coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.
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aLightly press the shutter button
(pressing halfway) to focus.
Two beeps will sound when the camera has finished
focusing, and the AF frame appears green.
zThe AF frame will light yellow and the beep will
sound one time if the subject is difficult to focus
on. When the AF frame is set to Auto, it will not
appear.
zThe shutter speed and aperture value are
automatically determined and show on the LCD
monitor (or viewfinder). The exposure
compensation (p. 78) and focus (p. 95) are also
automatically set.
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bPress the shutter button all the way.
You will hear the shutter sound when the shot is
complete. Do not move the camera until you hear
this sound. The picture appears for two seconds.
See page 162 for settings that can be changed
in this mode.
The LCD monitor and viewfinder have a field of
vision of approximately 100% of the actual
shooting image.
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.
The indicator blinks red while data is recorded
onto the CF card.
The beep and shutter sound can be set to On/
Off using the menu (p. 66).
If the shutter sound is set to [Off] and the mute
option is set to [Off], the camera will beep once
when the shutter button is pressed all the way.
Shots cannot be taken while the flash is
charging.