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BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
Shutter release
button
It means this:
The image is in focus.
The image is not in focus.
When you see this:
Green focus frame
Green operation lamp
Red focus frame
Flashing green operation lamp
• Make sure you are not
blocking the lens or the
flash with your fingers
while recording an
image.
● Operation Lamp and Focus Frame Operation
Lens
Flash
1200
1200
1600
1600
NORMAL
NORMAL
10
10
04/
04/
12
12
/24
24
12
12
:
58
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IN
Focus frame
Snapshot Mode icon
3.
Compose the image
on the monitor screen
so the main subject is
within the focus
frame.
• The focusing range of
the camera in the Auto
Focus mode is
approximately 40cm
(1.3 feet) to infinity (∞)
(page 62).
• You can compose images using either the monitor
screen or the optical viewfinder (page 50).
• When using the optical viewfinder to compose
images, you can use the [DISP] button to turn off the
monitor screen and conserve battery power.
4.
Press the shutter release
button half way to focus the
image.
• When you press the shutter
release button half way, the
camera’s Auto Focus feature
automatically focuses the image,
and displays the shutter speed
and aperture values.
Green operation lamp
• You can tell whether the
image is focused by
observing the focus frame
and the green operation
lamp.