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Chapter 2: Preparing to Take Pictures 13 Using the Status LCD
Using the Status LCD Buttons
Figure 4: Status LCD Buttons There are four buttons to the side of the status LCD (see Figure 4):
Image type button
Timer mode button
Auto focus area button
Flash mode button
These buttons toggle through the associated camera settings within the status LCD. To change one
of these settings, press the associated button until you see the desired icon or set of icons displayed
in the status LCD for the setting you want.
Note: The status LCD buttons are inactive when
the camera is in a menu, in Instant Review (see
page 33), or in any other mode besides
Capture mode.
The next four subsections explain the possible settings for the image type, timer mode, auto focus
area, and flash mode, respectively.
Setting the Image Type
Your camera can take three types of pictures (that is, three “image types”). The default image type is
One Shot. Each image type is displayed on the status LCD with the icon shown in Table 2. To set the
image type, press the image type button next to the status LCD to toggle through the icons on
the status LCD until you see the image type setting you want (see Table 2).
Note: For the Timelapse image type, you can
set the number of images that will be captured
and the interval between them in the Timelapse
Settings submenu of the Capture Settings
menu. (See “Timelapse Settings Submenu” on
page 62.)
Also note that if the interval you set for
Timelapse image capture is long, the camera
may go into sleep mode (shutting off the image
LCD) between taking pictures to conserve
battery power.
Table 2: Image Type Settings
Image Type When to Use How to Use
One Shot (default) When capturing a single image. Press and release the shutter release button to
capture a single image.
Continuous When capturing a series of
images in rapid succession.
Recommended for action shots.
Hold the shutter release button down. Continuous
images are captured until you release the button or
until the memory card is full.
Timelapse When capturing a slow process
with a series of images.
Press and release the shutter release button, and the
camera captures the first image. Then it displays a
countdown to the next picture on the top overlay
bar. To cancel, press the Stop soft key.