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Auto Mode
Auto Mode
Shooting in the Auto Mode
In A (auto) mode, macro mode (A 33) and exposure compensation (A 34) can
be applied and pictures can be taken using the flash mode (A 30) and self-timer
(A 32). Pressing the d button in A (auto) mode allows you to set the items in
the shooting menu (A 72) according to shooting conditions.
1 Press A to display the shooting-mode
selection menu.
• The shooting-mode selection menu will be displayed.
2 Press the multi selector H or I to choose A
and press k.
• The camera enters A (auto) mode.
• Set the flash (A30), self-timer (A 32), macro mode
(A 33) and exposure compensation (A 34)
according to shooting conditions.
• By pressing d, you can also set the items in the
shooting menu (A 72) according to shooting conditions.
3 Frame the subject and shoot.
Camera focuses on subject in center of
frame.
Auto mode
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D Focus Lock
When the camera focuses on an object in the center of the frame, you can use focus lock to focus on
an off-center subject.
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Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change while focus is locked.
• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, exposure is locked.
Position the subject
in the center of the
frame.
Continue holding
down the shutter-
release button halfway
and recompose the
picture.
Press the
shutter
release
button
halfway.
Confirm that the
focus area is
green.
Press the
shutter-
release button
the rest of the
way down.
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