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20 Basic Photography and Playback
4
Focus and shoot
4.1 Focus
Lightly press the shutter-release button
about halfway, stopping when you feel
resistance. In U mode, the camera auto-
matically sets focus and exposure for the
subject in the center focus area.
• If the camera is able to focus, the focus indica-
tor and focus area will be displayed in
green, and the green AF lamp next to the
viewfinder will light. Proceed to Step 4.2.
• If the camera is unable to focus, the focus indi-
cator and focus area blink red, and the
green AF lamp next to the viewfinder will
flicker. Change the composition and try
again.
A Digital Zoom
The focus area is not displayed when digital zoom is in effect.
C Getting Good Results with Autofocus
Autofocus performs best when there is contrast between the subject and the back-
ground and the subject is evenly lit. It does not perform well if the subject is very dark
or moving rapidly, if there are objects of sharply differing brightness in the scene (e.g.,
the sun is behind the subject and their features are in deep shadow), or if the focus
area contains objects at different distances from the camera (e.g., the subject is inside
a cage). If the camera is unable to focus using autofocus, change the composition,
press the shutter-release button halfway several times to refocus, or use focus lock (B
77) to focus on another subject at the same distance and then recompose the photo-
graph.
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