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TAKING PICTURES
TAKING PICTURES
You can use either the viewfinder or the monitor.
Whichever you choose, you can take pictures simply by pressing the shutter
button.
When you take pictures, the images are recorded on the SmartMedia card
in the camera.
TAKING PICTURES USING THE VIEWFINDER
1 Open the lens barrier.
Slide the lens barrier open until it clicks.
2 Determine the image composition by positioning the AF target mark
over the subject in the viewfinder.
3 Press the shutter button halfway.
(This condition is called half-pressed.)
The green lamp on the right of the viewfinder lights up. You will hear an
operation sound, but no picture is being taken.
The exposure and focus are locked while the shutter button is pressed halfway.
You will hear an operation sound, but no picture is being taken.
If the green lamp blinks, focus may be incorrect. Release your finger from the
shutter button, hold the camera securely and half-press the button again.
See “Focus lock” (
).
4 Press the shutter button fully.
(This condition is called full-pressed.)
The picture is taken.
TAKING PICTURES USING THE MONITOR
1 Open the lens barrier.
2 Press the
button.
The monitor turns on.
Press the
button again to turn the monitor off.
3 Determine the image composition by observing your subject in the
monitor.
4 Press the shutter button to take a picture in the same way as you would
when using the viewfinder.
See “Taking pictures using the viewfinder” ( p.11).
Note
•
The green lamp or the orange lamp on the right of the viewfinder may light or
blink before or after taking picures or when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
See “ The function of the green lamp and the orange lamp” ( ).
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