BASIC OPERATION
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ViewfinderShutter Button
This camera is equipped with an optical viewfinder.
Not pressed
Normal Shooting
Half-press
To focus, point the camera so that the subject
appears within the finder, and then press the shutter
button.
Full-press
Macro Shooting
When shooting close-up, make sure
the subject being photographed is
within the frame inside the finder
(indicated with diagonal lines).
NOTES:
The cameraOs Shutter button is a two-step button.
cIn close-up (macro) shooting, the area that is
Pressing it halfway (to the first step) causes the
actually photographed will be slightly below the
photo standby lamp (green) to flash while the
area that can be seen in the viewfinder. The closer
camera focuses automatically.
the camera is the subject, the greater that this
Once the camera is focused, the photo standby
displacement is.
lamp (green) lights steadily. Pressing the Shutter
cIt is recommended that you view the subject with
button halfway (to the first step) is called a Ohalf-
the LCD screen for an important shot.
press.O Pressing the button from the half-press
position to the full-press position causes the camera
to take a picture.
NOTES:
cSuddenly pressing the Shutter button with your
finger or pressing too strongly can result in a
picture that is at an angle or which is blurry.
Press the button smoothly from the half-press
position to the full-press position when taking
pictures.
cIf you have pressed the Shutter button halfway
and then release it, the camera will perform the
autofocus operation again the next time that you
press the Shutter button halfway.
cIf you press the Shutter button all the way instead
of halfway, a picture can be taken after focusing
automatically. |