Nikon S710  S710 User's Manual - Page 37

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode Step 3 Focus and Shoot C During Recording While pictures are being recorded, the number of exposures remaining display will blink. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover. Removing the memory card or battery while pictures are being recorded could result in loss of data or in damage to the recorded data, camera or card. C Autofocus Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the focus indicator glows green: • Subject is very dark • Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun is behind the subject and is in deep shadow) • No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. when the subject is standing in front of a white wall, wearing a white shirt) • Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage) • Subject is moving rapidly In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several times, or focus on another subject and use focus lock. D Focus Lock To focus on an off-center subject when Center is selected for AF area mode, use focus lock as described blow. • 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. 11 Position the subject in the center focus area. 1/250 F2.8 Press the Confirm that the shutter focus area is release green. button halfway. 1/250 F2.8 Continue holding down the shutter release button halfway and recompose the picture. Press the shutter release button the rest of the way down. D AF-assist Illuminator and Flash If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator (A 124) may light by pressing the shutter-release button halfway, or the flash (A 28) may fire by pressing the shutter-release button all the way down. 25