Toshiba PDR-M25 User Guide - Page 38

Getting Ready Basic Photography How to Press the Shutter Button (continued) Memo • If the shutter button is pressed all the way down, photographs cannot be taken until AF and AE are locked. • The image in the LCD monitor sometimes darkens from the time that the shutter button is pressed down half way until the image becomes focused. • To focus or expose a position outside the center of the screen frame, move the subject you are taking to the center of the screen frame, and press down the shutter button half way and hold it until the camera beeps. Now, with the shutter button held down, return to the original picture that you composed and press the shutter button down fully. Moving the camera as you press the shutter button will result in a blurred image. • The PDR-M25 uses an accurate auto focus mechanism. However, the PDR-M25 may have difficulty focusing or not be able to focus at all for subjects and situations such as the following: - Subjects moving at high speed - When the subject is distant and dark - Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car - When there are objects in front of or behind the body subject (such as an animal in a cage or a person - Extremely low contrast subjects in front of a tree) - Subjects that have low contrast and merge into - Subjects with little reflection, such as a hair or fur the background (such as white walls or - Subjects with no solidity, such as smoke or flames subjects dressed in the same color as the background) - Subjects viewed through glass • If the image cannot be focused, the focus is automatically fixed to infinity. When the flash is necessary at this time, it is simultaneously fixed to illuminate objects five feet (1.5 meters) away. Playing Back/ Erasing Images Other Applications Additional Information - 38 -