Casio EX FH20 Owners Manual - Page 26

Snapshot Shooting Precautions, Auto Focus Restrictions

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Snapshot Shooting Precautions Operation • Never open the battery cover while the back lamp is flashing green. Doing so can result in the image you just shot being saved incorrectly, damage to other images stored in memory, malfunction of the camera, etc. • If unwanted light is shining directly onto the lens, shade the lens with your hand. Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots • The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image composition. The actual image will be recorded at the quality set for the image quality setting (page 85). Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent Lighting • Minute flickering of fluorescent lighting can affect the brightness or color of an image. Auto Focus Restrictions • Any of the following can make proper focus impossible. - Solid color wall or other very low contrast subject - Strongly back lit subject - Very shiny subject - Blinds or other subject with a repeating horizontal pattern - Multiple subjects at varying distances from the camera - Subject in a dark location - Subject that is too far away for light from the AF assist lamp to reach - Camera movement while shooting - Fast-moving subject - Subjects outside the focus range of the camera • If you cannot focus properly, try using focus lock (page 48) or Manual Focus (page 46). 26 Quick Start Basics

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Quick Start Basics
Operation
Never open the battery cover while the back lamp is flashing green. Doing so can
result in the image you just shot being saved incorrectly, damage to other images
stored in memory, malfunction of the camera, etc.
If unwanted light is shining directly onto the lens, shade the lens with your hand.
Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots
The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image composition. The actual
image will be recorded at the quality set for the image quality setting (page 85).
Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent Lighting
Minute flickering of fluorescent lighting can affect the brightness or color of an
image.
Any of the following can make proper focus impossible.
Solid color wall or other very low contrast subject
Strongly back lit subject
Very shiny subject
Blinds or other subject with a repeating horizontal pattern
Multiple subjects at varying distances from the camera
Subject in a dark location
Subject that is too far away for light from the AF assist lamp to reach
Camera movement while shooting
Fast-moving subject
Subjects outside the focus range of the camera
If you cannot focus properly, try using focus lock (page 48) or Manual Focus (page
46).
Snapshot Shooting Precautions
Auto Focus Restrictions