HP M517 HP Photosmart M417/M517 Digital Camera with HP Instant Share - User's - Page 36

To focus the picture, release the Shutter button, re-frame the subject for your picture, and then press the Shutter button halfway down again. If the AF viewfinder light continues to blink green and the focus brackets continue to turn red after several tries, there may not be enough contrast or light in the focus region. Try using a technique called Focus Lock to focus on a higher-contrast or brighter object about the same distance away, and then, without releasing the Shutter button, point the camera at the subject you were originally trying to photograph (see Using Focus Lock on page 37). You can also simply turn on more light, if that is possible. • The AF viewfinder light will blink green, the focus brackets will turn red, and the Macro icon will blink in the Live View screen. In this case, the camera detects that the focus is closer than the normal range. The camera will still take the picture, but the picture may be out of focus. To focus the picture, either move farther away from the subject you are trying to photograph, or set the camera to the Macro shooting mode (see Using the Shooting Modes on page 42). If the camera is set to the Macro shooting mode and the camera cannot focus, the Live View screen displays a blinking Macro icon, an error message, and the focus brackets turn red. Both viewfinder lights will also blink. In these cases, the camera will not take the picture. If the subject for the picture is not within the Macro range (10 to 80 cm or 4 to 32 in), either move farther away from or closer to the subject, or set the camera to a shooting mode other than Macro (see Using the Shooting Modes on page 42). 36 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User's Manual