Nikon 26114 P80 User's Manual - Page 41

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode Step 3 Focus and Shoot B During Recording While images are being recorded, the O (wait) icon will be displayed and the indicator for the number of exposures or movie length remaining will blink. Do not turn the camera off, open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover, or remove or disconnect the power source while these icons are displayed. Cutting power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage to the 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 active focus area or the focus indicator glow 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. When using focus lock, be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject with which focus was locked is the same as that for the actual subject. 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. 1/125 F2.8 20 1/125 F2.8 20 1/125 F2.8 20 Position the subject in the center focus area. Press the shutterrelease button halfway. Confirm that the focus area is green. D AF-assist Illuminator Continue holding down the shutterrelease button halfway and recompose the picture. Press the shutterrelease button the rest of the way down. If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator may light by pressing the shutter-release button halfway. The illuminator has a range of about 2.9 m (9.5 ft.) at the maximum wide-angle position and about 1.9 m (6.2 ft.) at the maximum telephoto position. The AF-assist illuminator can be set to Off manually (A 123), although in this case the camera may not focus when lighting is poor. 27