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Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode Step 3 Focus and Shoot B 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 while pictures are being recorded. Cutting power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage to the camera or card. B 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 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. 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 Use focus lock to focus on off-center subjects when Center is selected for AF area mode. • Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change. • When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, exposure is locked. 1/125 F2.8 16 Frame the subject to be focused on using the camera Press the shutterrelease button halfway. 1/125 F2.8 1/125 F2.8 Confirm that Continue holding Press the the focus area is down the shutter- shutter- green. release button halfway release and recompose the button the picture. rest of the way down to shoot. D AF-assist illuminator If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator (A145) may light by pressing the shutter-release button halfway. 29

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Step 3 Focus and Shoot
Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode
B
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
while pictures are being recorded. Cutting
power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage
to the camera or card.
B
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 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. 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
Use focus lock to focus on off-center subjects when Center is selected for AF area mode.
•
Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change.
•
When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, exposure is locked.
D
AF-assist illuminator
If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator (
A
145) may light by pressing the shutter-release
button halfway.
1/125
1/125
F2.8
F2.8
1/125
1/125
1/125
F2.8
F2.8
1/125
16
16
1/125
1/125
F2.8
F2.8
1/125
F2.8
F2.8
F2.8
16
Frame the
subject to be
focused on
using the
camera
Press the
shutter-
release
button
halfway.
Confirm that
the focus area is
green.
Continue holding
down the shutter-
release button halfway
and recompose the
picture.
Press the
shutter-
release
button the
rest of the
way down to
shoot.