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BASIC OPERATION WWW.LENSINC.NET Hold Camera and Focus 6 Lightly pressing the shutter release button automatically focuses the camera on the subject and when the subject is in focus, causes / to appear in the viewfinder. 6.1 Hold the camera properly. Check points Diopter adjustment (page 63) enables you to see more clearly through the viewfinder. To take a picture of a subject outside the focus area, shift the focus area by using the focus area selector (page 37) or use focus lock (page 40). The optional Data Back MF-29 lets you imprint date and/or time on your photos/negatives (page 92). 6.2 Compose frame and focus by lightly pressing the shutter release button. • Keep your elbow propped against your body for support. • Stand with one foot forward a half step and keep your upper body still. • Grasp the camera handgrip with your right hand and use your left hand to cradle the camera (or lens). • The optional Multi-Power High Speed Battery Pack MB-15 (page 88) makes available a shutter release button for vertical frame shooting. Camera shake and shutter speed Preventing camera shake is crucial when taking photographs. In general, you should set the shutter speed faster than '1/focal length of your lens' sec. (Example: when using a 50mm lens, set the shutter speed faster than 1/50 sec.) Use of a tripod is recommended for shooting at slower shutter speeds. NOTE: Composing frame This camera's viewfinder frame shows approximately 96% of the image actually exposed on the film frame. Note that the edges of a negative film are partially cropped by most labs. 26 • Center the focus brackets on your subject and lightly press the shutter release button. The camera focuses automatically and focus indicator appears or blinks as follows. / appears: Subject is in focus. < appears: Camera is focused on an area between camera and subject. > appears: Camera is focused on an area behind the subject. ? blinks: Unable to focus using autofocus. • To take a picture of a subject outside the focus area, shift the focus area by using the focus area selector (page 37) or use focus lock (page 40). • In situations where autofocus may not work as expected, see page 42. 27

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Hold Camera and Focus
Diopter adjustment (page 63) enables you to see more clearly through
the viewfinder.
To take a picture of a subject outside the focus area, shift the focus
area by using the focus area selector (page 37) or use focus lock (page
40).
The optional Data Back MF-29 lets you imprint date and/or time on
your photos/negatives (page 92).
BASIC OPERATION
6
6.
1
6.
2
Check points
Lightly pressing the shutter
release button automatically
focuses the camera on the
subject and when the subject is
in focus, causes
/
to appear in
the viewfinder.
Hold the camera properly.
NOTE: Composing frame
This camera’s viewfinder frame shows approximately 96% of the image
actually exposed on the film frame. Note that the edges of a negative
film are partially cropped by most labs.
Camera shake and shutter speed
Preventing camera shake is crucial when taking photographs. In
general, you should set the shutter speed faster than ‘1/focal length of
your lens’ sec. (Example: when using a 50mm lens, set the shutter
speed faster than 1/50 sec.) Use of a tripod is recommended for
shooting at slower shutter speeds.
• Center the focus brackets on your subject and lightly press the shutter
release button. The camera focuses automatically and focus indicator
appears or blinks as follows.
/
appears:
Subject is in focus.
<
appears:
Camera is focused on an area between camera and
subject.
>
appears:
Camera is focused on an area behind the subject.
?
blinks:
Unable to focus using autofocus.
•To take a picture of a subject outside the focus area, shift the focus area
by using the focus area selector (page 37) or use focus lock (page 40).
• In situations where autofocus may not work as expected, see page 42.
Compose frame and focus by lightly pressing the
shutter release button.
• Keep your elbow propped against your body for support.
• Stand with one foot forward a half step and keep your upper body still.
• Grasp the camera handgrip with your right hand and use your left hand to
cradle the camera (or lens).
• The optional Multi-Power High Speed Battery Pack MB-15 (page 88)
makes available a shutter release button for vertical frame shooting.
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