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Manual focusing

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Operating instructions 5 Viewfinder displays When you press the shutter button halfway, displays indicating distance and symbols for "good picture" or "caution" appear in the viewfinder. When you see the green symbol press the shutter button the rest of the way to take the picture. When you hear a warning tone and see the flashing yellow caution symbol your subject is either too close, too far, or the flash is turned off. For example, the display shows the yellow symbol and the distance 1: • your subject is too close. Release the shutter button and stand at least 2 feet from your subject. If the display shows the yellow symbol and a distance from 16 to 20*: • your subject is beyond the flash range. Release the shutter button and position your subject within the 2 to 15 foot flash range. If the display shows the yellow symbol and a distance from 2 to 15: • your subject is within range, but the flash is off. Press the Auto reset button to turn the flash on. *When your subject is beyond 20 feet, the distance display is blank. Autofocus system When you press the shutter button, sonar waves (at frequencies beyond our range of hearing) are sent to the central part of the scene. A built-in computer measures the time it takes the sonar waves to reach the scene and the echo to return. This measurement is used to provide the correct lens setting. • Be sure the sonar waves have a clear path to your subject. If an object near the central part of the scene prevents the sonar waves from reaching your subject, the lens focuses on that object, causing your subject to be unsharp. • When photographing more than one person, focus and illumination are improved if everyone is at about the same distance from the camera. You can turn off the autofocus system to focus manually. See Manual focusing. Audio signals Your camera has three audio signals: a warning tone when the "caution" symbol appears in the viewfinder, beeps that signal the self-timer countdown, and chimes that tell you the film pack is empty.

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Operating instructions
5
Viewfinder displays
When you press the shutter button
halfway, displays indicating distance and
symbols for “good picture” or “caution”
appear in the viewfinder.
When you see the green symbol
press
the shutter button the rest of the way to
take the picture.
When you hear a warning tone and see the
flashing yellow caution symbol
your
subject is either too close, too far, or the
flash is turned off. For example, the
display shows the yellow symbol and
the distance 1:
•
your subject is too close.
Release the shut-
ter button and stand at least 2 feet from
your subject.
If the display shows the yellow symbol and
a distance from
16 to 20*
:
•
your subject is beyond the flash range.
Release the shutter button and position
your subject within the
2 to 15 foot
flash
range.
If the display shows the yellow symbol and
a distance from 2 to 15:
•
your subject is within range, but
the flash
is off
. Press the
A
uto reset button to turn
the flash on.
*When your subject is beyond 20 feet, the
distance display is blank.
Autofocus system
When you press the shutter button, sonar
waves (at frequencies beyond our range of
hearing) are sent to the
central part
of the
scene. A built-in computer measures the
time it takes the sonar waves to reach the
scene and the echo to return. This
measurement is used to provide the correct
lens setting.
•
Be sure the sonar waves have a clear path
to your subject.
If an object near the central
part of the scene prevents the sonar waves
from reaching your subject, the lens
focuses on that object, causing your sub-
ject to be unsharp.
•
When photographing more than one per-
son, focus and illumination are improved if
everyone is at about the same distance
from the camera
.
You can turn off the autofocus system to
focus manually. See
Manual focusing
.
Audio signals
Your camera has three audio signals: a
warning tone
when the “caution” symbol
appears in the viewfinder,
beeps
that signal
the self-timer countdown, and
chimes
that
tell you the film pack is empty.