Step
3
Focus
and
Shoot
~
During Recording
While pictures are being recorded, the
~
(wait) icon will be displayed, the
@J
or
[BJ
(when a
memory
card
is
inserted in the camera) icon blinks, and the
AF
lamp blinks. 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.
~
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 and the
AF
lamp
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.
~
Focus Lock
To focus on
an
off-center subject
when
[Center]
is
selected for
[AF
area
model
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.
Position the subject
in
the center focus
area.
-
-
~
Press
the
shutter-
release
button
halfway.
~[
'iI'll)J
Continue
holding
down
the shutter-
release
button
halfway and
recompose the
picture.
•
Press
the
shutter-
release
button
the
rest
of
the
way
down
~
AF-assist
Illuminator
and Flash
If the subject
is
poorly lit.
the
AF-assist
illuminator
may
light
by pressing
the
shutter-release
button
halfway,
or
the
flash may fire by pressing the shutter-release
button
all
the
way
down.
The
illuminator
has
a range
of
about
1.9
m
(6.2
ft.) at the
maximum
Wide-angle position and
about
1.1
m
(3.6
ft.) at
the
maximum
telescopic position. The AF-assist illuminator can be set
to
[Off] manually
(!E
129),
although in this case
the
camera may
not
focus
when
lighting
is
poor.
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