Operation Manual

35
Shooting – The Basics
The Basics
Pressing Halfway
Pressing halfway
automatically sets the
exposure and focus.
• Two beeps will sound when the camera has
finished metering, and the upper indicator will
light green or orange. If the LCD monitor is
on, the AF frame will appear green.
• The lower indicator will blink yellow and the
beep will sound one time if the subject is
difficult to focus on.
7 Press the shutter
button all the way.
Pressing Fully
Pressing fully releases
the shutter.
• You will hear the shutter
sound when the shot is
complete. Do not move
the camera until you
hear this sound.
• The upper indicator blinks green while data is
recorded onto the CF card.
• The picture appears for approximately two
seconds on the LCD monitor, if it is on.
z See page 159 for settings that can be
changed in this mode.
z With the Review function, you can
change the length of time images show
on the LCD monitor after shooting, or set
it so they do not show at all (p. 37).
z If the orange or yellow indicator blinks
while you press halfway, you can still
press fully to take the shot.
z Images are first saved into the camera’s
internal memory before being recorded
onto the CF card, allowing the next
images to be taken immediately as long
as sufficient space is available in the
internal memory.
z The beep and shutter sound can be set
On/Off in the Set up menu (p. 71).
z Even when the shutter sound is set to
[ , , (On)] (p. 74), no sound will
be heard if [Mute] is set to [On].
z There is no shutter sound in movie
mode.
z Shots cannot be taken while the flash is
charging.