Canon 3814B004 - EOS 7D Digital Camera SLR, Instruction Manual

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1 Fully Automatic Shooting
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The focus confirmation light <
o
> blinks and focus is not
achieved.
Aim the center of the Area AF frame over an area having good contrast,
then press the shutter button halfway (p.96). If you are too close to the
subject, move away and try again.
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Sometimes multiple AF points light up simultaneously.
All those AF points have achieved focus. As long as the AF point
covering the desired subject lights up, you can take the picture.
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The beeper continues to beep softly. (The focus confirmation
light <
o
> does not light.)
It indicates that the camera is focusing continuously on a moving subject.
(The focus confirmation light <
o
> does not light.) You can shoot a
moving subject in focus.
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Pressing the shutter button halfway does not focus the subject.
If the focus mode switch on the lens is set to < MF > (Manual Focus), set it
to < AF > (Auto Focus).
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Although it is daylight, the flash popped up.
For a backlit subject, the flash may pop up to help reduce the subject’s
dark shadow.
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In low light, the built-in flash fired a series of flashes.
Pressing the shutter button halfway may trigger the built-in flash to fire a
series of flashes to assist autofocusing. This is called the AF-assist
beam. It is effective up to approx. 4 meters/13.1 feet away.
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Although flash was used, the picture came out dark.
The subject was too far away. The subject should be within 5 meters/16.4
feet from the camera.
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When flash was used, the bottom part of the picture came out
unnaturally dark.
The subject was too close to the camera, and a shadow was created by the lens
barrel. The subject should be at least 1 meter/3.3 feet away from the camera. If a
hood has been attached to the lens, remove it before taking the flash picture.
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