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Pressing the Shutter Button
The shutter button features a two-stage action.
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Pressing Halfway
Pressing halfway automatically sets the
exposure and focus.
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The indicators light or blink as follows.
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The AF frame appears as follows when the
LCD monitor is on.
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Pressing Fully
Pressing fully releases the shutter.
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The upper indicator blinks green while the
image is recording onto the CF card.
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You will hear the shutter sound when the
shot is complete. Do not move the camera
until you hear this sound.
Indicators
AF Frame
Upper indicator
• Green: Metering complete (two beeps
sound)
• Orange: Flash will fire
• Blinking Orange: Camera shake
warning/Insufficient exposure
Lower indicator
• Yellow: Macro mode/Super Macro
mode/Manual focus mode
• Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty*
(single beep sounds)
* Use the focus lock, or focus manually, to
shoot when the indicator blinks yellow
(p. 114, 115).
• Green: Metering complete
• Yellow: Focusing difficulty*
* The AF frame does not appear when the
focus area is set to be selected
automatically (AiAF), (p. 89).
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