BASIC OPERA
TION 2
• Centre the focus brackets on your subject (where you want the focus) and lightly
press the shutter release button. The camera focuses automatically and focus
indicator appears or blinks as follows:
/
appears: Subject is in focus.
/
blinks: Unable to focus using autofocus.
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Shooting with Vari-Program
Vari-Program gives you the option to choose from Portrait, Landscape, Close-
Up, Sports Continuous or Night Portrait mode—designed for specific picture-
taking situations and photographic images.
1
Set the exposure mode dial to the desired Vari-Program,
then lightly press the shutter release button.
2
Confirm that focus indicator
/
appears and slowly depress
the shutter release button.
NOTE: Vari-Program
Flexible Program (page 55), Auto Exposure Bracketing (page 66) and Multiple
Exposure (page 69) cannot be performed in Vari-Program. When using the flash in
Vari-Program, available Flash Sync modes differ with each program (page 84).
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: Portrait mode
Use this mode whenever you are taking pictures of
people. It creates a blurred background to
accentuate your main subject.
• 85mm to 200mm telephoto lenses with large
maximum apertures are recommended.
• Distancing the main subject and the background
emphasises the effect.
d
: Landscape mode
Use this mode whenever you’re taking a picture of a
distant scene. The overall picture, whether the
subject is near or far, is sharply focused. It also
allows you to capture the beauty of nighttime or
twilight scenes.
• Built-in Speedlight does not fire even when the
subject is dark or backlit.
• In some shooting situations, especially shooting
night scenes, slow shutter speed is selected. To
avoid camera shake, use a tripod. Use of self-timer
also helps to avoid camera shake.
• A wide-angle lens is suited to capturing a wide view
of the landscape.
• Shutter speed and aperture are automatically determined to suit the selected Vari-
Program and are displayed in the LCD panel and viewfinder.
• When the subject is dark or backlit, the built-in Speedlight automatically pops up
and fires (except in
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or
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