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QUICK START BASICS
Snapshot Image Size and Image Quality
Yo
u
r camera lets yo
u
select from among
v
ario
u
s image size
and q
u
ality settings. Note that image size and q
u
ality
settings affect ho
w
many images can
b
e stored in memory.
•
Yo
u
can change the image size and q
u
ality settings as
req
u
ired to shoot a smaller or lo
w
er-resol
u
tion image for
attachment to an e-mail message, for p
ub
lishing on a
w
e
b
site, etc. Yo
u
can also select an image size that s
u
its
the size of paper yo
u
plan to
u
se for printing yo
u
r images.
For details, see pages 63, 65, and 260.
How do I half-press the shutter button?
The sh
u
tter
bu
tton is designed to stop a
b
o
u
t half
w
ay do
w
n
w
hen yo
u
press it lightly. Stopping at this point is called a
“half-press”.
W
hen yo
u
half-press the sh
u
tter
bu
tton, the
camera a
u
tomatically adj
u
sts expos
u
re and foc
u
ses on the
s
ub
ject it is c
u
rrently pointed at.
Mastering ho
w
m
u
ch press
u
re is req
u
ired for a half-press
and a f
u
ll-press of the sh
u
tter
bu
tton is an important
techniq
u
e for good-looking images.
Half-press
Press lightly
until the
button stops.
Beep-beep!
Click!
Full-press
All the way
