67
SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT
Snapshot Shooting Precautions
■
Operation
•
Ne
v
er open the
b
attery co
v
er
w
hile the operation lamp is
flashing green. Doing so can res
u
lt in incorrect storage of the
image yo
u
j
u
st shot, damage to other images stored in
memory, malf
u
nction of the camera, etc.
•
If
u
nneeded light is shining directly onto the lens, shade the
lens
w
ith yo
u
r hand
w
hen shooting an image.
■
Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots
•
The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image
composition. The act
u
al image
w
ill
b
e recorded at the q
u
ality
set for the image q
u
ality setting.
•
S
ub
ject
b
rightness conditions can ca
u
se monitor screen
response to slo
w
and can ca
u
se digital noise in the monitor
screen image.
■
Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent
Lighting
•
Min
u
te flickering of fl
u
orescent lighting can affect the
b
rightness or color of an image.
Auto Focus Restrictions
•
Proper foc
u
s may not
b
e possi
b
le
w
hen shooting the follo
w
ing
types of s
ub
jects.
– Solid color
w
all or other
v
ery lo
w
contrast s
ub
ject
– Strongly
b
ack lit s
ub
ject
– Very shiny s
ub
ject
– Blinds or other s
ub
ject
w
ith a repeating horizontal pattern
– M
u
ltiple s
ub
jects at
v
arying distances from the camera
– S
ub
ject in a dark location
– S
ub
ject that is too far a
w
ay for light from the AF assist lamp
to reach
– Fast-mo
v
ing s
ub
ject
– S
ub
jects o
u
tside the foc
u
s range of the camera
•
Proper foc
u
s may not
b
e possi
b
le if the camera is mo
v
ed
w
hile shooting.
•
An image may
b
e o
u
t of foc
u
s e
v
en tho
u
gh the operation
lamp is lit green and the foc
u
s frame is green.
If yo
u
cannot foc
u
s properly, try
u
sing foc
u
s lock (page 121)
or man
u
al foc
u
s (page 123).