Owner's Manual

Table Of Contents
Basic Operations
The shutter button has two steps. You can press the shutter button
halfway. Then you can further press the shutter button completely.
Pressing Halfway
This activates autofocusing and the
automatic exposure system that sets the
shutter speed and aperture.
The exposure setting (shutter speed and
aperture) is displayed on the screen, in
the viewfinder,
or
on the LCD panel for
approx. 8 sec.
or
as set for the metering
timer.*
* By default, the metering timer is set to 8 sec.
Pressing Completely
This action shoots.
Preventing Camera Shake
Hand-held camera movement during the moment
of
exposure is
called camera shake. It can cause blurred pictures.
To
prevent
camera shake, note the following:
Hold the camera steady.
Press the shutter button halfway to autofocus, then slowly press
the shutter button completely.
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If
you press the shutter button completely without pressing
it
halfway first,
or
if
you press the shutter button halfway and then press
it
completely
immediately, the camera will take a moment before it takes the picture.
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Even during menu display
or
image playback, you can
go
back to
shooting-ready state
by
pressing the shutter button halfway.