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Hold Camera and Focus
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Lightly pressing the shutter release button automatically focuses the
camera on the subject and when the subject is in focus, causes / to
appear in the viewfinder.
1
Hold the camera properly.
•Keep your elbow propped against your
body for support.
•Stand with one foot forward a half step and
keep your upper body still.
•Grasp the camera handgrip with your right
hand and use your left hand to cradle the
camera (or lens).
NOTE: Camera shake
Camera shake is likely to occur when the camera is not held steady or with slow
shutter speed. The Speedlight automatically fires in dark conditions (where slow
shutter speed is required) in a or Vari-Program with this camera but always
remember to hold the camera correctly.
2
Compose frame, centre focus
brackets on your subject, and
focus by lightly pressing the
shutter release button.
•Compose frame so that the subject to be
focused is located closest at any of five
focus areas and lightly press the shutter
release button. When the Dynamic AF
Mode with Closest-Subject Priority (page
26, 46) is set, camera automatically
maintains focus on the subject located
closest to any of five focus areas.
NOTE: Composing frame
This camera’s viewfinder frame shows approximately 89% of the image actually
exposed on the film frame. Therefore, the actual exposed frame is somewhat
larger than the image you see through the viewfinder. Note that the edges of a
negative film are partially cropped by most labs.
Built-in Speedlight
When the subject is dark or backlit (except in d or
g) and the shutter release button is lightly pressed,
the built-in Speedlight automatically pops up in a
(AUTO mode) or Vari-Program (s, d, f, g, h). See
page 76 for details.
Check points
•Dioptre adjustment (page 67) enables you to see more clearly through the
viewfinder.
•To take a picture of a subject outside the focus area, shift the focus area (page
46) or use focus lock (page 50).
•In situations where autofocus may not work as expected, see page 27.
BASIC OPERATION
•When shutter release button is lightly
pressed, the camera focuses automatically
and focus indicator appears or blinks as
follows.
/ appears: Subject is in focus.
/ blinks: Unable to focus using
autofocus.
•With dark subjects, the camera’s AF-Assist
Illuminator (page 48) is automatically
activated to guide autofocus. See page 44
for details on focusing.
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