34 Basic FunctionsPressing the Shutter ButtonThe shutter button features a two-stage action.Pressing Halfway• Pressing halfway automatically sets theexposure, focus and white balance. Whenmetering is complete, two beeps sound andthe indicator shines green. When the flash ison, the indicator shines orange. If the indicatoris flashing orange, it warns of possible camerashake or low light. In macro or manual focusmode, the yellow indicator will also shine.Pressing Fully• You will hear the sound of the shutter close(shutter sound) when the shot is complete.Do not move the camera until it sounds. Theindicator will flash green while the image is stillrecording onto the CF card. When the flashingorange indicator warns of camera shake or lowlight, you can still take the shot by pressing theshutter button fully.• Images are first saved into the camera’s internal memory before being recordedonto the CF card, allowing the next images to be taken immediately as long assufficient space is available in the internal memory.• The beep and shutter sound can be set On / Off in the Set up menu (p. 104).• When the shutter sound is set to Off, but the beep is set to On, one beep willsound when the shutter button is fully pressed.• There is no shutter sound in movie mode.
