1212122.81/30Target markFocus icon(Press halfway)(Press fully)CAPTURING STILL IMAGES1 Set the camera to the still imageshooting mode (see page 41).2 Press the shutter release button totake the picture.1 Point the camera lens at thesubject. Slowly press and hold theshutter release button halfway.œ The target mark [ê] or the focusicon [ë] (focus-lock) appears inthe LCD monitor.œ If the Shooting Setting Screen(see pages 51, 94) or ShootingInformation Screen (see page115) was displayed, it is exited.2 Press the shutter release button allthe way.œ The image is captured.œ The illumination light remains litfor about 1 second after theimage is captured (see page 143).NOTEAbout the focus icon and target markœ The target mark outlines the area that the camera is using to focus. If thearea outlined by the target mark is not the subject you want to focus on,then refocus your subject, for example by changing the shooting angle.œ The target mark does not appear in the following situations.When the subject is not in focusWhen using the self-timer to take a picture (see page 63)When the focus is set to spot focus (see page 104)When the focus is set to focus range # or $ (see page 103)œ When the camera focuses on a wide area of the central part of the screen,a large target mark appears.English 42
