Auto Focus - Sony DSC-V3 Fall 2005 Operating Instructions Manual

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AE/AF lock indicator
Flashes in green 
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Light up
 Press and hold the shutter
button halfway down.
The beep sounds but the image is not yet
recorded. When the AE/AF lock indicator
changes from fl ashing to steadily lit, the
camera is ready for shooting.
(The LCD screen may be frozen for a split
second depending on the subject.)
When the surroundings are dark, the fl ash
automatically pops up and strobes.
• If you release the shutter button, shooting will
be canceled.
• You can continue and shoot even when the
camera does not beep, but in this case the focus
is not set properly (except in Continuous AF,
page 68).
• No beep sounds when [Beep] is set to [Off] in
the SET UP settings (page 141).
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 Press the shutter button fully
down.
The shutter sounds. The image will
be recorded in the recording medium.
The recorded image is displayed for
approximately two seconds (Auto Review,
page 140). When the recording lamp (page
10) goes out, you can shoot the next image.
• When operating the camera using a battery
pack, if you do not operate the camera for a
while during recording or playback, the camera
turns off automatically to prevent wearing
down the battery (page 17).
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Auto Focus

When you try to shoot a subject that is
diffi cult to focus on, the AE/AF lock
indicator changes to fl ashing slowly. In
addition, the AE locked beep does not
sound (except in Continuous AF, page 68).
The Auto Focus function may have
diffi culty working under the following
conditions. In such cases, release the
shutter button, then recompose the shot
and focus again.
The subject is distant from the camera
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and dark.
The contrast between the subject and its
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background is poor.
The subject is seen through glass, such
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as a window.
A fast-moving subject.
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The subject refl ects or has a lustrous
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fi nish, such as a mirror or a luminous
body.
A fl ashing subject.
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A backlit subject.
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There are two Auto Focus functions: "AF
range fi nder frame" which sets the focus
position according to the subject position
and size, and "AF mode" which sets the
focus start/fi nish timing. See page 66 for
details.