Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 15

(_) Keep the shutter button hall\_ay down, and put the sul2ject back in the original position to re-
compose the shot.
@ Press the shutter button fully down to take the picture.
• The locus-lock lunction will lock lhe exposure as well (when multi segmenl melcring is selected
(page 58)).
• Releasing lhe slmtter button alier shooting will disengage tile locus-lock. If you keep lhe shutler button
hall\ray down after shooting, you can conlinue shooting with tile same local point.
• If the • indicalor does not light up in the viewfinder (the subject is in motion), you cannot use the R_cus-
lock flmclion by pressing lhe shuller button hall\ray down. (See pages 53 and 71.)
Subjects that may require special focusing:
Using tile auto locus, it is hard to locus on lhe lollowing subjects, hi such cases, use tbe locus lock shooting
le_mn'e or manual locus (page 71).
A subject flint is low in contrasl, such as blue sky or a while wall.
Two subjects al dillcrenl distances overlapping in lhe locus flmne.
A subjecl that is composed of repeating palterns, such as the limeade of a building.
A subject lllal is very briglll or gliltering, sucll as file sun. lhe body of all aulonlobile, or file surlace of
waler.
To measure the exact distance to the subject
Tile llorizontal lille ill tile illustration sbows tile lock,lion of the CCD I_plane.
When you measure tile exacl distmlce between the cmner_l and the subject,
relPr to tile position of tile horizontal line.
"_Tile CCD is the part ol tile camera that acts +tstile lllm,
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