Subjects That Are Difficult To Focus On - Olympus CAMEDIA C-170 Advanced Manual

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Press the shutter button fully.

Subjects that are difficult to focus on

Under certain types of conditions, the auto focus may not work properly.
The green lamp blinks.
The subject cannot be
brought into focus.
The green lamp lights,
but the subject cannot
be brought into focus.
In these cases, focus (focus lock) on an object with high contrast at the same
distance as the intended subject, recompose your shot and then take the picture. If
the subject has no vertical lines, hold the camera vertically and focus the camera
using the focus lock function by pressing the shutter button halfway, then return the
camera to the horizontal position while keeping the button pressed halfway and take
the picture.
Subject with
low contrast
Subjects at
different
distances
If correct focus cannot be obtained
Shutter button
Subject with an
extremely bright area in
the center of the frame
Fast-moving
subject
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Subject without
vertical lines
The subject is
not in the center
of the frame
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