Taking Still Pictures; Taking Still Pictures While Using The Viewfinder - Olympus CAMEDIA C-40ZOOM Reference Manual

Taking still pictures

Taking still pictures while using the viewfinder

The camera actually records a wider area than the picture you composed
while viewing through the viewfinder.
1
Point the camera towards a subject
while viewing through the viewfinder.
Place the subject on the AF target
mark.
● The picture area moves lower in the
viewfinder as you get closer to the subject.
If this happens, use the monitor (P. 77).
2
Press the shutter button halfway.
● When focus and exposure (brightness) are locked, the green lamp lights.
● If the orange lamp lights, the flash fires automatically.
T See "Flash shooting" (P. 87).
3
Press the shutter button all the way.
● The green lamp blinks and the camera begins
storing pictures on the card. When the green lamp
stops blinking, you can take another shot.
● The card access lamp blinks while pictures are
being stored on the card.
● Number of still pictures that can be stored on a 16
MB card T
HQ record mode (2272 x 1704):
Approx. 16
SQ2 record mode (640 x 480 NORMAL):
Approx. 165
Green lamp
Viewfinder
AF target mark
Orange lamp
Card access lamp
Picture
frame
Picture area at
close distance
Flash
OK
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