Olympus E-3 User Manual page 70

lighting of a green dot in the viewfinder and the sounding of a
double beep.
POWER USER TIP: The AF confirmation beep can be overly
conspicuous in a very quiet environment such as at a wedding or a
concert. You can switch off the confirmation beep by pressing the
MENU button and pressing the DOWN arrow pad key twice. Once on
the first tools menu press the RIGHT arrow pad key once and then the
DOWN arrow pad key three times to select the DISP/ -)))/PC option.
Press the RIGHT arrow pad key and select OFF from the options
shown.
In S-AF mode it is possible to de-activate the shutter inhibiter by
according release priority to the shutter button irrespective of the
AF state. This is only suggested when you will be shooting in
situations where critical focus is not an issue (such as when using
an ultra-wide angle lens) and speed of operation is an issue. You
can de-activate the inhibiter by setting the option on the first
tools menu section C to RELEASE PRIORITY S-AF to ON.
Bear in mind, however, that the idea behind having focus priority
activated in this mode is to ensure that any shot triggered will at
least have something in focus.
C-AF
In this mode the camera continually adjusts the focus as best as
it can by tracking your subject's movement. In this mode the
release inhibiter is de-activated by default so that you can fire
shots at will.
If you couple this mode to ALL AF TARGET selection mode,
then the camera will make a choice as to the AF target to use
and will normally follow a subject across the frame – and from
target to target if needs be – as you release the shutter. This
mode is well suited to sports and avian/wildlife photography.
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