Samsung Digimax GX-1S User Manual page 118

Focusing
2. Look through the viewfinder and press the shutter release
button halfway.
- The focus indicator
focused (if it is blinking, the subject is not in focus).
Hard-to-Autofocus Subjects (p.44)
INFORMATION
In (Single mode), the focus is locked (focus lock) while
subject, take your finger off the shutter release button first.
During (Moving Object) mode or when the focus mode is set to
(p.121), focus is adjusted continuously, tracking the moving object as long as the shutter release
button is kept pressed halfway.
The shutter cannot be released until the subject is in focus in
If the subject is too close to the camera, move back and take the picture. Adjust the focus
manually if the subject is difficult to focus. (p.44, 124)
In (Single mode), press the shutter release button halfway. The built-in flash will discharge
automatically several times, enabling the autofocus to focus on the subject more easily if the
subject is in a dark area and the built-in flash is up.
Regardless whether the camera is set to
camera automatically tracks the subject if it is deemed to be a moving object.
appears in the viewfinder when
(Single mode) or
Focus indicator
is lit. To focus on another
(Continuous mode)
(Single mode).
(Continuous mode), the
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