Taking Photographs - Toshiba PDR-T20 Instruction Manual

Taking Photographs

You can take photographs while looking through the LCD monitor.
Before starting
Load the battery, insert the SD card, then open the lens cover.
Turn the power on.
POWER
Use the LCD monitor to compose the picture.
The LCD monitor shows an image captured through the lens. If the LCD monitor
is not bright enough, adjust the brightness of the monitor. See "LCD brightness"
page 37.
Press the shutter button down halfway
Press down
half way
Press down
fully
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From the half-pressed position, fully press the shutter
button down
The photographed image is saved in the SD card.
Note
• If the focus and exposure cannot be set to proper values, the indicator blinks red following
an error beep. (Auto focus error) In this case, the focus is locked to infinity (1.5 meters
when using the flash) and the exposure is locked to the closest value. When the flash
does not fire with the Macro selected as the scene mode (
locked at a point between 10 cm (Wide edge) and 27 cm (Tele edge).
Important
• When taking photographs, be careful not to interfere the lens, flash, or flashlight
adjustment sensor with the strap or fingers.
• The indicator lights red while the SD card is being recorded. Never open the battery/SD
card cover during this period. Neglecting this could damage the SD card or the data in the
SD card.
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The camera is initiated with the photography mode.
POWER switch
Pressing the shutter button down halfway starts auto
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focus and exposure adjustments. When the
adjustments are completed properly, the indicator
lights or flashes green (Auto focus normal locked).
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See page 23.
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see page 31), the focus is