Pressing The Shutter Button - Canon PowerShot A 300 User Manual

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Pressing the Shutter Button

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You can press the shutter button all the way utter button utter button the w the way e w
down or halfway.
Pressing Halfway
Automatica Automatically sets the Automatica
exposure exposure, focus and exposur
white balance. The
camera beeps twice
when settings are
completed, then the
upper indicator lights
green (orange when the en the en the
flash has been selected sel selected ected
(p. 6)). 6)). )).
Pressing Fully
T The shutter sounds T ou o un
o o once, and the image is d th d th image is image is age
shot. The upper sh sh Th he e
indicator blinks green indicator indicator
while the image is being hil
recorded to the
CF card (p. 6).
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You cannot shoot an image while the flash
is charging up.
AF-assist Beam
The AF-assist beam will sometimes emit
when the shutter button is pressed halfway
to assist focusing in certain conditions, i.e.
dark conditions.
The AF-assist beam can be turned off eam eam
( ). If animals are your subject, turn off ). If animals ). If animals
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t e the beam when shooting in the dark to avoid eam when sh eam when s
star st startling them. art g them. g them
• If the AF-assist beam is turned off, it may • If f AF-ass AF-as
become more difficult for the camera to b b m mo
focus.
• Even if the AF-assist beam is turned off, he he
if the flash is on red eye reduction auto
or is in slow synchro mode, the red eye
reduction indicator may emit.
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