Pressing The Shutter Button - Canon Power Shot A80 User Manual

Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.
The AF frame
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Pressing Halfway
Pressing halfway automatically sets the
exposure, focus and white balance.
The indicators light or blink as follows.
Upper Indicator
Green: Metering complete (two beeps
•
sound)
Orange: Flash will fire
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Blinking Orange: Camera shake warning /
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Insufficient exposure
Lower Indicator
Yellow: Macro Mode
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Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty*
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(single beep sounds)
* When the indicator blinks yellow, lock the
focus before shooting (p. 112).
The AF frame appears as follows when
the LCD monitor is on.
When AiAF is on (p. 96)
• Green: Metering complete (Focused AF
frame or frames)
• No AF frame: Focusing difficulty
When AiAF is off (p. 96)
(Center focus AF)
• Green: Metering complete
• Yellow: Focusing difficulty
Manual Focus
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