Pressing The Shutter Button - Canon PowerShot G6 User Manual

Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.
Indicators
AF Frame
Pressing Halfway
Pressing halfway automatically sets the
exposure and focus.
The indicators light or blink as follows.
Upper indicator
• Green: Metering complete (two beeps
sound)
• Orange: Flash will fire
• Blinking Orange: Camera shake
warning/Insufficient exposure
Lower indicator
• Yellow: Macro mode/Super Macro
mode/Manual focus mode
• Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty*
(single beep sounds)
* Use the focus lock, or focus manually, to
shoot when the indicator blinks yellow
(p. 114, 115).
The AF frame appears as follows when the
LCD monitor is on.
• Green: Metering complete
• Yellow: Focusing difficulty*
* The AF frame does not appear when the
focus area is set to be selected
automatically (AiAF), (p. 89).
Pressing Fully
Pressing fully releases the shutter.
The upper indicator blinks green while the
image is recording onto the CF card.
You will hear the shutter sound when the
shot is complete. Do not move the camera
until you hear this sound.
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