Pressing The Shutter Button - Canon PowerShot S50 User Manual

Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.
Indicators
AF Frame
G 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
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sound)
Orange: Flash will fire
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Blinking Orange: Camera shake warning /
•
Insufficient exposure
Lower indicator
Yellow: Macro mode/Manual focus mode
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Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty* (single
•
beep sounds)
* Use the focus lock, or focus manually, to shoot when the
indicator blinks yellow (p. 98).
• The AF frame appears as follows when the LCD
monitor is on.
Green: Metering complete
•
Yellow: Focusing difficulty*
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* The AF frame will not appear on the LCD monitor when it is
set to Auto Selection.
G 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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