Exposure; Holding The Camera - Rollei PREGO 145 Instructions For Use Manual

Notes on the autofocus system
• The camera's focus area is wide enough to cover a
large part of the subject. The AF control is pro-
grammed to focus on the nearest part of the subject.
Make sure that you don't have insignificant parts of
the foreground in the focus area. This is particularly
important when you're taking group or landscape pic-
tures.
• The camera can focus at distances from 0.6 m to in-
finity. You can take photographs in the 0.6 cm -1 m
range with the close-up or macro setting (page 80).
• In certain circumstances, automatic focus will operate
inadequately or not at all.
Such circumstances are:
- Very bright background
- Fire
- Smoke, strong haze, fog
- Very bright or shiny areas
- Subjects behind glass

Exposure

The camera has a built-in exposure meter. Automatic
exposure control sets the shutter speed and aperture on
the basis of brightness and film speed. In some situa-
tions, the available light may not be enough to allow a
correct exposure with the aperture wide open, even
using the slowest shutter speed. You can use the built-
in flash in auto or manual mode to create special effects,
or you can switch it off completely. To photograph
backlit subjects, contrasty subjects and very bright or
very dark subjects, the camera has fill-in flash (page
74), backlighting compensation (Page 77) and exposure
compensation (page 78).

Holding the camera

Keep the camera steady to avoid blurred pictures. This
is particularly important when using long focal lengths
(telephoto setting).
For shots in landscape format, both elbows should be
pressed firmly against your body; when taking pictures
in portrait format, keep one elbow pressed against your
body. Make sure that lens, flash, exposure metering
windows and AF windows are not covered by your
fingers or hair or by the wrist strap. When taking flash
shots in portrait format keep the flash at the top.
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