Canon EOS 60D Instruction Manual page 40

Basic Operation
Shutter Button
The shutter button has two steps. You can press the shutter button
halfway. Then you can further press the shutter button completely.
Preventing Camera Shake
Pressing halfway
This activates autofocusing and the
automatic exposure system that sets
shutter speed and aperture.
The exposure setting (shutter speed and
aperture) is displayed on the LCD panel
and in the viewfinder (84).
Pressing completely
This releases the shutter and takes the
picture.
Hand-held camera movement during the moment of exposure is called
camera shake. It can cause blurred pictures. To prevent camera shake,
note the following:
• Hold and steady the camera as shown on the previous page.
• Press the shutter button halfway to autofocus, then slowly press the
shutter button completely.
[] In C[eative zone rnodesl preSSing the _ AF-ON > button will be the
same as Pressing the shutter button halfway.
_ If you press the shutter buttoncompletely without pressing it halfway first
or if you press the shutter button halfway and then pressit cempletely
immediately, t he camera wi!l take a moment before it takes the picture.
® Even during the menu display, image playback, and image recording,
you _an instantly go back to shooting-ready by pressing the shutter
button halfway.
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