Nikon COOLPIX P500 User Manual page 29

Pressing the Shutter-Release Button Halfway/All the Way
• Tile camera features a two-stage shutteHelease button. To set focus and
exposure, press tile shutter-release button halfway, stopping when you feel
resistance. When tile shutter-release button is pressed halfway, focus and
exposure (shutter speed and aperture value) are set. Focus and exposure remain
locked while tile shutter-release button is pressed halfway.
• While tile shutter-release button is held in this position, release tile shutter and
take a picture by pressing tile shutter-release button tile rest of the way down.
Do not use force when pressing tile shutter-release button, as this may result in
camera shake and blurred images.
Press halfway to lock the Press the rest of the way
focus and exposure, clown to shoot.
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