Shutter Button; Pressing Halfway - Canon EOS M Basic Instruction Manual

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
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 preceding page.
• Press the shutter button halfway to autofocus, then slowly press the shutter
button completely.
If you press the shutter button completely without pressing it halfway first or if
you press the shutter button halfway and then press it completely
immediately, the camera will take a moment before it takes the picture.
Even during menu display, image playback, or image recording, you can
instantly go back to shooting-ready by pressing the shutter button halfway.

Pressing halfway

The camera will focus and adjust the
exposure automatically (shutter speed and
aperture set automatically).
The exposure setting (shutter speed and
aperture) is displayed (8).
Pressing completely
This releases the shutter and takes the
picture.
Basic Operation
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