Konica Minolta Q-M200 - Manual (Page 20)

Focus lock photography
Follow the following procedures when the subject
being focused on is not positioned in the center of
the viewfinder.
1. Position the subject within
the focus frame and
lightly press the shutter
button halfway. The view-
finder will light green and the focus position will
be locked.
Note:
* After the focus position is locked, the focus
lock can be released by removing the finger
from the shutter button to enable re-focusing.
2. With the finger still lightly
pressing the shutter but-
ton, recompose the pho-
tograph and gently press
the shutter button farther to take the photo-
graph.
Photographic cautions and hints
Release lock
In step 4, exposure and focus are locked when the
photograph is composed and the shutter button is
lightly pressed. Under the following conditions,
however, the shutter button will lock (cannot be
pressed farther) and it will not be possible to finish
taking the photograph.
* When the batteries are weak or exhausted
(warning beep).
* When the CF card has not been formatted
(warning beep). (*1)