Taking a picture – Pentax ist User Manual

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Confirm that the focus mode
switch is set to

and

select the data mode to
imprint or not.

Look through the viewfinder
and frame the subject with
the focus points

Then press the shutter
release button halfway
down.

The lens adjusts focus automatically.
When the subject is in focus, the
focus indicator

in the

viewfinder lights up.
The focus indicator

blinks

when the camera is unable to
obtain proper focus due to the
following reasons.
1. The subject is too close. Adjust

the camera-to-subject distance.

2. The subject is difficult to be

focused. See "Hard-to-
Autofocus Subjects" on page
101.

TAKING A PICTURE

Step 9