Shutter button and autofocus, Pressing the shutter button halfway, Pressing the shutter button down completeiy – Canon EOS 500QD User Manual

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Shutter Button and Autofocus

The EOS shutter button has two stages. The first stage is reached by

pressing lightiy on the shutter button, and the second stage by pressing

the button down completeiy. The shutter button operates as foilows.

Pressing the shutter button halfway

• This initiates autofocussing (One-shot

or Servo) and, once whatever you are

shooting (the subject) is in focus, a

short intermittent beeping sound is

emitted and a green light in the

viewfinder (the focus iamp) iights up.

• At the same time, the shutter speed

and aperture combination (the expo
sure) is set. The vaiues are dis

played on the LCD panel and in the

viewfinder.

Pressing the shutter button down

completeiy

• The shutter is released, the photo

graph taken and the film winds on one

frame.

If the camera moves at the same moment as the shutter is released, this is called camera

shake and can result in blurring of the entire photograph. In order to obtain sharp pho
tographs, please take care of the following two points:

•Avoid moving the camera while taking a photograph
•Always hold the shutter button at the half-way point before taking photographs.