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Casio EX-Z30/EX-Z40 User Manual

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BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

Shutter release
button

It means this:

The image is in focus.

The image is not in focus.

When you see this:

Green focus frame
Green operation lamp

Red focus frame
Flashing green operation lamp

• Make sure you are not

blocking the lens or the
flash with your fingers
while recording an
image.

Operation Lamp and Focus Frame Operation

Lens

Flash

1200

1200

1600

1600

NORMAL

NORMAL

10

10

04/

04/12

12/24

24

12

12:58

58

IN

Focus frame

Snapshot Mode icon

3.

Compose the image
on the monitor screen
so the main subject is
within the focus
frame.

• The focusing range of

the camera in the Auto
Focus mode is
approximately 40cm
(1.3 feet) to infinity (

)

(page 62).

• You can compose images using either the monitor

screen or the optical viewfinder (page 50).

• When using the optical viewfinder to compose

images, you can use the [DISP] button to turn off the
monitor screen and conserve battery power.

4.

Press the shutter release
button half way to focus the
image.

• When you press the shutter

release button half way, the
camera’s Auto Focus feature
automatically focuses the image,
and displays the shutter speed
and aperture values.

Green operation lamp

• You can tell whether the

image is focused by
observing the focus frame
and the green operation
lamp.