HP M305/M307 User Manual

Page 33

Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips

The

viewfinder light will blink green, the focus brackets

will turn red, and the

Macro

icon will blink in the

Live

View

screen. In this case, the camera detects that the focus is

closer than the normal range. The camera will still take the
picture, but the picture may be out of focus. To focus the
picture, either move farther away from the subject you are
trying to photograph, or set the camera to the

Macro

shooting mode (see

Using the Shooting Modes

page 38).

Finally, if the camera is set to the

Macro

shooting mode but

detects that either the focus is closer or farther away than the

Macro

range of 0.1 to 0.5 m (4 to 20 in)

or there is not

enough contrast or light in the focus region, both viewfinder

lights will blink, the focus brackets will turn red

and the

Macro

icon will blink in the

Live View

screen. In these cases, the

camera will not take a picture if it cannot find focus.
If the subject for the picture is not within the

Macro

range,

either move farther away from or closer to the subject, or set
the camera to a shooting mode other than

Macro

(see

Using the Shooting Modes

on page 38). If there is not enough

contrast or light in the focus region, try using a technique

called

Focus Lock

to focus on an object about the same

distance away but in a higher-contrast region, and then,

without releasing the

Shutter

button, point the camera at the

subject you were originally trying to photograph (see

Using

Focus Lock

on page 34). You can also simply turn on more

light, if that is possible.