Using the focus brackets – HP PhotoSmart 945 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips

Using the Focus Brackets

The two brackets in the middle of the active display screen

show the focus region for the picture you are taking or the

video clip you are recording. When you press the

Shutter

button halfway down, the camera uses this region to measure

and then lock the focus.

NOTE

In low light conditions, the red focus assist light on the

front of the camera (see page 14) may turn on briefly to

help the camera focus. If you are in a situation where you

do not want the focus assist light to turn on, you can turn it

off in the

Setup

menu (see

The focus brackets turn green when the region in the brackets is

in focus and the camera can lock the focus, but turn red when

the camera is unable to focus.

If the focus brackets turn red, release the

Shutter

button, re-

frame the subject for your picture or video clip, and then
press the

Shutter

button halfway down again. If the focus

brackets continue to turn red after several tries, there may
not be enough contrast 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, then
point the camera at the object you were originally trying to
photograph (see

FLASH OFF

when the pop-up flash assembly is down.

AUTO FLASH

(default flash setting when the pop-up

flash assembly is up).

Focus brackets (see the next section below).

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