Nikon 990 User Manual download pdf (Page 25)

First Steps: Taking a Photograph

For more information on:

Autofocus

Focus lock

Focus area

Using the flash

Take the photograph

To take a photograph, press the shutter-

release button all the way down. A beep

will sound to let you know that a pho-

tograph has been taken, and the green

AF lamp will blink slowly while the im-

age is saved to the memory card.

Focus

In A-REC, the camera focuses on the

center of the frame, shown by the fo-

cus target in the viewfinder. Before tak-

ing a photograph, press the shutter-re-

lease button halfway to initiate

autofocus, and check the status of the

autofocus lamp (green) and the flash

lamp (red) next to the viewfinder.

MeaningLamp

Camera unable to focus using

autofocus. Use focus lock to

focus on another subject at same

distance, then recompose photo-

graph.

Subject in focus

AF lamp

Flashes rapidly

Glows steadily

Flash lamp

Glows steadily Flash will fire when photograph is

taken

Flash charging. Remove finger

briefly from shutter-release

button, then try again.

Blinks

Flash not required or flash set to

“off”

Off

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Nikon 990 User Manual Page 25