Nikon P60 User Manual download pdf (Page 37)

Step 3 Focus and Shoot

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode

B During Recording

While pictures are being recorded, the O (wait) icon will be displayed, or the number of exposures

remaining/movie length indicator will blink. Do not turn the camera off, open the battery-chamber/

memory card slot cover, or remove or disconnect the power source while these icons are displayed.

Cutting power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in

damage to the camera or card.

C Autofocus

Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject

may not be in focus despite the fact that the active focus area, or focus indicator, glows green:

• Subject is very dark

• Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun is behind the subject

and is in deep shadow)

• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. when the subject is standing in front of a

white wall, wearing a white shirt)

• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage)

• Subject is moving rapidly

In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several

times, or focus on another subject and use focus lock. When using focus lock, be sure that the

distance between the camera and the subject with which focus was locked is the same as that for

the actual subject.

D Focus Lock

To focus on an off-center subject when Center is selected for AF area mode, use focus lock as

described below.

• Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change while focus is

locked.

• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, exposure is locked.

D AF-assist Illuminator and Flash

If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator may light by pressing the shutter-release button

halfway, or the flash may fire by pressing the shutter-release button all the way down. The

illuminator has a range of about 1.9 m (6 ft. 2 in.) at the maximum wide-angle position and about 1.1

m (3 ft. 3 in.) at the maximum telescopic position. The AF-assist illuminator can be set to Off

manually (A 105), although in this case the camera may not focus when lighting is poor.

Position the subject

in the center focus

area.

Press the

shutter-

release

button

halfway.

Confirm that the

focus area is green.

Continue holding

down the shutter-

release button

halfway and

recompose the

picture.

Press the

shutter-

release

button the

rest of the

way down.

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