Nikon 995 - Manual (Page 25)

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Basic Operation (Auto Mode)
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3 Lightly press the Shutter release button and confirm the focus.
Note: Continuous AF
When the Monitor is on, the camera continues to attempt to focus (Continuous
AF, p. 62). The shutter can be released without focus being achieved. Check
the focus status of the image in the Monitor before releasing the shutter.
Focus Lock
When the subject is in focus while you are lightly pressing the Shutter release
button, the focus is locked and the Green LED lights up without flashing. When
the main subject is not centered in the frame, focus on the subject, lock focus,
then recompose as you like while lightly pressing the Shutter release button. In
Focus Lock, do not change the distance between the camera and subject when
changing the composition.
In-focus Out-of-focus
Green LED lights. Green LED flashes
rapidly.
Green LED flashes at
intermediate speed
Bright subject Dark subject
No LED indication Red LED flashes
rapidly.
Confirm LED
4 Gently depress the Shutter release button.
• The shutter is released when the Shutter release button is fully depressed, the
camera beeps once (p. 127) and the picture is taken.
Monitor
• Immediately after a picture is taken, the Green LED flashes and ∂ (Quick
delete) and ˚ (pause, p. 85) are briefly displayed in the Monitor after which
the Monitor will return to normal and the next shot can be taken.
• It is normally possible to take a picture when the shot is still being displayed
in the Monitor. Lightly pressing the Shutter release button resets the Monitor
to normal display and subsequent shots are possible unless
(Wait) is
displayed. The number of shots that can be taken may vary, depending on
the Image size and Image quality (p. 58).
Image size Image quality Number of shots that can be taken
FULL NORMAL 4
VGA BASIC 77
Note: Recording on CF Memory Cards
The Green LED flashing at intermediate speed indicates that the image is being
written to the CF memory card. Do not remove the card, battery or AC Adapter
until the Green LED has gone out, or image data may be damaged or not
recorded.
• is displayed on the Monitor while image is being recorded on the CF
memory card.
Simple Shooting and Playback
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