Nikon 990 - Manual (Page 25)

First Steps:
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For more information on:
Autofocus
Focus lock
Focus area
Using the flash
8 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.
7 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.
Meaning Lamp
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