How to read this booklet, Shooting using the viewfinder – Olympus D-150-C-1 User Manual

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BASIC SHOOTING OPERATIONS

Shooting Using the Viewfinder

Check that the lens barrier is
open.

Operating Procedure

1.

Determine the image composition by
positioning the AF target mark (

)

over the subject in the viewfinder.

2.

Press the shutter button halfway (half-press).

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The green lamp on the right of the viewfinder
lights. (This condition is called half-pressed.)
The focus and exposure are set automatically.
These settings are locked as long as the
shutter button is kept half-pressed.

Green lamp

Viewfinder eyepiece

If the green lamp blinks, focus may
be incorrect. Release your finger from
the shutter button, hold the camera
securely again and half-press the
button again (

Page 40).

When the distance from the
camera to the subject is less than
0.5 m/1.6 ft., select the Macro
mode (

Page 61).

How to Press the Shutter Button and Focus on the Subject (Half-Press/Full-Press)

Half-press

AF target mark

Green lamp lights

Viewfinder eyepiece

AF target mark

How to Read This Booklet

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Supplementary information

Operating procedure

[Tip]

···Information on

convenient capabilities or
recommended techniques.

[In this case]

···Information on

what to do when a certain
message is displayed or in a
specific situation.

[Caution]

···Description of

potential problems or of
phenomena which may seem
to be problems.

[Warning]

···Information on factors which

may lead to a malfunction or
operational problems. Also warns of
operations that should be absolutely avoided.

[Reference]

···Reference pages

describing details or
associated information.

[Note]

···Additional information

such as a remark or proviso.

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