Toshiba Gigashot A Series - Manual (Page 50)

28 Owner’s Manual
Hard Disk Camera GSC-A100FE/GSC-A40FE
3. Take the shot.
Pressing the REC button down halfway automatically sets the
focus and exposure. The focus area frame is displayed green if the
image is focused and red if it is not.
Continue to press the button down fully to take the picture.
Focusing
You can determine whether an image is focused from the color of the focus
area frame that appears when you press the REC
button down halfway.
The frame is green if the image is focused and red if it is not.
This camera may have difficulty auto focusing and be unable to focus
with the following subjects and/or conditions.
Where there are also objects behind or in front of the subject (as
with an animal behind bars or a person standing in front of a tree)
Very glossy subjects such as a mirror or car body
Objects with little or no reflectivity, such as fur or hair
Subjects with very low contrast (such as a person wearing clothing
of the same color as the background)
Subjects moving at high speed
Subjects with no substance, such as flames or smoke
Subjects photographed through glass
Subjects that are small and far away
Extremely bright subjects (such as lights, etc.)
In a dark location
MEMO
In the interval between the REC button being pressed down halfway
and the focus being set, the LCD monitor image may turn dark.
Flash charging may take a few seconds. During flash charging, the
STATUS LED flashes orange and you cannot take the picture.
When the subject is dark, you can fire the assist light for focusing by
pressing the REC
button down halfway ( p.82).
You can record up to 1,000 still images and videos in a single album.
You can record up to 9,999 still images and videos on a single drive.