Nikon COOLPIXP7100 Manuel D’Utilisation

Step 4 Focus and Shoot

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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 AF/access lamp lights in green.
• Subject is very dark
• Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun behind the subject 

makes that subject appear very dark)

• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject, wearing a white shirt, is 

standing in front of a white wall)

• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g., an animal inside a cage)
• Subjects that repeat the same pattern (e.g., as window blinds or buildings lined with windows of 

the same shape)

• Subject is moving rapidly
In these situations, 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.
The camera can also be focused using manual focus (

B

If the camera does not focus, try shooting with 

p (macro close-up) (A68) in the focus mode, or 

Close-up (

A42) scene mode.

C

In dark places, the AF-assist illuminator (

A105) may light when the shutter-release button is 

pressed halfway.

C

If you are concerned that you might miss a shot, press the shutter-release button all the way without 
first pressing it halfway.

C

Use focus lock to focus on off-center subjects when center is selected for AF area mode.
• Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change.
• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the exposure is locked.

Instead of pressing the shutter-release button halfway, you can also press the 

g (AE-L/AF-L) button 

to shoot with focus lock (

A107) (except for Scene auto selector (A40) in scene mode).

Frame the 

subject to be 

focused on 

using the 

camera.

Press the 

shutter-

release button 

halfway.

Confirm that 

the focus area 

lights in 

green.

Continue holding 

down the shutter-

release button 

halfway and 

recompose the 

picture.

Press the 

shutter-

release button 

all the way to 

shoot.

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