Canon EOS REBEL XS Instruction Manual page 45

[_ Fully Automatic Shooting
FAQ
® The focus confirmation light <@> blinks and focus is not achieved.
Aim the AF point over an area having good contrast between iight
and dark, then press the shutter button haifway. (p.162) if you are
too ciose to the subject, move away and try again.
® Sometimes multiple AF points flash simultaneousJy.
This indicates that focus has been achieved at all those AF points. As tong as
the AF point covering the desired subject flashes, you can take the picture.
® The beeper continues to beep softly. (The focus confirmation
light <@> also does not light.)
it indicates that the camera is focusing continuously on a moving
subject. (The focus confirmation iight <@> does not iight.) Whiie the
beeper is beeping, you can press the shutter button compieteiy to
shoot a moving subject in focus.
® Pressing the shutter button halfway will not focus the subject.
When the focus mode switch on the lens is set to <MF> (Manual Focus),
the camera does not focus. Set the focus mode switch to <AF>.
® Although it is daylight, the flash popped up.
For a backiit subject, the flash may pop up to heip reduce harsh
shadows on the subject.
® in low light, the built-in flash fired a series of flashes.
To assist the autofocusing, pressing the shutter button haifway may
trigger the buiitoin flash to fire a series of flashes. This is caiied AFo
assist beam. it is effective up to approx. 4 meters/13.1 feet away.
® Although flash was used, the picture came out dark.
The subject was too far away. The subject shouid be within 5
metersf16.4 feet from the camera.
® When flash was used, the bottom part of the picture came out
unnaturaJJy dark.
The subject was too ciose to the camera, and a shadow was created
by the iens. The subject shouid be at ieast 1 meter/3.3 feet away
from the camera, if a hood has been attached to the iens, remove it
before taking the flash picture.
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