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On half press of the shutter the red LED momentarily lights to indicate focus lock, however the camera is silent. On full press it appears as though the camera moves the lens to focus, fires the shutter then winds the film.
This is pretty standard procedure with AF compacts.
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I imagine it will be fine. Auto compacts often act weird. My Canon multi tele doesnt even open the front of the camera until you take a photo, it then extends the lens, focuses and takes the shot, then reverses everything. Focus and exposure arent carried out by the lens so what the lens sees before the shutter fires isnt important
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This why compacts with snap-mode are gold dust.
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Autofocus compact owners - advice needed. Experimenting with a Nikon Lite Touch and unsure when the camera actually focuses and fires the shutter.
On half press of the shutter the red LED momentarily lights to indicate focus lock, however the camera is silent. On full press it appears as though the camera moves the lens to focus, fires the shutter then winds the film. Difficult to tell when the shutter actually fires as it's silent (compared to how noisy the camera is otherwise). Would be easier if I could open the back to look at the shutter firing, but I've put a roll of film in it...