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Why does the shutter release button only depress half way to focus?

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Because that's the way it was built. My Sony cybershot does the same.

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Most cameras are designed that way, this enables you to do selective focusing, for example when you are taking a portrait the camera may focus on background instead of the person, by placing the small round or square you see in viewfinder , on the person face press the shutter half way, this lock focus , keeping the shutter pressed you can recompose the image , and take the shot , this enable you to take a sharp portrait, with a blurred background

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