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Using the Focus Lock
The MIRAI 105 is provided with various functions that add greater versatility to photography. In this section, the operation of each of the camera's various features will be described, explaining how to use them most effectively.
* Mode buttons cannot be cancelled after being set, even if the power is switched off.
Be careful when changing the mode used for shooting. Use the reset button to return to the normal shooting mode.

Aim the camera to center your subject within the autofocus frame.  Press the shutter release button lightly to lock the focus on the subject you want.  When focused, AF will light in the viewfinder.  Maintain the pressure on the shutter release button, re-aim the camera to obtain the required composition.
 

* When the focus is locked, the exposure is also fixed (AE lock).
Press the shutter release fully to take the photograph.4www.butkus.org

Taking a Continuous Series of shots

You can shoot continuously at'::a: speed of 1.3 frames (1 frame every approx. 2.5 seconds  when the flash is used. Refer to page 26 for the flash working range when in the continuous shooting model

Press the ACTION button so that the mode (three boxes)  indicator on the LCD panel starts blinking.

The camera will shoot repeatedly as long as the shutter release button is depressed.
* The focus and exposure will be locked to the settings corresponding to the first frame of the series' so be careful when shooting a moving subject or other subject where light levels and subject distance varies.

Using the Self-timer

 Press the shutter release fully to start the self-timer. The AF Illuminator lights. The shutter will fire in 12 seconds. The AF Illuminator will start blinking 2 seconds before the shutter is released. After use, press the ACTION button to cancel the mode.

*The self-timer can be cancelled at any time before the shot is taken by performing any of the following operations:
(1) Pressing the ACTION button
(2) Sliding the power switch to OFF
(3) Pressing the RESET button
To avoid incorrect exposure in the selftimer mode, ensure that strong light does not enter through the viewfinder.

Macro Photography
 Macro Photography allows photographs to be taken with the subject as close as - 1 m (2.6 ft) to the camera.

Press the OBJECT button and set the mode to - flower - blinks.

The lens zooms to the full telephoto position, and -flower-  will be indicated in the viewfinder. At this time, the field of view slightly shifts towards the lower left of the viewfinder to compensate for the parallax condition in macro photography
(See p. 44).4www.butkus.org
 

Press the shutter release button. * In macro photography, zooming is not possible.
 

Shooting range: Macro photography is possible when the subject is at a distance of from 0.8 m (2.6 ft) to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) from the front surface of the lens. When the subject is out of this range "AF" will blink in the viewfinder, and the shutter can not be released. However, the shutter can sometimes be released incorrectly when the subject is extremely close to the camera.

Photographing Distant Objects

When shooting in this mode, the focus is fixed at infinity.
Use this position when shooting fireworks in a night sky, clouds, mountains, etc., for optimum sharpness on distant subjects.4www.butkus.org

Press the OBJECT button and set the mode to - mountains-  will blink.

Press the shutter release button.
* In the - mountain-  mode, the shutter is released even though "AF" does not light.

Exposure Compensation
 

To control the exposure, press the + / button until the desired compensation value is indicated.

The compensation varies between—1.5 EV and + 1.5 EV in steps of 0.5 EV every time the button is pressed.
The compensation indicator on the LCD panel will blink to show the selected compensation.

(1) - 1.5EV                                (2) + or - 0EV                        (3) + 1.5EV
 

Using the RESET button

 If you have made a mistake in setting -any controls, etc., press this Reset: button to return to the standard shooting mode.

The continuous shooting, macro mode, distance mode, M.E. and exposure compensation modes, the flash (lighting bolt) and flash off (lighting bolt with OFF) and the auto zoom will be released.
Then the standard mode will be set.4www.butkus.org