To Cancel Manual Focus mode

Autofocus Lock/Auto Exposure Lock Shooting Mode

If the subject is outside of the Autofocus area, a feature called Autofocus lock can be used to maintain focus on the subject. Autofocus is locked by half pressing the shutter with the subject in the focus target area. At the same time, exposure for the main subject is memorized by the camera (Auto exposure lock). This function is convenient when the exposure should be defined by the subject.

1 Center the main subject between the Autofocus brackets and lightly press the Shutter release button.

2 Keeping the Shutter release button lightly pressed, recompose and shoot.

•The Green LED lights when a subject is in focus, and focus and exposure are locked.

Do not change the distance to the subject after the focus is locked.

Check points

•The purpose of Auto exposure lock is to fix the exposure precisely on the subject. The Center-Weighted or Spot Metering modes are most suited for this purpose. For setting metering, see page 97.

•When shooting with the Autofocus lock, we recommend manually setting the

focus target area (p. 111) to the center (in mode).

Manual Focus

Shooting Mode

When the Mode dial is set to , the camera-to-subject distance can be set manually by using Manual focus. This is convenient to ensure accurate focus when the shooting distance is known or in situations where Autofocus may not work as expected (p. 82).

To select Manual Focus rotate the Command dial while pressing the

Focus mode button. indication appears in the Control panel as confirmation. Keeping the Focus mode button pressed, rotate the Command dial again to display the shooting distance both on the Control panel and Monitor.

• The shooting distance can be set in 49 steps from 0.02 m (0.06 ft.) to 10 m (30 ft.), plus infinity.

• To confirm the chosen shooting distance in the Control panel, lightly press the Shutter release button.

	Manual Focus mode is canceled by pressing the Focus mode button. The
	Focus mode then returns to the last mode before Manual focus was set.	Operation
	Notes: Manual Focus	Operation
	Notes: Manual Focus	Advanced
	• When zooming with the shooting distance set less than 0.3 m (1.0 ft.), focus is	Advanced
	• When setting the Self-timer and the Manual Focus mode at the same time, set
	the Self-timer first.
	not possible in some zooming ranges. In this case, the shooting distance
	display in the Monitor lights in red as a warning.
	• Displayed distance and the actual focus distance differ when an accessory
	lens converter is used.