28 EN, Focusing, Auto Focus, Manual Focus

Press MENU/BRIGHT. The Menu Screen appears.

28EN

RECORDING

Focusing

AdvancedFeatures(cont.)

Focus detection zone

NOTES:

●If the lens is smeared or blurred, accurate focusing is not possible. Keep the lens clean, wiping with a piece of soft cloth if it gets dirty. When condensation occurs, wipe with a soft cloth or wait for it to dry naturally.

●When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom out first (☞ pg. 14). If zoomed-in in the auto focus mode, the camcorder may automatically zoom out depending on the distance between the camcorder and the

subject. This will not occur when “TELE MACRO” (☞ pg. 20) is activated.

AUTO FOCUS

The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from close-up (as close as approx. 5 cm to the subject) to infinity. However, correct focus may not be obtainable in the situations listed below (in these cases use manual focusing):

•When two subjects overlap in the same scene. •When illumination is low.*

•When the subject has no contrast (difference in bright- ness and darkness), such as a flat, one-colour wall, or a clear, blue sky.*

•When a dark object is barely visible in the viewfinder.* •When the scene contains minute patterns or identical

patterns that are regularly repeated.

•When the scene is affected by sunbeams or light reflecting off the surface of a body of water.

•When shooting a scene with a high-contrast background.

*The following low-contrast warnings appear blinking:

, , and

MENU/BRIGHT

Dial

Power Switch

FOCUS

While focusing on a	While focusing on a
further subject	nearer subject

NOTES:

●When the power is turned off, Manual Focus will be reset to “AUTO”.

●Be sure to focus the lens in the maximum telephoto position when you use the Manual Focus mode. If you focus in on a subject in the wide-angle position, sharply focused images cannot be obtained when zoomed up because the depth-of-field is reduced at longer focal lengths.

●When the focus level cannot be adjusted any further or closer, “” or “” will blink.

MANUAL FOCUS

If you are using the viewfinder, you should already have made the necessary viewfinder adjustments ( ☞ pg. 11).

1 Set the Power Switch to “ ” or “5S” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch, then pull out the viewfinder fully or open the LCD monitor fully.

3 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select “ ”, then press it.

4 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select “MANUAL” and press it. The Menu Screen disappears and “FOCUS” is displayed. The focus is locked at this point.

5 To focus on a farther subject, rotate MENU/BRIGHT towards “+”. “” appears and blinks.

To focus on a nearer subject, rotate MENU/BRIGHT towards “–”. “” appears and blinks.

6 Press MENU/BRIGHT. Focus adjustment is complete. The “FOCUS” indication changes to “MANUAL”.

To Return To Auto Focus . . .

.... select “AUTO” in step 4. Or, set the Power Switch to

“”.