4 TakingPictures

Setting the Shooting Functions

 

 

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Selecting the Focus Mode

Focus mode

 

 

 

The camera focuses on the object in the autofocus area

(No

Autofocus mode

when the shutter release button is pressed halfway.

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Use this mode when the distance to the subject is more

 

 

than 40 cm (16 in.).

 

 

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is

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Macro mode

approx. 18 cm – 50 cm (7 in. – 20 in.). The camera

focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the

 

 

shutter release button is pressed halfway.

 

 

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is

r Super Macro mode

approx. 6 cm – 20 cm (2.4 in. – 8 in.). The camera

focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the

 

 

shutter release button is pressed halfway.

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is approx. more than 1.5 m (4.92 ft.) at wide angle and

Pan Focus mode approx. more than 5 m (16.4 ft.) at tele angle. The focus is set from close to infinite range. This mode is used

when shooting close and distant subjects together or the subject is hard to focus on.

s Infinitymode -LandscapeThis mode is used for taking distant objects.

zManual Focus mode Adjust the focus manually with the four-way controller.

Focusing Area mode The position of the autofocus area is changed.

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1 Press the four-way controller (5) in Capture mode.

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The focus mode changes each time the button is pressed and the icon appears on the LCD monitor.

The camera is ready to take pictures in the selected focus mode.