Focus Adjustment

NOTES

While using autofocus, you can turn the manual ring to focus manually. When you stop turning the ring, the camcorder returns to autofocus. This is useful in situations such as when focusing on a subject on the other side of a window.

When recording in bright surroundings, the camcorder closes down the aperture. This may cause the picture to appear blurred and is more noticeable toward the wide angle end of the zoom range.

48In such case, set 7 [ND Filter] to [OAutomatic].

When you set 7 [Conversion Lens] to a setting other than [BOff], the [ Instant AF]

and [ Medium AF] settings are not available.

Autofocus takes longer to focus when the frame rate is set to [oPF30], [EPF24] or

[ 24P] than when it is set to [C60i (Standard)].

When recording under dark conditions, the focusing range narrows and the picture may appear blurred.

Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects or in the following cases. In such case, focus manually.

-Reflective surfaces

-Subjects with low contrast or without vertical lines

-Fast moving subjects

-Through dirty or wet windows

-Night scenes

Face Detection

The camcorder automatically detects people’s faces and uses this information to select the optimal focus and exposure settings.

Operating modes: *

* Face detection is always activated in mode.

POINTS TO CHECK

Select a recording program other than [qNight Scene], [pLow Light], [MFireworks] or [y Manual Exposure].

By default, face detection is activated. If the function was turned off, perform the following procedure to turn it on.

1Open the [Face Detection & Tracking] screen.

[FUNC.] [MENU] 7 [Face Detection & Tracking]

2 Touch [AOn o] and then touch [a].