Canon DC230, DC220, DC50 Manual Focus Adjustment, Push the joystick toward Focus, Infinity Focus

56 Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color

Manual Focus Adjustment

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

Reflective surfaces

Subjects with low contrast or without vertical lines

Fast Moving Subjects

Through wet windows

Night Scenes

POINTS TO CHECK

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Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.

Mode switch: P

FOCUS

NEXT

1If the joystick guide does not appear on screen, press ( ) to display it.

2Push the joystick () toward [FOCUS].

•If [FOCUS] does not appear on the joystick guide, repeatedly push the joystick () toward [NEXT] to display the joystick guide in the illustration above.

•“MF” appears.

3Adjust ( ) the focus as required until the image appears focused.

•Push the joystick ( ) toward for a farther focal distance or push it ( ) toward for a closer focal distance.

•Pushing the joystick ( ) toward [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.

NOTES

The camcorder will automatically return to autofocus when you set the mode switch to AUTO.

Readjust the focus when you have turned off the camcorder.

Infinity Focus

Use this function when you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks.

POINTS TO CHECK

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Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.

Mode switch: P

FOCUS

NEXT

1If the joystick guide does not appear on screen, press ( ) to display it.

2Keep the joystick pushed () toward [FOCUS] for more than 2 seconds.

• appears.

•Pushing the joystick ( ) toward [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.

NOTES

If you operate the zoom or the joystick ( ) during infinity focus, changes to “MF” and the camcorder returns to manual focusing mode.