Manually Adjusting the Focus

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

Reflective

Subjects with low

Fast Moving

Through

Night Scenes

contrast or without

dirty or wet

surfaces

Subjects

vertical lines

windows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom lever

Mode dial

Multi Selector/FOCUS button

1.Set the camcorder to a recording mode ( or ) and set the mode dial to a position other than .

2.Adjust the zoom.3.Push the multi selector () towards FOCUS.

“MF” appears.

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

Pushing the multi selector () will return to autofocus.

The camcorder will automatically return to autofocus when you set the mode dial to .

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.

After step 2 above, hold the multi selector pushed () towards FOCUS for more than 2 seconds.

•“” appears.

•Pushing the multi selector () will return to autofocus.

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

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