8: AF Microadjustment

Single focal length lens

Zoom lens

4Make the adjustment.

For a zoom lens, press the <V> key and select the wide-angle (W) or telephoto (T) end. Press <0> and the box will disappear, allowing you to make the adjustment.

Press the <U> key to adjust as desired, then press <0>. The adjustable range is ±20 steps. Setting it toward “-: ” will shift the point of focus in front of the standard point of focus. Setting it toward “+: ” will shift the point of focus to the rear of the standard point of focus. For a zoom lens, repeat step 4 and adjust it for the wide-angle (W) and telephoto (T) ends.

After completing the adjustment, press the <M> button to return to the screen in step 1.

Select [2: Adjust by lens], then press <0>.

Press the <M> button to exit.

5Check the result of the adjustment.

Take a picture and play back the image (p.236) to check the adjustment result.

When the resulting picture is focused in front of the targeted point, adjust toward the “+: ” side. When the resulting picture is focused behind the targeted point, adjust toward the “-: ” side.

If necessary, do the adjustment again.

When shooting with the intermediate range (focal length) of a zoom lens, the AF’s point of focus is corrected relative to the adjustments made for the wide-angle and telephoto ends. Even if only the wide-angle or telephoto end has been adjusted, a correction will be made automatically for the intermediate range.

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