When Autofocus Fails

The camera might not be able to focus the following types of subjects:

Low-contrast subjects

Example: Blue sky, solid-color walls, etc. Subjects in low light.

Extremely backlit reflective subjects Example: Car with a reflective body, etc. Overlapping near and far objects Example: Animal in a cage, etc. Repetitive patterns

Example: Skyscraper windows, computer keyboards, etc.

In such cases, do one of the following:

1.Focus an object at the same distance as the subject and lock the focus before recomposing. (p.42)

2.Set the lens focus mode switch to <MF> and focus manually.

If an Extender (optional) is attached and the maximum aperture of the lens is f/5.6 or smaller (larger f/number), AF will not be possible. For details, see the Extender’s instruction manual.

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