Autofocus can fail to achieve focus (viewfinder’s focus confirmation light <o> blinks) with certain subjects such as the following:
Very
(Example: Blue sky,
Extremely backlit or reflective subjects (Example: Car with a highly reflective body, etc.) Near and far subjects covered by an AF point (Example: Animal in a cage, etc.)
Repetitive patterns
(Example: Skyscraper windows, computer keyboards, etc.)
In such cases, do one of the following:
(1)With
(2)Set the lens focus mode switch to <MF> and focus manually.
For conditions where AF can fail to achieve focus with [Live mode]/[uLive mode] during Live View shooting, see page 134.
MF: Manual Focusing |
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1 | Set the lens focus mode switch to |
| <MF>. |
2 Focus the subject. | |
| Focus by turning the lens focusing |
| ring until the subject looks sharp in |
Focusing ring | the viewfinder. |
If you hold down the shutter button halfway during manual focusing, the AF point achieving focus will light in red briefly, the beeper will sound, and the focus confirmation light <o> in the viewfinder will light.
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