4Recompose the image and press the shutter button all the way to shoot the image.

• Method 2 is convenient because you can let go of the shutter button to recompose the image.

Shooting in Manual Focus Mode

The focus can be manually set.

1Press the button to turn the LCD monitor on.

 

 

Press and hold the MF button and press

 

 

2 the or arrow on the omni selector.

 

 

• The focus will lock and the

icon will show

 

 

in the display panel. The

 

icon and MF

 

 

 

 

 

indicator will appear in the LCD monitor. If an

 

 

AF frame has been selected, the portion of the

 

 

MF indicator

 

image in that frame will appear magnified*.

 

* Except in the , modes, when the digital zoom

 

 

 

 

 

is activated, or a TV is used as the display.

•The MF indicator shows approximate figures. Use them as a shooting guideline only.

•Adjust the focus with the or arrow on the omni selector until the image appears focused in the LCD monitor.

•Pressing the MF button a second time cancels the manual focus mode.

3Shoot the image.

• This setting cannot be adjusted in theand shooting mode.

• You can use manual focus in the macro focal range (6 to 70 cm (2.4 in. to 2.3 ft.) at maximum wide angle and 20 to 70 cm (7.9 in. to 2.3 ft.) at maximum telephoto).

• The MF indicator units become finer in the macro focal range.

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