Manual Focus Adjustment

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

• Reflective surfaces

• Fast moving subjects

• Subjects with low contrast

• Through wet windows

or without vertical lines

• Night scenes

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POINTS TO CHECK

• Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.

1Open the manual focus screen.

[FUNC.] >[<Focus]

2Touch a subject that appears inside the <frame.

•The Touch AF mark (I) will flash and the focusing distance will be adjusted automatically. You have the option to further adjust the focus manually as necessary.

•You can touch [D] instead to adjust the focus manually without activating the Touch AF function.

•The manual focus controls appear.

•Touch [D] again to return the camcorder to autofocus.

3Touch and hold [F] or [E] to adjust the focus.

•The center of the screen will be magnified to help you focus more easily. You can also turn off this function with the p>[Focus Assistance] setting.

•The focusing distance displayed will change as you adjust the focus.

The focusing distance will be displayed for about 2 seconds. You can change the units used for the distance display with the q> [Distance Units] setting.

•If you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks, touch and hold [F] until the focusing distance changes to G.

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