Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color 33
Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, focus manually.
Reflective surfaces
Subjects with low contrast or without vertical lines
Fast moving subjects
Through wet windows
Night scenes
POINTS TO CHECK
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7)
Mode switch: 
BACK
FOCUS
1Adjust the zoom.
2If the joystick guide does not appear on screen, press ( 
) to display it.
3Push the joystick ( 
) towards [FOCUS] to activate the manual focus.
[FOCUS] on the joystick guide will be displayed in light blue and “MF” appears on the screen.
4Adjust ( 
) the focus as necessary.
•Push the joystick ( 
) towards 
for a farther focal distance or push it ( 
) towards 
for a closer focal distance.
•Pushing the joystick ( 
) towards [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.
5Push the joystick ( 
) towards [BACK] to save the focus adjustment.
NOTES
The camcorder will automatically return to
autofocus when you set the mode switch to 
.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks.
BACK
FOCUS
1Adjust the zoom.
2Keep the joystick pushed ( 
) towards [FOCUS] for more than 2 seconds.
•
appears.
•Pushing the joystick ( 
) towards [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.
•Operating the zoom or the joystick
( 
) will return the camcorder to manual focus adjustment.
3Push the joystick ( 
) towards [BACK] to save the focus adjustment.
