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
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POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.
Mode switch: 
BACK
FOCUS
1If the joystick guide does not
appear on screen, press ( 
) to display it.
2Push the joystick ( 
) toward [FOCUS] to activate the manual focus.
[FOCUS] on the joystick guide will be displayed in light blue and “MF” appears on the screen.
3Adjust ( 
) the focus as necessary.
•Push the joystick ( 
) toward 
for a farther focal distance or push
it ( 
) toward 
for a closer focal distance.
•Pushing the joystick ( 
) toward [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.
4Push the joystick ( 
) toward [BACK] to save the focus adjustment.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks.
POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.
Mode switch: 
BACK
FOCUS
1Keep the joystick pushed ( 
) toward [FOCUS] for more than 2 seconds.
•
appears.
•Pushing the joystick ( 
) toward [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.
•If you operate the zoom or the
joystick ( 
), 
changes to "MF" and the camcorder returns to manual focusing mode.
2Push the joystick ( 
) toward [BACK] to save the focus adjustment.
NOTES
The camcorder will automatically return to autofocus when you set the mode switch
to 
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