Adjusting the Focus Manually

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

Reflective

Subjects with low

Fast Moving

Through dirty or

Night Scenes

surfaces

contrast or without

Subjects

wet windows

 

 

vertical lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom lever

Mode dial

FOCUS button

Available only in the and modes.

1.Set the mode dial to a mode other than .

2.Adjust the zoom.3.Press the FOCUS button.

“MF” appears.

4.Turn the SET dial to adjust the focus.

•Turn the SET dial until the image appears focused.

•Press the FOCUS button to return to autofocus.

The setting resets to autofocus when you switch the mode dial to .

Readjust the focus when you have turned off the camcorder.

Infinity Focus

Use this function when you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks.

Press the FOCUS button more than 2 seconds after step 2 above.

“” appears.

When you operate the zoom or the SET dial, “” changes to “MF” and the camcorder change to manual focusing mode.

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