BACK
FOCUS
1Press 
to display the joystick guide.
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.
• [MF] changes to 
.
•Pushing the joystick (
) toward [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.
•If you operate the zoom or the
joystick (
), 
changes back 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 
.
Manual Exposure Adjustment
At times, backlit subjects may appear too dark (underexposed) or subjects under very strong lights may appear too bright or glaring (overexposed). To correct this, you can manually adjust the exposure.
switch: 
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch: 
(except for the
[ 
FIREWORKS] recording program).
EXP
BACK
1Press 
to display the joystick guide.
2Push the joystick (
) toward [EXP].
[EXP] on the joystick guide changes to light blue and the exposure
adjustment indicator 
and the
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