OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Using Pan Focus

Pan Focus can be used in a movie mode (Movie, Past Movie, Short Movie, MOVIE BEST SHOT) to focus on a particular subject and record without using Auto Focus. Pan Focus comes in handy when recording under conditions where Auto Focus is difficult for some reason, or in cases where Auto Focus operation noise is too noticeable in the movie audio.

1.Enter a movie mode (page 59).

You can perform this procedure in the Movie, Past Movie, Short Movie, or MOVIE BEST SHOT mode.

2.Press [] to scroll through settings until “” is displayed.

3.Press the shutter button to record the movie with Pan Focus.

IMPORTANT!

Pan Focus can be used in a movie mode (Movie, Past Movie, Short Movie, or MOVIE BEST SHOT) only. It is disabled in all other modes.

NOTE

Whenever you perform an optical zoom operation (page 66) while recording with pan focus, a value will appear on the monitor screen as shown below to tell

you the focusing range. Example: PF 0.4m -

Using the Infinity Mode

The Infinity mode fixes focus at infinity (). Use this mode when recording scenery and other faraway images.

1.Press [] to cycle through the focus mode settings until “” is shown as the focus mode indicator.

2.Record the image.

 

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