OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

IMPORTANT!

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

Whenever you perform an optical zoom operation (page 63) prior to movie recording, a value range will appear on the monitor screen as shown below to tell

you the focusing range. Example: PF ￿￿cm -

*￿￿ will be replaced by the actual focusing range value.

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.Press the shutter button to record the image.

Using Manual Focus

With the Manual Focus mode, you can adjust the focus of an image manually. The following shows focus range in the Manual Focus mode.

Optical Zoom Factor

Approximate Focus Range

1X

10cm (3.9˝) to infinity ()

 

 

3X

50cm (19.7˝) to infinity ()

 

 

• Using optical zoom causes the above range to change.

1. Press [￿] (

) to

 

 

cycle through the

 

 

focus mode settings

 

 

until “ ” is shown

 

 

as the focus mode

 

 

indicator.

 

 

 

• At this point, a

 

 

 

boundary also appears

 

 

Boundary

on the display,

 

 

 

 

indicating the part of the

 

 

image that will be used

 

 

for manual focus.

 

 

 

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