NOTE

•An Auto Macro feature detects how far the subject is from the lens and automatically selects either Macro Focus or Auto Focus accordingly.

•Use of the flash together with Macro Focus can cause the light of the flash to become blocked, which may result in unwanted lens shadows in your image.

•Auto Macro can be used when recording snapshots only.

•Whenever you perform an optical zoom operation while shooting with Auto Focus, Macro Focus, or Manual Focus, a value will appear on the monitor screen to tell you the focus range, as shown below.

Example: oo cm to 9

*oo is the actual focusing range value.

Using Focus Lock

“Focus lock” is a technique you can use when you want to

Subject to be focused on

compose an image in which the subject you want to focus

 

 

on is not within the focus frame in the center of the

 

 

screen.

 

 

• To use focus lock, select “Í Spot” for the Auto Focus

 

 

area (page 37).

 

 

1.Align the monitor screen’s focus frame with

 

the subject you want to focus on and then half-

 

Focus frame

 

press the shutter button.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Keeping the shutter button half-pressed (which

 

 

 

 

 

maintains the focus setting), move the camera

 

 

 

to compose the image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

When you are ready to shoot the image, press

 

 

 

the shutter button the rest of the way down.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

• Focus lock also locks exposure (AE).

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