OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

■Specifying the Auto Focus Area

You can use the following procedure to change the Auto Focus area used in the Auto Focus mode and the Macro mode. Note that the configuration of the focus frame changes in accordance with the Auto Focus area you select.

1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].

2.On the “REC” tab, select “AF Area”, and then press [].

3.Use [] and [] to select the Auto Focus area you want, and then press [SET].

For this type of Auto Focus area:

Select this:

 

 

Very limited range in the center of the

 

screen

 

Spot

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This setting works well with focus lock

 

 

(page 78).

 

 

 

 

Automatic selection of the focus area where

 

the subject closest to the camera is located

 

•

With this setting, a wide focus frame,

 

 

which contains seven focus points,

 

 

appears on the monitor screen first. When

 

 

you press the shutter button half way, the

Multi

 

camera automatically selects the focus

 

 

point where the subject closest to the

 

 

camera is located, and a focus frame

 

 

appears at that point.

 

 

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This setting works well for group photos.

 

 

 

 

• Spot

• Multi

 

Focus frame

Focus frame

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