Focus Mode

Use the focus mode selector to choose how the camera focuses (note that regardless of the option selected, manual focus will be used when the lens is in manual focus mode).

• S (single AF): Focus locks while the shutter button is pressed halfway. Choose for stationary subjects.

•C (continuous AF): Focus is continually adjusted to reflect changes in the

distance to the subject while the shutter button is pressed halfway. Use for subjects that are in mo- tion.

•M (manual): Focus manually using the lens focus ring. Rotate the ring left to reduce the focus distance, right to increase. The manual focus indicator indicates how closely the focus distance matches the distance to the subject in the focus brackets (the white line indicates the focus distance, the blue bar the depth of field, or in other words the distance in front of and behind the focus point that ap- pears to be in focus); you can also check focus visually in the viewfinder or LCD monitor. Choose for

manual control of focus or in situations in which the camera is unable to focus using autofocus (P52).

 

 

 

 

 

Focus distance

 

 

 

 

Manual focus

(white line)

Reduce focus

 

 

Increase focus

 

 

 

mode icon

 

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Manual focus

 

distance

 

 

distance

indicator

Depth of fi eld

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XF

 

 

 

ZOOM

 

 

 

(blue bar)

 

 

 

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RUse the IFOCUS RING option in the setup menu (P90) to reverse the direction of rotation of the focus ring. R To use autofocus to focus on the subject in the selected focus area (P50), press the AF-Lbutton. Use this feature

to quickly focus on a chosen subject in manual focus mode.

R The camera can show focus distance in meters or feet. Use the ASCREEN SET-UP> FOCUS SCALE UNITS option in the setup menu (P90) to choose the units used.

R If ON is selected for gPRE-AFin the shooting menu (P78), focus will be adjusted continuously in modes S and C even when the shutter button is not pressed.

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