Focus Mode

To choose how the camera focuses, during still photography and movie recording press the AF C-S-Mbutton and then choose from the following options.

FOCUSING

CONTINUOUS AF

Mode

Description

KFocus locks while the shutter button is pressed halfway. Choose for stationary subjects.

(SINGLE AF)

The camera continually adjusts focus to reflect changes in the distance to the subject even

Jwhen the shutter button is not pressed halfway (note that this increases the drain on the batteries). r(CENTER) is automatically selected for autofocus mode (P50); if Intelligent Face

(CONTINUOUS AF) Detection is on, the camera will continually adjust focus for the selected face. Choose for moving subjects.

Focus manually using the 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. Choose for manual control of focus or in situations in which the camera is unable to focus using autofocus (P36). Intelligent Face Detection

jturns off automatically.

(MANUAL FOCUS)

P

Manual focus

 

 

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Reduce focusIncrease focus

 

distance

distance

Manual focus

 

 

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