Focus Mode

Use the focus mode selector to choose how the camera focuses.

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

•AF-C(Continuous AF): Focus is continually adjusted to reflect changes in the distance to

the subject even when the shutter button is not pressed halfway (note that this increases the drain on the battery).

•MF (Manual): 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 dis- tance to the subject in the focus brackets (the red bar indicates the focus distance, the white bar the depth of field, or in other words the distance in front of and behind the focus point that appears to be in focus); you can also check focus visually in the electronic viewfinder or LCD monitor. Choose for manual control of focus or in situations in which the camera is unable to focus using autofocus (P47).

Reduce focus

Increase focus

distance

distance

0.1

0.5

1.0

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2.0

3.0

5.0

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2000

F5.6

 

 

200

Manual focus

Focus distance

 

mode icon

(red bar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.5

 

 

2.0

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5.

Manual focus

 

 

 

 

Depth

 

of fi eld

 

 

 

indicator

(white bar)

 

RUse the IFOCUS RING option in the setup menu (P85) to reverse the direction of rotation of the focus ring. R The camera will not focus if the focus ring is rotated past infinity.

R To focus using autofocus, press the AFL/AEL button. This can be used to quickly focus on a chosen subject in manual focus mode.

R The camera can show focus distance in meters or feet. Use the MFOCUS SCALE UNITS option in the setup menu (P85) to choose the units used.

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