How to focus manually

During record pause or recording, press e(MF).

The Focus icon appears in the LCD monitor.

Manual focus icon

Adjust the focus by pressing d/ c.

•When the power is turned off, the camcorder returns to auto focus.

3• To manually adjust the focus, always magnify the subject as in step 2. When the focus is adjusted for wide-angle zooming, the focus may become blurred if you switch to telephoto zooming.

Hint

If you wish to adjust exposure while focusing manually, press f. To return to manual focusing, press e.

Difficult auto focus conditions

Various Recording Techniques

0 : 0 0 : 0 0 REM 3 0 MIN

Subjects are not	Subjects that
in the center of	are both near
the frame	and far

FINE	8 : 0 0 AM
	1 2 / 1 / 2 0 0 8

•Focusing switches between Manual Focus and Auto Focus each time e(MF) is pressed. The icon is displayed only during manual focusing.

Push the zoom lever toward the T

2(telephoto) side to magnify the subject.

Subjects lit by a	Subjects behind
neon sign or spot	glass covered
light which glares	with water
or emits strong	droplets or dirt
light

DZ-HS903A, DZ-HS803A specifications

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Hitachi DZ-HS803A, DZ-HS903A How to focus manually, Difficult auto focus conditions

Models: DZ-HS903A DZ-HS803A