Using the Focus Settings

The Focus MF button lets you toggle between four focus settings on the

camera.

The following table describes each of the MF focus range settings on the camera.

Icon

Setting

Description

 

 

None

NORMAL

Use when taking pictures of subjects greater

 

 

 

than 0.8 m (31.5 in) away. Auto focus is

 

 

limited to a range of 0.8 m (31.5 in) to

 

 

infinity. This is the default focus setting.

 

 

 

 

 

MACRO

Use when taking close-up pictures of subjects

 

 

less than 0.8 m (31.5 in) away. In this mode,

 

 

the camera will not take a picture if it cannot

 

 

find focus (the focus brackets turn red in the

 

 

active display and an error message

 

 

appears). Auto focus has a distance range of

 

 

0.1 to 0.8 m (3.9 to 31.5 in). Zoom position

 

 

is limited to a range of wide to 3.5x.

 

 

 

 

 

INFINITY

Use when taking pictures of distant objects

 

 

and landscapes. Focus range is limited to a

 

 

small region near infinity.

 

 

 

 

 

MF

MANUAL

Allows you to step manually through the full

 

 

FOCUS

focus range. Use the

buttons to

 

 

adjust the focus. You can determine the focus

 

 

by observing the image in the active display

 

 

and by a meter that appears on the right side

 

 

of the active display. For more information,

 

 

see Hints on Using Manual Focus on

 

 

page 37.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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