Hints on Using Manual Focus

You may want to use Manual Focus in the following three cases:

!In low light conditions when auto focus may have a difficult time gaining the proper focus.

!After auto focus, you want to lock the focus for speed and repeatability for the next pictures you take.

!For fine-tuning Macro focus.

Otherwise, you may want to limit your use of Manual Focus because it is difficult to gain the exact focus position for the best shots using this feature. You may find, instead, that using the other focus settings will provide you with better or more consistent results in the pictures you take.

When using Manual Focus, here are some hints that may help:

!To find the best focus position, adjust the focus so that the image looks like it is in focus on the Live View screen. From

this position, press the button until the image begins to

blur, then press the button until the image begins to blur. Then set the focus position halfway between the locations where the image began to blur.

!To lock focus for a set of pictures, let the camera find the best focus using the Normal Focus setting, then switch to Manual Focus. The focus will then be locked at that distance until you adjust it manually or switch to another focus setting.

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