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JVC GR-AX957UM Access Focus Menu, Access Manual Focus, Adjust Focus, END Adjustment of Focus

Models: GR-AX657UM GR-AX857UM GR-AX957UM

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Select Dial

Display

FOCUS AUTO

EXPOSURE AUTO

WIDEOFF

S . LXOFF TITLE

DATE TIME DISP.

4RETURN

FOCUS

AUTO

MANU

EXIT

Power Switch

Menu Screen

FOCUS Menu

Manual Focus Screen

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MANUAL FOCUS

NOTE:

You should already have made the necessary viewfinder adjustments (☞ pg. 14). If you haven’t, do so before continuing.

1 SELECT OPERATION MODE Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”.

2 ACCESS MENU SCREEN

Press the Select Dial to display the Menu Screen.

3 ACCESS “FOCUS” MENU

Move the highlight bar to “FOCUS” by rotating the

Select Dial, then press it.

 

ACCESS MANUAL FOCUS

 

 

 

4 Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to

 

 

 

“MANU”, then press it. “ ” and “

” appear. The

 

 

focus is locked at this point.

 

 

RECORDING

 

 

 

 

 

blinks.

 

 

 

ADJUST FOCUS

 

 

 

5 To farther subject . . .

 

 

 

.... rotate the Select Dial upward. “” appears and

Go to step 6.

To nearer subject . . .

.... rotate the Select Dial downward. “” appears

and blinks. Go to step 6.

6 END ADJUSTMENT OF FOCUS

Press the Select Dial. The Menu Screen reappears with the highlight bar on “RETURN”.

7 CLOSE MENU SCREEN

Press the Select Dial. The Menu Screen disppears and “ ” reappears to indicate the focus is locked.

NOTES:

●To return to Auto Focus, select “AUTO” in step 4.

●To re-adjust Manual Focus, repeat the procedure from step 2.

●Be sure to focus the lens in the maximum telephoto position when you use the Manual Focus mode. If you focus in on a certain subject in the wide-angle position, sharply focused images cannot be obtained when zoomed in because the depth-of-field is reduced at longer focal lengths.

●When the focus level cannot be adjusted any farther or closer, “ ” or “ ” will blink.

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GR-AX657UM, GR-AX857UM, GR-AX957UM specifications

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