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Manual Focus Adjustment

The camcorder, in most cases, adjusts the focus from approx. 5 cm to infinity automatically. However, when focusing is difficult or when the subject is not in the middle of the viewfinder, adjust the focus manually. Factory preset is “AUTO”.

Lock button

5S

 

M

OFF Y

 

A

P

 

 

 

AL

Power Dial

Select Dial

Display

4FOCUS

MANUAL

EXPOSURE

AUTO

W. BALANCE

AUTO

FADER

OFF

/ WIPE

 

P. AE

OFF

/ EFFECT

 

RETURN

Manual Mode

Item Menu

FOCUS

Focus zone

(Focus is adjusted at the center of the screen)

Manual focus indicator

SELECT OPERATION MODE

1 First turn the Power Dial to “

M

” while pressing

down the lock button located on the dial, make sure the viewfinder is pulled out.

2 ACCESSMENU MANUAL MODE ITEM

Press the Select Dial. The Manual Mode Item Menu appears.

3 ACCESS MANUAL FOCUS

Move the pointer and highlight bar to “FOCUS” by rotating the Select Dial, then press it. Rotate the Select Dial to display “MANUAL”, then press it. The Manual Mode Item Menu disap- pears and “FOCUS” is displayed in the upper left corner. The focus is locked at this point.

4 ADJUST FOCUS

Rotate the Select Dial.

•“” blinks while rotating the Select Dial upward to focus on faraway targets, and “” blinks while rotating the Select Dial down- ward to focus on closer targets.

•When the focus reaches its near or far limit, the “” or “” will begin blinking.

•When focus cannot be adjusted manually, try zooming in or out, then try the manual focus adjustment again.

5 END ADJUSTMENT OF FOCUS Press the Select Dial. Focus adjustment is complete. The indication changes from “FOCUS” to “MANUAL”.

•If you want to reset the focus, repeat from step 2.

To Change To Auto Focus . . .

.... rotate the Select Dial to display “AUTO” then

press it in step 3. The manual focus indicators

disappear. Or set the Power Dial to “

A

”.

 

 

NOTES:

After the Power Dial is set to “OFF”, Manual Focus is reset to “AUTO”.

Manual focus is recommended in the following situations:

When shooting a flat wall, a blue sky or an object with little or no contrast.

When wire or other obstacles come between the camcorder and the subject.

When shooting objects with a detailed design or pattern.

When shooting under flourescent or flickering lighting.

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JVC GR-DV808 Manual Focus Adjustment, Access Manual Focus, Adjust Focus, To Change To Auto Focus, Select Dial Display

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