Select Dial

Display

 

 

 

 

4FOCUS

MANUAL

 

EXPOSURE

AUTO

 

W. BALANCE

AUTO

FADER

OFF

 

/ WIPE

 

 

P. AE

OFF

 

/ EFFECT

 

 

RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOCUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOCUS

Power Switch

Manual Mode Item Menu

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MANUAL FOCUS

NOTE:

You should already have made the necessary viewfinder adjustments (pg. 12). If you have not, do so before continuing.

1

 

SELECT OPERATION MODE

 

 

 

Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”.

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS MANUAL MODE ITEM MENU

 

 

Press the Select Dial. The Manual Mode Item Menu

 

 

 

appears.

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS MANUAL FOCUS

 

 

Move the 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 disappears and “FOCUS” is displayed in

 

 

 

the upper left corner. The focus is locked at this point.

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

ADJUST FOCUS

 

 

 

To farther subject . . .

 

RECORDING

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

blinks. Go to step 5.

 

 

 

To nearer subject . . .

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

and blinks. Go to step 5.

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

END ADJUSTMENT OF FOCUS

 

 

Press the Select Dial. Focus adjustment is complete.

 

 

 

The indication changes from “FOCUS” to “PRO.”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•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 Switch to “AUTO”.

 

NOTES:

 

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

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 up 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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JVC LYT0278-001A, GR-DVF7 Access Manual Mode Item Menu, Access Manual Focus, Adjust Focus, END Adjustment of Focus

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