Select Dial

Display

FOCUS AUTO

EXPOSURE AUTO

WIDEOFF

S.LXOFF TITLE

DATETIME 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. 10). If you haven’t, do so before continuing.

SELECT OPERATION MODE

 

 

1 Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”.

 

 

ACCESS MENU SCREEN

 

 

2 Press the Select Dial to display the Menu Screen.

 

ACCESS “FOCUS” MENU

 

 

3 Move the highlight bar to “FOCUS” by rotating the

 

Select Dial, then press it.

 

 

ACCESS MANUAL FOCUS

 

RECORDING

5 To farther subject . . .

 

4 Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to

 

“MANU”, then press it. “ ” and “

” appear. The

 

focus is locked at this point.

ADJUST FOCUS

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

blinks.

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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JVC GR-FX405, GR-FX505, GR-FX305 manual Access Focus Menu, Access Manual Focus, Adjust Focus, END Adjustment of Focus

GR-FX505, GR-FX305, GR-FX405 specifications

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