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Focus detection zone
RECORDINGAdvanced
Features
(cont.)
Focusing
AUTO FOCUS
NOTES:
●If the lens is smeared or blurred, accurate focusing is not possible. Keep the lens clean, wiping with a piece of soft cloth if it gets dirty. When condensation occurs, wipe with a soft cloth or wait for it to dry naturally.
●When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom out first (☞ pg. 16). If zoomed in in the auto focus mode, the camcorder could automatically zoom out depending on the distance between the camcorder and the
subject. This does not occur with “TELE MACRO” (☞ pg. 24).
MENU Wheel
Power Switch
The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from
•When two subjects overlap in the same scene. •When illumination is low.*
•When the subject has no contrast (difference in bright- ness and darkness), such as a flat,
•When a dark object is barely visible in the viewfinder.* •When the scene contains minute patterns or identical
patterns that are regularly repeated.
•When the scene is affected by sunbeams or light reflecting off the surface of a body of water.
•When shooting a scene with a
*The ” appears.
MANUAL FOCUS
Make the necessary viewfinder adjustments to use the viewfinder (☞ pg. 8).
1 Set the Power Switch to “ ”.
2 Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.
3 Rotate MENU to select “FOCUS” and press it. The FOCUS Menu appears.
4 Rotate MENU to select “MANU”, then press it. The Menu Screen disappears and “” and “
” appear. The focus is locked at this point.
5 To focus on a farther subject, rotate MENU upward. “” appears and blinks.
To focus on a nearer subject, rotate MENU downward. “” appears and blinks.
6 Press MENU. The setting is complete. The Menu Screen reappears with the highlight bar on
“
RETURN”.
7 Press MENU. The Menu Screen disappears and “ ” reappears to indicate the focus is locked.
NOTES:
●To return to Auto Focus, select “AUTO” in step 4.
●To
●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
●When the focus level cannot be adjusted any farther or closer, “” or “
” will blink.