Focus area selection

Individual focus areas can be selected when recording still images. With auto recording and Digital Subject Programs, focus area selection is reset when the exposure-mode dial is moved to another position or the camera is turned off. In P, A, S, and M exposure modes, the selected focus area remains active until reset.

Press and hold the central button of the controller until the three spot focus areas are displayed.

Use the left/right keys of the controller to highlight the desired auto- focus area; the active area is blue.

Press the shutter-release button partway down or press the central button of the controller to select the area; the other two areas disap- pear. Only when a focus area has been selected, can the controller be used for other camera operations.

Take the picture as described in the basic recording section; press the shutter-release button partway down to lock focus and exposure. Press the shutter-release button all the way down to take the picture.

Once a focus area is selected, it will remain active even after the picture has been taken. Press and hold the central button of the controller to return to the standard focus frames.

Navigating the recording menus

The recording menu displayed varies with the position of the exposure-mode dial. There are four menus depending on if auto recording, movie recording, Digital Subject Programs, or the P,A,S, and M exposure modes are selected. See next page for details.

Pressing the menu button (1) turns the menu on and off. The four-way keys of the controller (2) move the cursor in the menu. Pressing the central button of the controller enters a setting.

Activate the menu with the menu button.

On the P, A, S, and M menu, use the left/right keys of the controller to highlight the appropriate menu tab; the menu changes as the tabs are highlighted.

Use the up/down keys to scroll through the menu options. Highlight the option whose setting needs to be changed.

With the menu option highlighted, press the right controller key; the settings are displayed with the current setting highlighted. To return to the menu options, press the left key.

Use the up/down keys to highlight the new setting.

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Press the central button of the controller to select the

 

highlighted setting; some options open a selection

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screen.

Once a setting has been selected, the cursor will return to the menu options and the new setting will be displayed. To return to the recording mode, press the menu button.

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ADVANCED RECORDING

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