Focus area selection

 

Individual focus areas can be selected. Press and hold the central button of the con-

 

troller (1) until the Area-AF frame lines change to the spot-focus-area display. Press

1

and hold the controller again to return to the Area-AF frame lines.

 

 

 

 

Use the four-way key of the controller (2) to highlight the

 

desired autofocus area; the active area is blue.

 

2

 

 

 

3

Press the shutter-release button partway down

 

(3) or press the central button of the controller

 

(4) to select the area; the other four areas will

 

disappear. Focus and exposure are locked when

 

the shutter-release button is pressed partway

 

down. 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. Only when a focus area has been

 

selected, can the controller be used to operate the zoom.

4

 

 

Press and hold the central button of the controller about one second to return to the Area AF focus frames. To use another focus area, repeat the procedure.

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