FOCUS MODES

This camera has autofocus and manual focus control. The focus mode is selected separately in the Digital Subject Program, movie, and P, A, S, and M exposure-mode menus. When using Digital Subject Programs, the focus mode is reset when the camera is turned off.

Autofocus

 

With the P, A, S, or M exposure modes or

 

movie recording, the autofocus mode can be

 

specified between single-shot AF and

 

continuous AF in section 2 of the menu (p.

 

44). Single-shot AF, indicated by S on the

 

monitor, allows the focus to be locked before

 

recording the image, see the basic recording

 

section.

 

Continuous AF, indicated by C, continually

 

focuses the camera. When capturing still

 

images, the camera continues to focus when

Continuous AF

the shutter-release button is held partway

 

down. In movie recording, focus is locked

Single-shot AF

when the shutter-release button is partway

 

 

down, but it is continually adjusted during

 

recording.

 

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