Nikon COOLPIX P4 Selecting Focus Option, Mode, limit, Macro, Focus, Focusing, Autofocus, w Infinity, F close-up, Description, When to use, Note on Focus Option

Selecting Focus Option

The following four options are available:

	Mode	Description			When to use
AF	Autofocus	The camera automatically adjusts		Use when subject is 30 cm (1 ft.)
		the focus according to the dis-		or more from the lens at a wide-
(default setting)
		tance to the subject.		angle zoom position.
w Infinity		The camera focuses on subjects		Use	when	shooting distant
				scenes through foreground
		from 5 m (16 ft. 5 in.) to infinity.		objects such as windows.			Basic
				Use when subject is 2 m (6 ft. 7
	Focusing	The camera can focus on sub-		in.) or further from the lens. The			Photography
				camera will focus faster than
M	limit	jects from 2 m (6 ft. 7 in.) to		when	set to	Autofocus. Avail-
		infinity.		able only when the mode dial is
				set to M or E.
							and
		When the F icon on the shoot-
	Macro	ing display turns green and the					Playback
		zoom position is set to wide-		Use for close-ups.
F close-up		angle, the camera can focus on
		objects as close as 4 cm (1.7 in.)
		from the lens.
		Focus			Focus
		OK
						OK
Display Focus menu.			Highlight option.

Selected focus option is indicated by icon on monitor.

•To exit without setting the focus mode, wait five seconds without pressing d.

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Note on Focus Option

Focus option cannot be selected in some scene modes (P.33 - 40).

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