Tapping the Monitor to Focus (Touch AF/AE)

DTaking Pictures of Subjects with Which Autofocus may not Perform as Expected

When taking pictures of subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (A 31), try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several times, or try the following techniques.

1Switch to A (auto) mode and select Touch AF/AE for the touch shooting setting.

• xis displayed at right in the monitor in shooting mode.

Touch shutter

2Tap another subject that is as far from the camera as the desired subject.

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3 Press the shutter-release button halfway.

Confirm that the focus area glows green.

Exposure is locked for the subject on which focus is

 

acquired when the shutter-release button is pressed

 

halfway.

1/250 F3.2

4Continue holding down the shutter-release button halfway and recompose the picture.

Be sure to maintain the same distance between the

 

 

camera and the subject while the shutter-release button

 

 

is pressed halfway.

1/250

F3.2

 

5Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to

take the picture.

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