Focus Mode

Focusing Near and Far

Choose a focus mode according to your subject and composition.

Option

 

Description

NO ICON

Camera automatically adjusts focus according to distance to

Autofocus

subject. Use with subjects 30 cm/1´ (50 cm/1´8˝ at widest an-

gle) or more from lens.

 

 

 

 

Focus fixed at infinity, allowing camera to focus on distant scenes

Infinity

through foreground objects such as a window. Flash disabled.

 

 

 

In middle zoom range,

icon in monitor turns yellow and

Macro

camera can focus on objects as close as 2 cm (0.8˝, measured

close-up

from lens). Use for close-ups.

 

 

 

Combines macro close-up (see above) at distances of 2 cm (0.8˝)

Self-timer

or more with shutter release delay of 10 s or 3 s. Use for self-

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portraits or to reduce blurring caused by camera shake.

 

 

 

 

 

To choose a focus mode, press the button repeatedly until the desired setting is displayed in the monitor. The options available in scene mode de- pend on the scene selected ( 44).

Beyond Point -and -Shoot

—Focus Mode

NO ICON

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autofocus

 

Infinity

 

Macro

 

Self-timer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

close-up

 

 

Macro Close-Up

We recommend that you frame pictures in the monitor when using macro close-up.

The flash may be unable to light the entire subject at distances under 50 cm (1´8˝). Take a test picture and verify the results in the monitor.

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Nikon S2H05000501 manual Focus Mode, Macro Close-Up, Focusing Near and Far, Option Description