Northern Industrial Tools P5000 user manual Focus and shoot, Tor and focus area will be displayed

4Focus and shoot

4.1 Focus
Lightly press the shutter-release button
about halfway, stopping when you feel
resistance. In U mode, the camera auto-
matically sets focus and exposure for the
subject in the center focus area.
• If the camera is able to focus, the focus indica-
tor and focus area will be displayed in	1/125	F4.3	9
green, and the green AF lamp next to the
viewfinder will light. Proceed to Step 4.2.
• If the camera is unable to focus, the focus indi-
cator and focus area blink red, and the
green AF lamp next to the viewfinder will
flicker. Change the composition and try
again.

ADigital Zoom

The focus area is not displayed when digital zoom is in effect.

CGetting Good Results with Autofocus

Autofocus performs best when there is contrast between the subject and the back- ground and the subject is evenly lit. It does not perform well if the subject is very dark or moving rapidly, if there are objects of sharply differing brightness in the scene (e.g., the sun is behind the subject and their features are in deep shadow), or if the focus area contains objects at different distances from the camera (e.g., the subject is inside a cage). If the camera is unable to focus using autofocus, change the composition, press the shutter-release button halfway several times to refocus, or use focus lock (B

77)to focus on another subject at the same distance and then recompose the photo- graph.

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