Basic Photography and Playback 27Choosing a Focus Mode

Choose a focus mode according to the subject and composition.

Mode Description
ZAutofocus
Camera automatically adjusts focus according to distance to subject.
Use when subject is 30cm/1ft. or more from lens (70cm/2ft. 4in. or
more when camera is zoomed all the way out).
aInfinity
Use when shooting distant scenes through foreground objects such as
windows or when shooting landscapes at ranges of 5m/16ft. 5in. or
more. Flash turns off automatically.
bFocusing
limit Use for faster focus at ranges of 2m/6ft. 7 in. or more.
EMacro
close-up
Use for close-ups. If zoomed in or out until E icon in display turns
green, camera can focus on objects as close as 4cm/1.6 in. to lens.
Camera focuses continuously until shutter-release button is pressed
halfway.
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Display options. Highlight mode.
3Make selection (to exit without changing
mode, wait five seconds). Selection is
shown by icon in display (if Z is selected,
Z icon is displayed for five seconds only).
Option last selected in P, S, A, M, or T mode
is stored when camera is turned off.
Focus Focus
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