Selecting the focusing area [AF MODE]

z(Shooting menu) X AF MODE

Available shooting modes: P MNs

P~

 

Submenu 2

Application

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera focuses automatically.

 

 

 

(If a face is detected, it is shown

 

 

 

by a white frame*1; when the

 

 

 

shutter button is pressed halfway

 

 

 

and the camera is able to focus,

 

FACE/iESP

 

 

 

the frame color is changed to

 

 

 

 

 

 

green*2 if the camera is able to

 

 

 

focus. If no face is detected, the

 

 

 

camera chooses a subject in the

 

 

 

frame and focuses automatically.)

 

SPOT

The camera focuses on the

 

subject located within the AF

 

 

 

target mark.

 

 

 

The camera tracks the subject

 

AF TRACKING

movement automatically to focus

 

 

 

on it continuously.

*1 For some subjects, the frame may not appear or may take some time to appear.

*2 If the frame blinks in red, the camera is unable to focus. Try again to press the shutter button halfway.

Shooting at higher magnifications than optical zoom without reducing the image quality [FINE ZOOM]

z(Shooting menu) X FINE ZOOM

Available shooting modes: P MNs

 

 

 

P~

 

Submenu 2

Application

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical zoom and digital zoom are

 

OFF

 

 

 

used to zoom in for shooting.

 

 

 

Optical zoom and image cropping

ONare combined to zoom in for shooting (up to 18.6x).

This function will not reduce the image quality since it does not convert the data with fewer pixels into the data with larger pixels.

When set to [ON], [IMAGE SIZE] is limited to [4] or lower.

When set to [ON], digital zoom is canceled automatically.

[FINE ZOOM] is not available when

[%SUPER MACRO] (p. 23) is selected.

To focus on a moving subject continuously (AF Tracking)

1Hold the camera to align the AF target mark on the subject and press the

Hbutton.

2When the camera recognizes the subject, the AF target mark automatically tracks the subject movement to focus on it continuously.

3To cancel the tracking, press the

Hbutton.

Depending on the subjects or the shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to lock the focus or fail to track the subject movement.

When the camera fails to track the subject movement, the AF target mark changes to red.

Reducing blur due to camera shake during movie shooting[IS MOVIE MODE]

A (Movie menu) X IS MOVIE MODE

 

 

 

 

Available shooting modes: A

 

Submenu 2

 

Application

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shoots without using the image

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

stabilizing function.

 

 

 

 

ON

 

Shoots using the image stabilizing

 

function.

 

 

 

 

Image stabilization may not prevent motion blur caused by movement of the subject or by extreme movement of the camera.

When set to [ON], shooting is slightly zoomed in.

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