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If correct focus cannot be obtained

The camera automatically detects the focus target in the frame. The level of contrast is one of the criteria it uses to detect the subject. The camera may fail to determine subjects with lower contrast than the surroundings or with an area of extremely strong contrast in the frame. If this happens, the simplest solution is to use the focus lock.

How to focus (focus lock)

before you start taking pictures

1 Position the AF target mark on the subject you want to focus on.

•When shooting a hard-to-focus or fast- moving subject, focus the camera on an object about the same distance away as the subject.

2 Press the shutter button halfway until the green lamp lights.

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AF target mark

Tips

 

• When the focus and exposure are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

locked, the green lamp lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When the green lamp blinks, the focus

 

 

Shutter button

 

and exposure are not locked. Release

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

your finger from the shutter button, re-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

position the AF target mark on the subject and press the shutter button

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halfway again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keeping the shutter button

Green lamp

 

pressed halfway, recompose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

your shot.

 

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