Optima Batteries P90 Using Focus Mode, Focus Modes Available in Each Shooting Mode, Autofocus

Using Focus Mode

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode

Choose a focus mode according to the subject and composition.

AAutofocus

Camera automatically adjusts focus according to distance to subject. Use when the distance from subject to lens is 50 cm (1 ft. 8 in.) or more, or 1.7 m (5.6 ft.) or more when camera is zoomed all the way out.

DMacro close-up

Use for close-ups of flowers or small objects.

The closest shooting distance will vary according to the magnification of the zoom. When the zoom indicator is positioned where the Fmark glows green, the camera can focus on subjects as close as 10 cm (4 in.) from the lens. At the Kzoom position, the camera can focus on subjects as close as 1 cm (0.4 in.) from the lens.

BInfinity

Use when shooting distant scenes through foreground objects such as windows or when shooting landscapes.

When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus area or focus indicator (A8) always glows green. However, the camera may not be able to focus on nearby objects. The flash mode is set to W (off ).

EManual focus

The focus can be adjusted for any subject that is a distance of 1 cm (0.4 in.) to infinity from the lens (A38).

Focus Modes Available in Each Shooting Mode

	A	A, B, C, D,	y	x	d	D
		E, F
A(Autofocus)	w*1	w*1			w*1	w*1
D (Macro close-up)	w	w	*2	*3	w	w
B(Infinity)	w	w			w	w
E(Manual)	–	w		–	w	–

*1 Default setting for each shooting mode.

*2 Available focus modes and default setting varies between different scene modes (A41 to 51).

*3 The camera sets the focus mode according to the scene mode that it has automatically determined (A52).

CThe Focus Mode Setting

For A, B, Cand Dshooting modes, the changed setting for focus mode will be stored in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

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