Panasonic KX-HCM280 operating instructions Automatic and Manual Focusing

Operating Instructions

3.3.4Automatic and Manual Focusing

Focus button adjusts the focus. Network Camera has Automatic and Manual Focusing features. AF (Automatic Focus) button automatically allows the lens to focus on objects. Manual focusing starts by pressing Near or Far button. Near button enables the lens to shorten the focal distance, and Far button lengthens it, manually. Manual focusing feature has 40 steps.

Near button

Far button

AF (Automatic Focus) button

Notes

•Automatic Focusing can be locked on Camera Setup window on page 84.

•Fingerprints, dust, stains, etc. on the lens can degrade the performance of the Automatic Focusing feature. Clean the lens with lens cleaner.

•Some objects are difficult to focus on by auto focusing. In the objects shown below, it may take a while to focus on, or may not focus on them. Press the AF button and put it into operation again. When the objects are still out of focus, adjust the focus using manual focusing, or change the objects using Pan/Tilt operation or Zooming features. Manual focusing starts by pressing Near or Far button. Press AF button for turning it into Automatic Focusing.

The objects that are difficult to focus on by AF button
Objects without contrast	Horizontally striped	High-luminance objects
(e.g., White wall)	objects	(e.g., fluorescent lights)
Light-dotted object in	Objects viewed	Objects moving fast
the dark (e.g., night view)	through glass

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