Operating Instructions

1.2.5Automatic 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

Note

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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Panasonic KX-HCM280A Automatic and Manual Focusing, Objects that are difficult to focus on by AF button