Shooting in manual mode
Set the camera to manual mode to adjust the focus, iris, gain and white balance manually.
Switching to manual mode
Set the <AUTO/MANU> switch to the <MANU> position to switch to manual mode.
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] display of the viewfinder and the LCD monitor disappears.)
<AUTO/MANU> switch
Setting focus (manual focus)
Focus ring | <FOCUS> switch |
<PUSH AUTO> | <AUTO/MANU> |
button | switch |
1With the <AUTO/MANU> switch, switch to manual mode.
2With the <FOCUS> switch, switch the focus control method.
<A> (AUTO): Auto focus mode Automatically sets the focus.
<M> (MANUAL): Manual focus mode
Manually move the focus ring to set the focus.
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>:
After setting focal distance to infinity, automatically switched to the manual focus mode. The <FOCUS> switch automatically moves back to <M> (MANUAL) even when you move it to <
>.
Temporarily go into auto focus mode Even if the <FOCUS> switch is in the <M> (MANUAL) position, while pressing the <PUSH AUTO> button, the camera goes into auto focus mode, and the focus can be set automatically.
Switching to manual focus assist mode
You can switch from manual mode to manual focus assist mode by turning [ON] the [MF ASSIST] item on the setup menu [SW MODE] screen.
••Focus adjustment is performed roughly with about half the work in focus ring operation, compared to the manual focus mode.
••After adjustment with the focus ring, focus adjusts automatically (fine adjustment).
••When focus is off a great deal, it may not be set.
••After making an automatic adjustment, the next automatic adjustment is not performed until the focus ring is moved.
••Because auto focus sometimes does not operate correctly when there is flickering, select a shutter speed appropriate to the lighting. (Page 34)
••When using auto focus mode with any format other than 60i and 60P, the time for the focus control will be slightly longer than for the normal focus mode.
••When [ON] is selected in the [AF] item on the setup menu [AUTO SW] screen, auto focus is on during auto mode regardless of the position of the <FOCUS> switch. (Page 84)
••During macro shooting, the screen display of [AF], [MF], and [MA] become boxed characters.
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