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Selecting the Focus Mode

Focus Mode

 

 

The camera is focused on the subject in the autofocus

(No icon)

Autofocus mode

area when the shutter release button is pressed

halfway. Use this mode when the distance to the

 

 

 

 

subject is more than 50 cm (20 inches).

 

 

 

 

 

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is

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Macro mode

approx. 2 cm – 60 cm (0.8 inch – 24 inches). When the

shutter release button is pressed halfway, the camera

 

 

 

 

is focused on the object in the autofocus area.

 

 

 

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Infinity-landscape

This mode is used for taking distant objects.

 

mode

 

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Manual focus mode

Adjust focus manually with the four-way controller

(23).

1 Press the ) button in Capture mode.

The focus mode changes each time the button is pressed and the set mode is displayed on the LCD monitor.

The camera is ready to take a picture in the set focus mode.

• The default setting of the focus mode is [Autofocus mode].

• When the Movie Picture mode (1p.62) is selected, only [Autofocus mode] is available.

•If you use the flash in [Macro mode], the image may be overexposed or vignetting may occur at the bottom right of the picture.

•The lens is fixed at the Wide position in Macro mode.

If you take a picture while looking through the viewfinder when the focus mode is set on [Macro mode], the range of the resulting picture will differ from what was seen in the viewfinder. Be sure to check the image on the LCD monitor.

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