Pentax 8542, 8572 Press the four-way controller 5 in a mode, To Set the Manual Focus, indicator

1 Press the four-way controller (5) in A mode.

The [Focus Mode] screen appears. The focus mode changes each time the button is pressed. You can also change the setting using the four-way controller (23).

Focus Mode

Standard

MENU Cancel OK OK

2 Press the 4 button.

The setting is saved and the camera returns to capture mode.

• The available modes differ depending on the selected shooting mode. Refer to “Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode” (p.204) for details.

•The noise from focusing is recorded when a focus mode other than 3 or

s is selected in C (Movie), (Underwater Movie), (High Speed Movie), c (Time-Lapse Movie), and (1cm-Macro Movie) modes.

•When [Auto Macro] is on and shooting with q selected, if the subject is further than 50 cm away, the camera automatically focuses to ∞ (Infinity).

Saving the Focus Mode setting 1p.123

To Set the Manual Focus

The procedure for setting the focus manually (\) is described here.

1 Press the four-way controller (5) in A mode.

The [Focus Mode] screen appears.

2 Use the four-way controller (5) to select \. 3 Press the 4 button.

The central portion of the image is magnified to full screen on the display.

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4 Press the four-way controller (23).

The \indicator appears on the display to indicate the approximate distance to the subject. Use the four-way controller (23) to adjust the focus using the indicator as a guide.

2 for distant focus

3 for closer focus

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	0.4
MENU	OK OK

\ indicator

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