Pentax A40 Setting the Shooting Functions, Selecting the Focus Mode

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Setting the Shooting Functions

		Four-way controller
		OK button
Selecting the Focus Mode
Focus Mode
	Standard	The camera focuses on the object in the autofocus area
=		when the shutter release button is pressed halfway. Use
	(Autofocus mode)	this mode when the distance to the subject is more than
		approx. 35 cm (16 in.).
		This mode is used when the distance to the subject is
q	Macro mode	approx. 12 cm – 40 cm (4.7 in. – 16 in.). The camera
		focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the
		shutter release button is pressed halfway.

	This mode is used when the distance to the subject is
r Super Macro mode	approx. 6 cm – 15 cm (2.3 in. – 5.9 in.). The camera
	focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the
	shutter release button is pressed halfway.
Pan Focus mode	This mode is used when shooting close and distant
	subjects together or the subject is hard to focus on.
s Infinity mode	This mode is used for taking distant objects.
z Manual Focus mode	Adjust the focus manually with the four-way controller.

Saving the Focus Mode 1p.122

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