Appendix

Problem

Cause

 

Remedy

Subject is not in

Subject difficult to focus

Subjects difficult to focus on

focus

on

using autofocus: objects with

 

 

little contrast (blue sky, white

 

 

walls, etc.), dark objects, fine-

 

 

ly patterned objects, fast-

 

 

moving objects, scenery

 

 

through window or net, etc.

 

 

Lock focus on another object

 

 

located at same distance

 

 

(press shutter release button

 

 

halfway), then aim at target

 

 

and press shutter release

 

 

button fully.

 

 

 

 

Subject is not in focus-

Position subject in square

 

ing area

frame (focusing area) in mid-

 

 

dle of LCD monitor. If the

 

 

subject is outside the focus-

 

 

ing area, aim the camera at

 

 

the subject and lock focus

 

 

(press shutter release button

 

 

halfway), then compose pic-

 

 

ture and press the shutter

 

 

release button fully.

 

 

 

 

Subject is too close

Set focus mode on . (p.58)

 

 

 

 

Focus mode is set on

Normal pictures will be out of

 

 

focus if taken with focus

 

 

mode set on .

 

 

 

 

Focus mode is set on

If using manual focus, adjust

 

manual

focus using four-way con-

 

 

troller (

). (p.59).

 

 

 

Subject is not

Diopter is not correctly

Camera viewfinder is not cor-

clear in

adjusted

rectly adjusted for optimum

viewfinder

 

clarity. Adjust with diopter

 

 

adjustment lever. (p.57).

 

 

 

 

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