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Selecting the Focus Mode

• Focus Mode

 

 

 

The camera is focused on the subject in the autofocus

(No

 

Autofocus mode

area when the shutter release button is pressed

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halfway. Use this mode when the distance to the

 

 

 

subject is more than 40 cm (1.3 ft).

 

 

 

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is

q

 

Macro mode

approx. 18 cm –50 cm (7 inch –20 inch). When the

 

shutter release button is pressed halfway, the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

is focused on the object in the autofocus area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is

 

 

 

approximately 6 cm –20 cm. (2.4 inch –8 inch). The

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Super macro mode

camera is focused on the subject in the autofocus area

 

 

 

continuously pressing with the shutter release button

 

 

 

halfway.

s

 

Infinity-landscape

This mode is used for taking distant objects.

 

mode

z

 

Manual focus mode

Adjust focus manually by the four-way controller (23).

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Focusing area mode

The position of the autofocus area is changed.

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Press the q s or z button in Capture mode.

 

The focus mode changes each time the button is pressed and the

 

setting is displayed on the LCD monitor.

 

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

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

•The zoom position is fixed at the middle and the flash will not discharge in [Super Macro Mode].

•When the movie picture mode (1 p.56) is selected, the focus mode is set to Autofocus mode, Infinity-landscape mode and Manual focus mode.

•The flash does not fire in Super Macro mode.

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