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Selecting the Focus Mode

Focus mode

 

 

 

The camera focuses on the object in the autofocus area

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Autofocus mode

when the shutter release button is pressed halfway.

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Use this mode when the distance to the subject is more

 

 

than 40 cm (16 in.).

 

 

This mode is used when the distance to the subject is

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Macro mode

approx. 18 cm - 50 cm (7 in. - 20 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

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Super Macro mode

approx. 6 cm - 20 cm (2.4 in. - 8 in.). The camera

focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the

 

 

 

 

shutter release button is pressed halfway.

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modeInfinity-Landscape

This mode is used for taking distant objects.

z Manual Focus mode

Adjust the focus manually with the four-way controller.

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

The focus mode changes each time the button is pressed and the icon appears on the LCD monitor.

The camera is ready to take pictures in the selected focus mode.

• The default setting is Autofocus mode.

• The zoom is fixed at the middle position and only the digital zoom can be used in Super Macro mode.

If you take a picture while looking through the viewfinder when the focus mode is set to Macro or Super Macro, 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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