Setting the Shooting Functions

Four-way controller

OK button

Selecting the Focus Mode

Focus mode

 

The camera focuses on the object in the autofocus area

= Autofocus mode

when the shutter release button is pressed halfway.

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

q Macro mode

approx. 15 cm – 50 cm (5.9 in. – 19.7 in.). The camera

focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the

 

shutter release button is pressed halfway.

 

This mode is used when shooting close and distant

 

subjects together or the subject is hard to focus on.

 

You can adjust the focus on a subject in the following

 

ranges.

Pan Focus mode

When taking still pictures:

approx. 1.1 m (3.6 ft.) to (wide end), approx. 4.5 m

 

(15 ft.) to (tele end)

 

When taking movies:

 

approx. 0.6 m (1.97 ft.) to (wide end), approx. 2.5 m (8.2

 

ft.) to (tele end)

 

 

s modeInfinity-Landscape

This mode is used for taking distant objects.

zManual Focus mode Adjust the focus manually with the four-way controller. Saving the Focus Mode 1p.100

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Pentax Optio S6 specifications Setting the Shooting Functions, Selecting the Focus Mode, Focus mode