Pentax S4 manual Selecting the Focus Mode, Press the q s or z button in Capture mode

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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
icon)			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
r		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).
u		Focusing area mode	The position of the autofocus area is changed.
1	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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