Focusing manually
You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases: •The autofocus mode is not effective when shooting
–subjects through glass coated with water droplets
–horizontal stripes
–subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls and sky
•When you want to change the focus from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the background
•Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod
(1) SetFOCUStoMANUALinthestandbyorrecordingmode.The 9 indicator appears.
(2) Turn NEAR/FAR to sharpen focus.
FOCUSNEAR/FARTo return to the autofocus modeSet FOCUS to AUTO.
To record distant subjectsWhen you press FOCUS down to INFINITY, the lens focuses on infinity and indicator appears. When you release FOCUS, your camcorder returns to the manual focus mode. Use this mode when your camcorder focuses on near objects even though you are trying to shoot a distant object.
To focus preciselyAdjust the zoom by first focusing at the “T” (telephoto) position and then shooting at the “W”
Focus at the end of the “W”
when recording a distant subject.
when the subject is too close to focus on.
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