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) Set FOCUS to MANUAL in the standby or recording mode. The 9 indicator appears.

(2) Turn NEAR/FAR to sharpen focus.

FOCUS

NEAR/FAR

To return to the autofocus mode

Set FOCUS to AUTO.

To record distant subjects

When 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 precisely

Adjust the zoom by first focusing at the “T” (telephoto) position and then shooting at the “W” (wide-angle) position. This makes focusing easier.

When you shoot close to the subject

Focus at the end of the “W” (wide-angle) position.

9changes to the following indicators:

when recording a distant subject.

when the subject is too close to focus on.

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