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)Press FOCUS lightly in the standby or recording mode.

The 9 indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

(2)Turn the focus ring to sharpen focus.

FOCUS

Operations Recording Advanced

To return to the autofocus mode

Press FOCUS lightly to turn off the 9, or indicator.

To record distant subjects

Press FOCUS for more than one second (INFINITY). Your camcorder focuses on distant subjects and the indicator appears. Use this mode when your camcorder focuses on near objects even though you are trying to shoot a distant object. You can focus manually by turning the focus ring.

To obtain correct focus

First, focus a subject with the power zoom lever moved toward the “T” (telephoto) position, then adjust the zoom.

When you shoot close to the subject

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

9changes as follows:

when recording a distant subject. when the subject is too close to focus on.

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